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PTCflE THREE
MEDFORD MATE TRIBTTNTJ JfEDFORD,
OTJEflON", FRIDAY. JUXR 8, WV-
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
Mrs. Qumn's Experience
Ought to Help You Over
the Critical Period.
UNCLE SAM TO" BUSINESS KINGS-CANDY JPOKONED IH TYPHUS. DROPPED BY gem mm- EXPLOSIONS
FURNISH HOI SPEND BILLIONS -rsiz. ::; jf M , iDn F
uuniiuu mi llu i UHULL unli $
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Bill Passes Congress to Provide
Home Guard , With Munitions
New Life Given Medford Company
Water Emergency Showed Need
and Usefulness of Oroanization.
Following the drill last Wednesday
night Captain -Newman instructed ev
ery member of the Home Guard com
pany who had a rifle or gun to keep
It fitli ammunition at his homo
where he could got It quickly In case
,an emergency arose which would re-
quire the services of the company as
an armed body.
The experience of this week when
the Home Guard was called into ser
vice by Mayor Gates to patrol the city
to stop irrigating has already Infused
life into the organization, and indi
cates that almost any time some unex
pected emergency may rise when the
company might bo called upon to pro
tect the lives and property of Med
ford. Much encouragement and impetus
Is given to the Home Guard com
pany of Medford, as well as to all the
Home Guard organizations turnout
the United States, now that tho gov
ernment has given recognition to the
Home Guards and congress has pass
ed the hill to have the war depart
ment furnish the Home Guards with
rifles and other equipment.
Guards Will Reorganize).
The Medford body will bo thoroly
reorganized and placed on a sound
military basis. The first move in this
direcfeon will be in having all present
and future members sign up a new set
of by-laws which Is now being drawn
up. Then, too, the war department
will undoubtedly require a uniform
standard for all home guard bodies
and set forth certain requirements
which must be followed.
The Medford company will he re
cruited to not less than J 00 men of
all ages as soon as possible. In fact
every able-bodied men of the city and
vicinity who for age or other reasons
is ineligible for active military service
in tho army is expected to join the or
ganization and do his bit in homo
duty during the war.
As soon as tho Seventh company
goes Into active service early next
month, the Homo Guard company will
have its armory for use during the
war. This fact became known a week
or so ago.
Homo Emergency lltify.
The Homo Guard will only do em
ergency duly in Mpdford and vicinity
altho there ha,vo been rumors for
somo time that tho company will
glial'! the railroad bridges and tun
aelB in the Siskiyous when Company I
is transferred Into tho active service
next month.
Among its present most active
members are many of the prominent
business and professional men, or
chardlsta and bankers of the city.
When the home guard was first or
ganized fully ninety men signed the
mustor roll. However, when the
drills began tho attendance began
dropping off gradually, but each drill
night has found from 23 to DO men in
the ranks.
All this is the moro remarkable
when it is known that the company
has had no armory or meeting place,
no guns, no official slate nor national
recognition. Tho company meets ev
ery Wednesday night at tho high
school building corner and drills on
tho streets around the building.
Slackers Will ISotiirn.
Most of the slackers who dropped
out from tho drills did so because
trfcy thought the company would not
be recognized and nrmed by the gov
ernment. iXow that they have found
out their mlstako they will probably
get back in lino. An unusually large
attendance Is looked for next Tuesday
night.
Contain Freenort Newman, who
drills and commands the company
spent three years in the regular army.
and for many months in tho latter
part of his servlco was stationed at
the Presidio In Ran Kraiulico as drill
master of recruits there. First lieu
tenant Maine Kltim has also had mill
tary experience aft have tho other of
ficers and non-commissioned officers.
Following the drill cf last Wednes
day night Captain Newport, who Is
the agent of the Pacific &. Kastern
railroad, was enthusiastic over the
showing the fitly men at tho drill had
made. "It was wonderful In a way.
when you consider how short a time
they have been at it," said Captain
Newman.
Unwatched and Each Fixing Prices
in His Own Line, They Put Dig
Deals Thru ''On Their Honor,"
Without Inspection or Clieckinrj
Cabinet Officers 0. K. Work.
(By GilBon Canlner. Washington Corre-
HJiUtulullt.)
WASHINGTON, June 8 The eomi
eil of national defense ( advisory sec
tion) lias bceome the biirgest buyintr
ajreney in the t'nited States mid prob
ably in the world. The war purchases,
with few exceptions, arc made by (bis,
body which is handling contracts ujj-j
granting billions of dollars. j
Three .entire floors in the jUut.Koy!
building have been taken over nnd a;
force, of business men and clerical
helpers numbering several hundreds
work day and nipbt at top speed.
Honor of Illg lliLslness.
The council ' of national defense
consists of the secretaries of war,;
navy, treasury, inferior and uuricui-j
tnrc. Tim advisory commission ol"
tho council op national defense is all
tho rest of it.
The five cabinet oficers have all i
the power under the law, but tho ad
visory organization is doing all the
work and practically exercising all
power. I
The advisory organization recom-j
mends its members serve without;
pay except expenses of office ad-
ministration. What they do has no
effect until one of the cabinet offi-l
cers signs the papers.
When the papers are signed the gov-
ornmcnt has entered into n contract.!
To illustrate, the government is!
intending to build l(i cantonments or,
camp cities for tho new army. Sev
eral billion feet of lumber are ne ded.
Does tho government go in open mar
ket ami advertise for bids? No.
The matter is referred to the lumber
committee of the advisory commis
sion, council of national defense.
This committee is made; up of (he
mos prominent men of the lumber
trade. The latter, in (heir ofi'iees
in the Munsey building, decide how
much the government ought to pay
ner thousand feel for lumber and all
other del ails connected with (he
transaction, including delivery and
payment. They write this into a con
tract and send it to the (inartcnni-stcr
general for his signature. He affixes
the rubber stamp, appends his ini
tials and lumber delivery begins.
The. same is true of cement, oil,
roofing and paving eoiilraels, pur
chase of shoes and clothing for the
army, aluminum and copper for Ihc
navy, and so rut thru a list of articles
as numerous as (he names in a post
ofice guide.
Everything is left to the honor of
the big business men of tho United
States.
On the advisory commission of the
council of national defense arc Mich
men as Julius Hosenwald of Sears
lioebuck Co., Harney Harach of Wall
St., Howard Coffin of the Unison
Motor Co., and other leaders in fi
nance and industry. These men are
on honor not to cheat the American
public on army contracts.
There is no inspection to pr-vont
cheating. The check of competition
has been abandoned owing to the need
for doing big things rapidly.
The coffers of the public arc open
ami nothing but the highest senc
of honor of the big business men who
have been called upon to put patriot
ism above selfishness protects the
public from graft.
W. V. H. Campbell leaves Saturday
for San Francisco on a week's bti?i
nss trip. He will so by auto and he
accompanied by Walter Bourne, who
will entrain at San Francisco for
"ew York.
EXPECTED BY FRANCE
PAWS, .Tune S.. An additional
American flotilla or destroyers and
patrol boats, to co-operate with
French forces In the KukMsIi channel
and the Atlantic In expected shortly,
according to tho Matin. Tho paper
:iys that naval bases have been pre
pared to accommodate the American
ships.
by Mrrrox hhoxnt.r.
(Slnff Special.)
XKW YOUIv, Juno 8. Germany's
most hideous atrocities seem to have
been reserved i'or helpless, betrayed
Iimnnnia. Women and children have
been victimized in (lie most shame
less manner.
Iwoie Fuller, oneo hailed by two con
tinents for her wonderful skirt dano
iiifr, who lins returned to America
as ambassador oul-of-th-ordinnry
for Queen Marie of Rumania, most
beautiful queen in Kuropo, today told
me about these new examples of
ficndisliness.
liolo Puller's Story.
"I have reliable information," site
told me, "that it was no unusual lliiiig
for a German officer in Bucharest io
order his men to seize on tho streels
lii.!,'h-lorn women, strip them naked
and compel them to march beforu the
populace.
"The idea buck of this cruelty was
not so much to punish Ihc luislreatcd
women, as to strike nt the queen,
whose friends they were."
In the Rumanian campaign ihe fier
mans introduced another wicked in
vention. IVcnuse of lack of anti air
craft fruns German aviators could
fly comparatively low.
Passing over villages and towns
they threw out boxes of candy which
ihe children seized nnd ate eagerly.
The candy, Rumanians ehurcre, had
been treated with perms of typhus,
typhoid and 'other diseases which in
many eases caused illness of those
who partook of it, hut sprend disease
thru whole villages.
Sufferings of Iliiinanui.
Rumania in whose behalf Loic Full
er comes, has no ambassador or con
sul in this country.
"Americans do not realize," she
said, "that in many ways Rumania
lias suffered more tlinn other nations
that opposed tho kaiser. The Ger
mans were maddened because Ru
mania hail a llohenzollern fur a king.
"The old familiar story, known so
well in Melgium and France, has been
enacted in Rumania towns burned
and destroyed, leading citizens held
as hostages for t he; good behavior
of their fellow townsmen, fields laid
waste, provisions seized.
"There are doubtless many oilier
shocking things occurring there, hut
tile Germans are allowing no news to
get out of Ihe territory they have con
quered. "1 recently received n letter from
Lieut. Col. John Norton Griffiths,
known tliriioul the liritish empire ns
'Empire Jack.' Sir John, who is a
member of parliament and who wri
the distinguished service order in one
of England's wnrs, witnessed the
great retreat of the Rumanian army.
Hospitals Urerd Disease.
"He said practically the entire civ
ilian population was on tho verge of
starvation.
"The hospitals breed diseases.
There is almost total lack of disin
fectants with which to kill vermin on
wounded men. He saw Imsiiitals
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Ivoio Fuller, once famous naiicer, now pleauls I,imft,lj;'t,t. i,y not
tfful queen's envoy. This picture v:us autographed for ?
in, tho world-famous sculptor. ., , L . -
328 IN COUNTY
AMERiC'nOPtS
TRAfilTY ILL
RE CELESTIALS
,NG, Juno S. Dr. Paul S.
lie
n, the American minister, today
,.1 tn tho I'ni-.itirn nffliw I in fill-
and i, ha
ion:
communication from Wash
The official count of the recent
state election in Jackson county was
completed yesterday afternoon
shows tho following result:
Port lSIU f'Tho United States government
Yes ."i9farns with the most profound regret
Ko .. . .. 14 oof tho dissensions
J
Majority for
Limiting llllls, Increasing l'a
Yes
No
Majority against
Implied Itepoul
Yes
No ..
Majority against .
Yes
No
filiform Tax 31
Majority for
Siiuiilljinoo'
Yes -
No
Majority f?"'
Klcetions
Yes J
Maj-'
Yc
m
Penitentiary
Majoity for
where
to use
they h
the ne
tended
Mis-
thc liu
against 2 11! 3
(iood Hoads Kill
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in China and ex-
r( p-esses a sincero desire that tranquil
ly and political co-ordination be
firthwlth established.
Jfil 4 t'The entry of China Into tho war
Su'iMortho continuance of tho status quo
in er relations with the Uoriuau gov
s'0 I eminent aro matters of secondary im
" ! norUnce. China's principal necessity
,977 Is to resume and continue her politl-l
lSlli ical ontlty and proceed along ine roau
of national development. In China's
838 form of government or ino persunuei
which administers the government
America lias only the friendliest In
terest and JesiroH to be of servlco to
China.
"America expresses tho sincere
hope that factional and political dis
putes will be set aside and that all
parlies and persons will work to re
establish and co-ordlnato tho govern
Imcnl while thcro is internal discord."
I Cluing lisun, military governor of
I Anwel province, is coming to I'euing.
6"7 ,, , ,i, ,il,,iindiiiir the dissolution
! '00 I, .,,iin,..i ,,,i(l the liresidcnt la re-
noi tcd to have agreed to acquiesce in
his demand. I
LONDON, June 8. All tho special
correspondents at tho front, in their
descriptions of tho Messlnes hattlo,
foaturo tho tremendous explosion of
mines which preceded tho British ad
vance . "Tho earth opened and the
Herman lino dlsapeared," Is one
terse description.
Every writer likens tho effect on
tho surrounding terrain to an earth
quake. One says that tho hill on
which lm stood shook like jelly. An
other, who says tho explosive used
was amlnol, writes:
"Wo saw what might have been the
doors thrown open In front of a num
ber of colossal blast furnaces. They
appeared in pairs, In threes and snc
i essive singles and with each blast
tho earth shook and shivered beneath
our feet. It was worso than an
earthquake" said Bomcone who had
known one of tho worst earthquakes,
"Thunder clouds of smoke roso In
solid form to Immense holghla from
11111 00, from Wytschaeto wood nnd
other places and, while our eyes were
full of the spectacle, a thousand guns
onened fire. Tho nlr shook as the
earth shook and whore earth and nlr
met Incredible, explosions seemed to
rend tho world, until wo nppearod
part of some cosmic revolution.
"Wo saw familiar landscapes, al
ready ploughed and harrowed by tho
war, vanish or assume grotesque
shapes. 1 1 111 60 went up in fine dust."
dust."
Tho correspondents agreo in tnti-
clnatimr desnerato counter attacks.
They say tho eClrmans aro massing
vast forces and Intimate that tho hat
tlo has only begun.
Lowell. Mass. "For the last three
yearn I have been troubled with the
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tho bad feelings
cuinmon at that
rime. I was in a
very nervous condi
tion, wiui neaoacnes
and pain a good
deal of tho time so I
was untii. to do my
work. A friend
asked mo to try
l,ydia K. Pinkhnm a
V egetable Com
nound, which I did.
and it has helped me in every way. I
am not nearly so nervous, no headache,
or pain. 1 must say that Lydia h.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best remedy any sick woman can take.
Mrs. Margaret Quinn, Bear 259
Worthen St, Lowell, Msbb. - 1
Otherwarning symptoms are a sense
of suffocation, hot (lashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
iitnidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation,
of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
irregularities, constipation, , variable
appetite, weakness, inquietude, . and
dizziness.
If vou need special advice, write to
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medians KM.
ntiaj), Lynn, Mass,
the Lydia
(conlidcntii
To Klamath Falls
Sunday
Will leave for Klamath FallB Sun
day morning. Can take four passen
gers. Faro $5.00.
100.
Court Hall. Phone
Miss Anna Allen of Uoseburg ar
rived In the city yesterday for an ex
tended visit with friends and rela
tives. I
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ey had. nothing hut sawdust
dressing wounds and where
no primer nourishment i'or
after their hurts were at-
Lemons Beautify!
Make Quarter Pint
of Lotion Cheap
Puller,
iniau
as representative ol'
Hcd Cross and ol' Ihe
ltumniiin royal family i seeking to
nlist jnaneial succor I'or the strick-
ii mil in.
$1,000,000 Oil Lands Restored, j
LOS A.NCKI.HS. June Tlne'
quarter sections of laud In Kern
county, California, valued at $1,00".
000 wore ordered restored to the
government In one of ro.n- opinions
rendered by Federal Judge It. H. llean
of Portland, Ore., involving eight of
! twenty suits filed by tho governmeiu
in tho federal court hero to rccoiei
land under the Taft withdrawal order
Issued September 27. in, to estab
lish a fuel oil reserve for the navy.
iTho opinionB were filed acre unmy.
Hero is told how to prepare nn in
expensive lemon lotion which can bo
used to bring back to any skin the
sweet freshnoss. softness, whiteness
and beauty.
The Juico of two frosh lemons
strained Into a bottle containing threo
ounces of orchard white makes a
whole quarter pint of tho most re
murkahlo lemon skin beautlfier at
about the cost ono must pay for a
small jar of the ordinary cold creams.
Care should bo taken to strain the
lemon juoce thru a fine cloth so no
lemon pulp sets In, then tills lotion
will keep fresh for months. Kvery
woman knows that lemon juico is
used to blench and remove such blem
ishes as freckles, sallowness and tun.
anil Is the ideal Bkln softenor, smooth-
enor and beautlfier.
Just try It! Get threo ounces of
orchard whlto nt any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint or tins weouy mi
grant lemon lotion and massago It
dally into tho face, neck, nrms and
hands, and see for yourself.
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WATERS y
Medford
Iron Works
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS
Agents for Southern Oregon for
Fairbanks, Morse & Co. Ons F.ngines
and Pumping Outfits.
Phone 40
17 South Riverside
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Co. I I inner Friday Kvc. Med. at.
The boys of Co. I, 3d Ore. Inf., V. S.
A., will clvo another one of their fine
dances In tho Nntatorlum on Friday
evening, Juno Mh. 1917. The same
fine, lively dance music, efficient
courteous floor managers have been
encaged to make this the host dance
of the season, (lentlemen. 10 cents a
dnnco. 3 for a quarter, 13 for a dollar.
Soldier boys In uniform, SO cents for
evening. Ladles are especially Invit
ed nnl aro assured every courtesy and
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I Be Here Tomorrow Saturday.
It Will Pay You to Come
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