J PAflTC MX ftfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE ftfEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. APRIL 17. 1917
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RAHJ FREIBERG
KILLING ELEVEN
University Town Attacked in ' Re
prisal for Torpedoing Hospital
Ships Germans Say It Is Awful
to Attack Unfortified Place and
They Have Riyht to Sink Ships
BERLIN', April 17. An official
announcement by the war office Hays
Hint 11 persona have been killed, 29
Injured and considerable damage
done to the university buildings by
an air attack on FrleburB.
The official statement follows:
"On Sunday at noon an enemy
squadron of twulve airplanes attack
ed tho town of KrlebnrR In DrolsRau
At 5 o'clock In the afternoon the at
tack was repeated by two further
squadrons totalling 23 airplanes.
Several Kail Victim.
"To this nefarious attack several
people unfortunately full victims.
Seven women, thrco men and one sol'
dler wore killed and 17 women, eight
men and two children Injured.
"Tho enemy airmen selected as ob
jectives tho new municipal theater.
institutes and Infirmary. Tljp univer
sity was considerably damaged. Ow
ing to our effuctlvo counter measures
the attacks could not he completed
"In the courso of air battle, which
resulted, two enemy airmen were shot
down near Schlettstadt and Markir
lch. A third was nliot down In an
air battlo combined with a bombard
ment from tho ground. All throe
airplanes wero of English type with
Kngllsh occupants.
For Reprisal I'iiI'jkisos.
"Tho lender of tho attack, an Eng
lish lieutenant colonel fell into our
hands. According to his Btutemcnt
and the contents of fly-sheet which
wns thrown down, tho attack was In
reprisal for the torpedoing of the
Gloucester C'astlo (HiitlHh hospital
ship) recontly sunk by a Clerninn sub
marine. Wo must resolutely contest
tho right to muko such attacks. In
Justification our government has tak
en tho stand It could not longer tol
erate tho passage of so-called hospi
tal ships i;i tho precisely- defined
zone. It tho English, desplto our
warning, inlsuso the Red Cross and
carry on It transports in tho war zone,
they must boar tho consequences of
their action; but to atlack an open
town fur revengo is cheap glory.
There uro no objects of military im
portance In Krioburg to Justify the
attack, "
POLK GAZETEER FOR
1917-18 JUST PUBLISHED
It. L. Polk & Co. havo Just Issued
tho 1! 1 7-1 X edition of tho Oregon
and Washington (!mtcor and Bust
miss Directory, which la tho only
work of I lie kind published. It con
tains an annate business d'reclory
.or eory city, town and village in
Oregon and Washington, and tho
names titul addresses of country mer
chants, irife.-i(innl men. lumber
men, etc., wlin are located a l. iicent
to villages; also lists of government
and roiiuiy officers, stulo boards,
statutory provisions, names of co'irls.
lerms or court, names of post offices,
express, telephone and telegraph of
flies, justices of the peace, hotels
""" anil weekly newspapers, besides
milch other Information useful to nil
classes of business and professional
men.
An iiupnrt.iiit fealure Is the (Muss!
fled Dim lory, ulinK ,,v,,ry iM1,,.,
"..ikcu iin.i. -r n special beading.
thus enabling sulwr is to obtain
"I n glnn. e a f , l,,,,,,..,, ,.
rnrtiirlng or dialing In any p'irllculi
Hue of giMul..
I "1 is (,i;ik i i; co.
'ii iiciouiit (.1 the scarcity and bij.1,
price ef canned goods the ecouoml, ill
Misewue win pel up a .,-,,. l)t of
mill lllld vegetables this season. We
WOllhl Slight that they y j K,,,
supply of glass J;,,s 1,,-for
gene.
they are
Sinter Johnson nrl i
'od.i." from lioi lu st, r
lie spent l!n winter.
'I In Medford
Y Y., where
' TIM (.ltuM(i t.im,,
A gill when In her t.ens Is passing
through a critical period of her life
Tho transition from childhood to
maturity Is not alns easy; conse
quently, In tunny cases health breaks
down entirely and the girl goes Into a
decline lllld dies ig r F. escapes
tills fate, she may fall into n state of
permanent lll be.iltli. it i ( tt,p
utmost Importance. In order to insure
normal and healthy deielopment. that
proper precautions be taken, and
nothing has proved mote hclplui ulaii
the faithful use of I.mIiii K Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, the Breai
woman's deinli'lne and ionic.
FIGHT FOR NATION BERLIN STRIKE
T
Shortage of Food Products for Bel
ligerents Shows Need of Everyone
Tilling the Soil Millions Who
Stay at Home Can Help Win War
by Raising Things to Eat.
By ('HAS. EDWARD RUSSELL.
WASHINGTON, April 17. This
war will be fought in the trenches
and it will bo fought on the sea.
It will also be fought somewhere
else.
American soldiers will fight it in
tho trenches. American sailors will
fight it on the sen. Both will beyond
a doubt win victories and help to free
mankind from the blight und curse
of autocracy.
Our hearts will be with them all
the time.
We can't all go to the trenches and
fight or go to seu and fight.
Hut millions of us that stay at
home can fight for tho United States
in thut other place where there will
be fighting and can win victories
just iik important in their way as vic
tories on sea and in the trenches.
An Knoiny at Home.
The oilier place is in tho buck
yards and tho vacant lots.
This country of ours, facing Ger
many, the enemy of mankind, on the
bultlcfield, faces another enemy ut
home.
The very gravo fact stares us in
the face that this year we arc likely
to be short of nil kinds of things that
we grow to eat.
Wo have never had nnvlhine like
this before in America. We are go
ing lo have it Ibis year unless those
us Hint must stay at homo meet
I he situation and beat it.
Short of lieans, ieas, corn, pota
toes, cabbage, onions, carrots nn.l
turnips. Short of a hundred things
we usually have in abundance.
One reason why wo shall be short
is because millions of men will be
needed in the army, the navy and (lie
munition factories. Another reason
is that in recent years production has
not kept pace with tho increase of
INipiilntion.
Every (own ami city in (his coun
try has vacant lots and back yards
that now grow nothing but eiiiss ami
weeds and might grow enough to feed
i! whole community for u year.
Every vacant lot and every back
yard ought to be nut lo that use now.
this week, without any more delav.
Time is short, spring is advanced,
planting timo is here. Get busy,
boys and girls nnd everybody else,
plant something!
fiet llnsy i n l,u!id.
No person Hint owns n vacant lot
or n back yard will refuse lo allow it
lo be put to this good and necessary
and patriotic, use. When other men
ore offering their lives for this cause,
lie will be glad to offer a piece of
ground he doesn't use.
It is good work, patriotic work,
nccill'iil work, and most pleasant
work. There is no greater pleasure
than to cause things to grow and
watch I hem develop.
This is your work, (lo to it now
and you will be proud of it ben-after.
You will be glad to think that you
had a pint in this great war for hu
niauily. You will always remember
thill you did your part to prevent n
food shortage that would have done
more to help the enemy than 10,00(1,
00(1 men could have done.
lint congress at the same time
should do its part, no less.
While ik are producing things in
kick vanls and vacant lots the farms
in this country ought to go the limit
in production.
Wo need tins year the biggest
crops ever known. We need the
bumper record ill wheat, in outs, in
corn.
We need to have every corner of
every fii rin out to use; we need to
lime crops by the wayside and crops
where there were never crops Jiefore.
Itut no one can expect th farmers
to push planting In the limit as it
ought to be pushed unless there is a
prosM'el of a return for their labor.
They, like olhcr men, must see some
n a: "ii and some inducement for
their efforts.
The only way to make sure of the
cultivation and the crops we need is
for congress to establish a guaran
teed minimum price for staples.
We lire going to tell you Inter how
congress mnv be induced to Inke this
,'rent step to inMirp early ictorv
iignin-t the enemy. 1 tttl just now.
settle down on this needful job of the
buck yard nn.l the vacant lot und
help your country lo win.
l:oly bushel of potatoes vou raise
01 L T
AND IDLE LAND
AND FOOD RIOTS
CLAMED
Streets Quiet Despite Parades of
Strikers Who Are Prevented From
Uniting Demonstration Is Against
New Food Regulations Strike Is
Limited to Factories.
HER LIN, April 30, via London,
April 17. A day of apprehension in
Merlin ended tonight without alurni
ing events. The threatened strikes
becnuse of a reduction in the weakly
bread ration materialized in only a
portion of the larger factories and
did not affect transportation nor
public utilijics. The strike leaders
had planned nn elaborate system of
street demonstrations which were to
unite in an outdoor assemblage, but
inclement weather kept down enthus
iasm. Some of the factories affected an
nounced tonight that the workmen
would resume work tomorrow. In
others, meetings will be held tomor
row morning to decide the future
course of the strikers.
The streets are quiet tonight, but
the police are still on guard. The
government authorities declnro that
they will make no effort'to interfere
witii me strikers, because tliev are
only registering disapproval of the
new food regulations and are expect
ed to resume work everywhere be
fore the end of the week.
Limited In I'vient.
The strikes are limited to factor
ies ninnncd by unions belonging to
the Liebknecht-Ledebor brunch of
the social democracy. The Schcid
iimnn group is not slriking. The Vor
waerts, the organ of the Scheide
mann socialists, printed n wn ruing
against striking for four that the hit
ler would interfere with effort.: to
obtain a separate peace with Hussia.
There were no strikes in factories
employing the so-called Christian
unions.
The workers appeared in all the
factories as usual this morning, but
an hour Inter those who had agreed
to strike walked out. Apparently
Ihero wns nn agreement to march
through the I'nter Den Linden to
(Tinrlottonburg. The police, how
ever, prevented the panniers from
entering Tutor Den Linden and most I
1 A MIGHTY good doctor May to m, i
I once; "When it come to curin' Ct K Lsgs?-'-U
folk; Nature a the not M. D.rm only Wlfr rfQ gm H
her assistant." That's the way ijtO'Wc SS&J' i
MOTHER NATURE Protects Your
She sees to it that Velvet's mellowness
and aroma are not created by artificial
methods.but by her very own. That is
A complete natural curing for two
years, during which time the tobacco
remains, untouched, in its original
wooden hogsheads. At the end of
two years it is made into Velvet and is
as smooth as its name implies.
10. Tlai
I Ik. bkw Hato
Sheriff Ralph Jennings accompan
ied by County Prosecutor G. M. Rob
erts, arrived in the city Tuesday fore
noon having In custody Mrs. Nan
Strickfadden and sister, Mrs. L. Dry
foos, who were arrested In Seattle re
cently in connection with the incen
diary fire at the Strickfadden borne
in Ashland last March.
The prisoners both of whom were
woeping, after a stop at the prose
cutor's office, were taken at noon
by automobile to Ashland by the
sheriff and prosecutor, where they
were arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Wimer on an ' arson charge.
On leaving Medford it was understood
that the women would waive exami
nation and be held to the grand jury
and that the bail of each would bo
This program was followed
nnd each furnished bond.
Prosecutor Roberts had agreed on
this program at a conference In Port
land between the women and their
attorney.
Mr. Roberts verified the report that
E. 'X. Hemphill, the Medford man who
committed suicide in jail in Eugene,
had made a complete confession fol
lowing his arrest in that city, impli
cating Mrs. Strickfadden, Mrs. Dry-
foos and Mrs. M. M. Garwood and
admitting Uiat he had actually start
ed the fire.
.irs. uarwood, who was far-
rested at Eugeno last Thursday and
who is in the jail at Jacksonville,
was also arraigned at Ashland on
Tuesday afternoon on an arson
charge.
She waived examination and was
held to the grand jury in bail of
S.'iOOO. lloing unable to furnish bond
she was taken back to the county jail.
Attorney Clus Newbury of Medford
represented Mrs. Oarwood at the Ash
land hearing. As to why her bail was
made double that of the others, Pros
ecutor Roberts said he was not at lib
erty to explain Just now.
. (1I OK THANKS.
Wo wish to thank our friends for
the kindness shown and for the many
beautiful floral offerings, during the
Illness and death of our beloved wife
and mother. . ;
JAMES S. HOWARD,
AND FAMILY.
of the I'reiderstrasse, and prevented
the different parades from uniting.
Police officials said tonight that the
trouble was over.
Scat! Vm saving this
GUARDS 10 ELECT
At a largely attended meeting Mon
day night In the assembly room of
the high school, 16 more men added
their names to the muster roll of
the Home Guards company, making
the membership so far 94. All men
desiring to join the organization can
sign their names at the Commercial
club.
At a meeting Wednesday at 7:30
o'clock at the same place the for
mal organization will be completed
by the election of officers and an ex
ecutive council of three men. Mayor
Gates appointed a commute of five
consisting of E. E. Kelly, George Col-
lins, H. L. Walther, Chas. Davis and
Mr. Newport to report nominations for
these positions. By-laws for the or
ganization were unanimously adopted
as follows:
"The name of this organization
shall be The Medford Home Guard,
Company A.
"The purpose of this body is to
promote patriotism, enforce law and
qrder, protect life and property, com
pel a respect for the flag of our coun
try, to secure the swift punishment of
any treasonable acts or utterances
and teach its members' the science of
modern military drill.
"Any able bodied male of good
moral character over the age of 18
who is a resident of Jackson county
and a citizen of the United States,
may become a member after signing
the roll and subscribing to an oath
to support the constitution of the
state of Oregon' and the constitution
of the United States.
"The officers of this company shall
be an executive council of three, who
shall be elected by a majority of the
members, and who shall hold office
for the period of one year. The du
ties of the executive council shall be
to establish such further rules and
regulations, not in conflict with these
by-laws as shall by them bo deemed
necessary for the conduct of the bus
iness of the organization; to provide
a place of meeting and to make rules
governing the time for drills; to levy
assessments for necessary exnenses
and to have control of all property
of the organization; to try the mem
bers of the organization for violation
of the rules and regulations and to
punish by fine or expulsion any such
violation.
Other officers shall consist of a
for VELVET!
Tobacco IF You Smoke
Men have tried and will try to beat
this method by ciuick curing or arti
ficial processes, but Mother Nature's
way the Velvet way remains the
very best.
It costs us more money to prepare
Velvet in this way it will cost you
only 10 cents to prtne Velvet, at the
first store you come tol
captain, first lieutenant, and second
lieutenant and first sergeant.
"The number of sergeants and cor-,
porals shall be In conformity to thei
United Slates infantry regulations
'and shall be elected In like manner
and hold office for the period of one
! year.
"N'o member of this organization
shall be required to salute any offi
cer except when In company forma
tion, or In the exercise of some as
signed duty.
"All vacancies In officers after the
first election shall be filled by ap
pointment by the executive council
"The first Bergeant of the company
shall keep the muster roll of the or
ganization and shall call the roll and
note the absentees at each regular
meeting.
Music lovers from towns for ninny
miles from Sled ford nnd from the
country districts begun arriving in
Jfedford this morning for the concert
tonight of the New York Symphony
orchestra at the Xatntoiium. The
house was practically sold out at
noon.
The orchestra of about 100 mem
bers with its great music stars ar
rived in Medford early Tuesday af
ternoon in a special train from Port
land. Immediately following to
night's concert nt the Natiitoriiim the
orchestra will depart oil ils special
train for San Francisco, where the
organization is booked for u concert
Wednesday evening.
This evening's concei t will begin nt
8:30, but (he doors -will open ut 7:110.
Any lalo comers will not be seated
while the orchestra is playing. -
WAR BOND ISSUE IN SENATE
(Continued from Page One.)
afternoon, when by a viva voce vote
the senate rejected an nmendment by
Senator Thomas of Colorado to make
the proposed issue of $2,000,000,000
of treasury certificates the basis of
issue of national bunk notes.
The council holding its tmnrtcrlv
meeting here today called upon Mr.
McAdoo in a body to discuss the ad
ministrations financial program. In
accepting the offers of co-operntion
Mr. McAdoo made it clear that the
government will sect the aid of nil
citizens and would be glad to receive
suggestions from financial experts
nnd big banking houses as well as
others.
VELVET
5Vl
Ye8
COTTOLENE does make
delicious biscuits.
Yes
The flavor does compare
well with biscuits made with
butter.
Yes
COTTOLENE biscuits do
brown nicely. ', , ..
Yes
COTTOLENE does make
a crisper crust.
Yes
COTTOLENE does . cost
much less than butter. ,
Yes
You do use one-third less
shortening when you use
COTTOLENE.
Yes
It does cream better when
mixing the dough.
Yes
COTTOLENE is whole
some. Yes
COTTOLENE does make
delicious cake too. And of
course you know it is fine
for frying.
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EGGS
"Were 50c per doz. last De
cember. PRESERVE
them now with Water
Glass, while they arc
cheap. 20c will buy enough
Water Glass to preserve
12 doz. eggs.
West Side Pharmacy
3Xa .
IcyxaOJLi Store
BEST
SEEDS'
That Grow
We have a choice line of
Garden Seeds, including the
Famous Burpees in packages
md bulk. 59 varieties of
Spencer's Sweet Peas.
Broadley
The Medford Florist and Seed Man
Phone 872. j
Attention, Farmers
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Pty Highest Prtcei for
HIDES!
Oreen hides per lb 17
frjr hlde, per lb. J 5
Oreen calf hides, per lb. lie
Drr calf hides, per lb. 0a
Wt Uo nuj Slip-p Pelw and Goat
is a-
good as n live-inch shell.
Rk-liu,