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PA'flTC FOITTS Medford Mail Tribune AN 1NDKPENDKNT NKWRFAHER PUBLIHHKD EVKHF AKTKHNOON BXCKPT SUNDAY BY THE aiBDFORD PRINTING CO. Office Mall Tribune Building, 26-S7-29 North Fir street; telephone 76. The Democratic Times, The Medford Mall, The Medford Tribune, The Soutti rn Oregon Ian, The Ashland Tribune. GEO RGB PUTNAM, Editor. BUBSOBIPTIOW RATES. One yeur, by mull - $5.00 One month, by mull .60 Per month, delivered by carrier In Medford, Ashland, Phoenix, Tal ent, Jacksonville and Central Point . .60 Saturday only, by mail, per year. 1.00 Weekly, per year-- 1.60 Official paper of the City of Mpdford. Official paper of Jackson County, Entered as aecond-claRH matter at Mdford, Oregon, under the act of Marou 1879. Hworn Circulation for 1916 2,491. Full leased wire Associated Press dls- paicnes. EM-TEES THE ANSWKIl TO THE CALL. When tho boys, tho dear young boys, The best products of our fair land Hove donned their khaki uniform And firmly take their stand To go and fight for the Nation's lion i ; or at a word from Uncle Sam To go forward Into battle; ready ever to dare and do, And to stand nobly by their colors, the red, the white and blue. They are coming by the hundreds from the east and from the west, Tho young men of this fair nation all tho noblest and the best. Some are leaving home and mothers for the first time in their lives Others leaving friends and sweet hearts, many puro young trusting wives; All muitt heed the call to duty no mat ter what their lot. Each one ready to assemble, always ready on the dot. How the noble, manly follows, gladly 1 then their lessons learn Tho they are vory heavy hearted as from home and friends they turn. To go forward into battle to face the , dreaded foe. Who is a mennce to our nation, caus- ing misery and woe. Jn this land of civilization, you would s ' ' . think it is not true. When you read the crimes atrocious, ; I that the human devils do. And they are ever growing bolder I with each setting of the sun. And the timo has come to stop thorn, and the work Is wtll begun; Onward, forward, ever, never falter, novor fall, Ood will give a glorious victory, when BUch foes you do assail Let ub then he up and doing, each ono ovor what they can, Let tho burden of tills warfare rest not, nil alone with man.. There is need for great endeavor, so be not nt a loss, You can do your bit so easy by help ing to support the Ued Cross. There I tell you sister, brother, tbore the gold will leave the dross. Yon will find tho best ondoavor, al ways given by tho Hod Cross They are always, over, ready tholr aid to lend, Tho poor sick and wounded soldier ne'er can find a bettor friend So, dear friends, JtiBt please romcin her all Is gain and not a loss ' When you give a few odd dollars to the aid of the Ued Cross. Hy Airs, Nannie Ciarlcn, 21 Ten- noasoo Street, Medford, Oregon THE DRAFT LAW AS IT WILL BE USED WAS11INC.TON. June 27. Rigid adherence! to tho policy laid down In the national army selective draft law of placing tho question of exemption! In the hands of local boards, Is ex pected to characterize the exemption regulations to be made public by the war department In a fow days. It Is understood that tho regulations will map out only tho general procedure of the boards, tho persounel of which already has been announced. It Is regarded as certain that no specific class exemptions will bo provided for nnd that each man will be appraised on his Indlvldunl occupation nnd phv. sical capacity when his name Is called and he Is summoned before the local boards. As a matter of course no man with serlouB physical defects will be called upon for military service. Crippled or defective persons amongst thoso who were registered were not cd at the t lino and, it Is posslhlo, al ready huve been dropped from the rolls. The judgment or the civilian doc tors who are attached to local exemp tlon boards as to the alllty of any In dividual to benr the hardships of n olnter'g llfo will be a determining tacior. wrte4 men will not be exempted cum, ln M(.h C1,e (h oi,ject of . W1I be o determine wheth r th . fwaenoy or wire, children or GOETHALS "VNTE of tho main hopes of the is based upon the supposition that the United btates will build tonnage faster .than the submarines destroy it pending a solution of the submarine problem. To accomplish this, the Emergency Fleet Corporation was created and an initial ajipropriation of $600,000,000 provided for the building of a merchant fleet. General Goethals, of Panama canal fame, was made general man ager of the corporation. Up to thet middle of June the undersea boats had taken a toll of an average of 750,000 tons a month of allied ship ping since the inauguration of unrestricted TJ-boat warfare.- Jn order to hold the shipping where it is, it will be necessary to turn out an "amount of tonnage equal to that sunk and in order to supply the allied needs, an excess should be built over that destroyed. That the United States is not doing this is apparent to all. In short, in shipbuilding the United States is scor ing the first serious failure of the war, despite huge appro priations and all the shipyards available. Up to the mid dle of June the shipping board had executed seventeen contracts for a total of 148 ships and hulls with a total tonnage of 500,000. These include 28 steel ships, 32 com posite ships, 40 wooden ships, 48 wooden hulls none of them available lief ore next spring. With nearly 4,000,000 tons destroyed, only half a million replacement has been arranged for, and that not for a year. The seriousness of the situation was thus summed up by Lloyd George: "There are three things neded to Insure victory; the first is ships; the second is ships; tho third is more ships." This shows Britain's need. Italy needs 250,000 tons of ships a month and is getting but 50,000 tons. French and Italian navies are suffering from lack of coal, due to shortage in ships. Russia is unable to secure war ma terial awaiting shipment for lack of vessels. France is suffering a coal famine, due to ship shortage. . . What is the reason for the United States' failure to provide ships speedily? Apparently a row in the shipping board over steel and wood ships General Goethals f avoid ing one style and other members another, and none of them apparently realizing the emergency of the situation. Goethals may not be to blame Denman may not bo at fault, but the fact nevertheless remains that the United States is not fulfilling the promises made allies, is not delivering the goods in the shape of needed ships and is facing defeat, and the shipping board is at fault because it is not getting action and it should be replaced by one that will. If the allies are to win the war, the United States must provide ships and provide them speedily not years hence, but immediately. Goethals should go if he cannot make good. WAR EFFECTIVELY ANNAPOLIS, June 2S. America Is demonstrating to the world that a democracy of a hundred million per sons can wugo war effectively and with unity of spirit, Secretary Daniels declared today in a commencement address to nearly 200 members of the Naval Academy third year class, whoso graduation was advanced by a year to provide officers for fighting ships. "Thoso who prophesied that Amer ica would not go wholo-hoartcdly into this war have been discredited," said the socretary. "The only divided councils havo been as to the best method to bo employed nnd wheu the president and congress hnvo spoken their decision has been accepted. "Wo are going to war without pas sion, without hatred, without lust for land, without a trace of vengeance. We do not hato tho peoplo wo are to fight. We halo only the autocracy which harnesses them to the Jugger naut. Our victory will not only make the world safe for democracy, will not only strengthen self-government nnd end tho fiction of divine right, but It will also bring to tho Herman people a new breath of liberty nnd hope for tho day when they will govern them solves and bo no longer the pawns of militarism." other relatives upon any man Is so complete as to warrant Ills rejoctlou as a soldier. Probably the boards will be fur nished with suggestions ns to occu pational exemption. The government i nn outline generally the professions or trades which must bo maintained at full strength behind tho fighting lines. Tho Importance of nn Individ itai in tlint profession or trade, how ever, can ho determined only by the local board. No Inkling 1ms been given as to the part to ho assigned to those who are to bo grunted partial exemption be- causo of religious belief. They are to ho freed of the necessity of tiring upon enemy soldiers and, therefore i rout regular military service, but the act contemplates that they con servo In some non-iomlmtnnt capacity be hind the Hues and holds them liable for service, ln such cases the question or priysicBl qualifications Is wholly iiiiiTi'iu aim mere aro many fine points that will have to- be decided In that connectliin as the facts present themselves, , "MTIDFCRH' lrATT; TRTBTTXTC, SHOULD GO allies for victory in the war AS WASHINGTON:, Juno 28. Presi dent Wilson has written the follow ing letter to Sunday schools : To llio officers, teachers nnil scholars oC the Sunday schools of the United States ot' America: 'The present insistent call of onr beloved country must be hen ill nnd answered by every citjucu of the United Stales in proportion to his or her ability to muintnin tho national power and honor. Many citizens will render tho nid by force of arms on tho battle field, while others will make tho nation thrill by their patri otic, Kiftn. It is, therefore, highly fitting that the Sunday schools of the nation should observo a BeciiU pat riotic day, nnd on this occasion should mnke a special eonlribulion to the American lied Cross for the alleviation of sul'fcrintr entailed in the wnr. II is my earnest hope that vour treneinsil y mny be unstinted in this, the hour of the tuition's need, and that this special lny may menu much to you in the undertaking- of the cause for which our beloved land now contends. "wonnuow wilsonv' TW0HY BROTHERS COMPANY IN MERGER SEATTLE, June 2S. iterger was announced today of the Seattlo Car mid Foundry company of which Win. Plggott Is president, and tho Twohy Brothers company of Portland. The combined plnnts represent an Invest ment of $1,000,000. The new cor poration will bo known as the Pacific Oar and Foundry company, will have headquarters in Seattle. WKSTOX C.YMK11A S1I01 HAS RKKX KM.AItflKI) John H. Palmer, who recently pur chased the Weston Camera shop, has enlarged his quarters to enable him to handle his Increasing business and Is now prepared to do first class portrait us well ns all other kinds of work In his lino. The shop had not been do ing portrait work for sometime. They make a specialty of kodak developing and printing and carry kodak sup piles. rot COUGHS AND UULDS Dsnnls Eucalyptus Orntmint AT ALL DftUa TORt Tuass iso June Roe MTCDTWRTK OftriON". TTTTrRSDAY. TTTXE 28, "1fli7v INFW S OF I 10 T Mrs. W. J. Schenck of Modford is ln receipt of the following entertain ing letter from W. Egbert Schenck, who is at present at Toklo, Japan, reflecting effects of the war upon va rious parts of the earth, particularly In far away Asia Minor: "Today tho rug on my office floor has been a veritable Aladdin's carpet. I have had three visitors and in thought they have taken me to places so widely divergent that I am led to tell you of them. "This morning Mr. Williams came in. His card indicated that he was from Broadway, as did his American clothes, his shirt with broad stripes and his smiling, clean-shaven face. He was a pleasant man and wo spoke of submarine chasers, for he is inter ested in selling patents for same to the Japanese government. Talking with him one can hear the road of the sub-ways, see the crowded narrow streets, of lower New York, can feel the throb of business as tho he were In a great shop. And ln mind again I saw the many, many lights that pick out strange outlines high into the sky of the battery about G o"clock. What does he typify? Work, perhaps; or industry and spectacular, self-satisfied accomplishment. , Russians Are LUto Children. "This afternoon I came Into my of fice and found Mr. Chambers there. I knew that he was coming, so I knew also that be was from Petrograd. Tils hair is Bhort cut and reddish and he has a florid pointed face, excellent manners and a suave voice. He had been selling machinery to the Rus sians. But we talked of the revolu tion. As do all, he held It to be a most extraordinary thing. The Rus sians, he says, are as children. Now intent on this, now absorbed in that, with the other forgotten. This min ute they set palace of Justice afire, and a little while later they call out the fire department and help them to extinguish the flames. Yesterday they would assassinate their rulers, today they seize them all without par ticular violence and pass a resolution abolishing capital punishment. In Petrograd -conditions were really hard. It was impossible to get many things to eat. And in the revolution a number of people were killed. But he said if the shooting of the soldiers was an example of what they did at the front, there was no place safer than a German trench.' Also he said the other side during the revolution had enough sense to be killed when. snot at. mat is they went thru all the actions. One man was shot in his cohrtyard and Chambers says he would have sworn that he could see blood running from him and staining the snow. But later he got up and walked off. And so we have what? creation, with its uncertainties, its mysteries and its splendor. Native Irenclier Comes. "Towards evening the hoy brought me a Dit ot paper on which was scrawled Rev Fi-Isdy. He came in. Ills trousers were of some thick ma terial, light in color, his coat was of a different cloth, .u-vost was blue and of a clerical cut. In the man one for got his clothes. He was very tall. quite spare and very erect. Ills face was tanned and he wore a pointed beard and a mustache. Ills cheeks were gaunt, his eyes direct nnd his smile charming. He spoke English of nn entertaining kind, with a soft and pleasing volco. 'The wind that blows today Is much," he greeted me with. I assented and waited, for Reverends seldom call on me at the office except for monoy. Well, 1 can't toll you exactly what he said and if 1 tried, what 1 would write would not give you the Impression that he gave. So without detail 1 will try and give you tho Impression he gave uie. A Tnle of Horror. "We are ln a pleasant country. Be hind us tho mountains lower towards the sky and in front of us stretches a lako. It is Lake Van, for we are In v The In- a comparable 3 Baby Food. Mm AoliAv; w ".Vw.il M Noltrt Milk WIDEM AN N'S; GOAT "MIL K A Ptjnt r aha ft Invalid. AT IK4DINO ORUadlftT WIDEMANK GOAT MILK TO. JOHN A. PERL UNDERTAKE! I. vly Assistant. 8H SOl'Ttl BARTLKTT. Phone M. 47 and 4TJ-SL Austomoblle Hears Service. Ambulance Servlco, Coroner. II1LII what was once Chaldea, and what is now Asia Minor over towards the Per sian border. Following one oi me streams that flows Into the lake we wind our way up towards the forests that darken the mountain sides. Here several thousand feet above the sea we find a humble village with a score or so of flat-topped houses. It is June. 1915. For months the villagers have been disturbed for rumor has told them that the Turks would fight and that a holy war would be pro claimed. So, two and three at a time they have bought cartridges and hid den them away. This Is a Christian village, of the Nestorlan sect and they have much to fear from a holy war. At last it comes. But the villagers hear that the Turks are commanded by German officers and knowing that Germany is a "Christian country" and that they ore peaceful citizens, they feel that they may lay aside their fears. But the German officers, in stead of mitigating the horrors of war, increase them a thousand fold. I am literal here. He said that where the Turks would have stopped, the Germans would not let them, but led them on. Fire, rapine, murder and all the awful things op war visited them. They fought as best they could but their ammunition was soon ex hausted and the remainder sought refuge in the high mountains. His wife was Bhot before his eyes, he saw bis brothers' family burned. And of Charter No. 8236. ' Report of Condition of ........ . Medford National Bank At Medford, In the State of Oregon, at the close of busines on June 20, 1917. '' ' ' Resources. - 1. a Loans and discounts .........$346,09..84 f Forelgn.Bills of Exchange or Drafts old with endorsement or tniB, noi snown u Item d above (see Item 55) i 2.' Overdrafts, unsecured 5. U 8 bonds (other than Liberty Bonds of 1017) : aU. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) $100,000.00 IV s, bonds and certificates of Indebtedness "owned and unpledged - z"'0?0, 0, g Premium on U. S. bonds I,5o0.00 it a imnda inthnr than l.lhertv Bonds and certi ficates' of indebtedness 6. Payment on account subscription lor iLlDerty joan uonos-.-j 7. Bonds, securities, etc.: ' b Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to se-, cure postal savings deposits 5,000.00 c Bonds and securities pledged as collateral i for State, or other deposits (postal exclud ed) or bills payable . 15,000.00 e Securities other than U. S. bonds (not in- i..inc atnnra nwno itnnlprlffpd .... 29. 51(5.30 Total bonds, securities, etc o .Qtnnir nf Vnrlerftl Reserve Bank .tl 10. Value of banking house 4.1.K0O.O0 11. Furniture and fixtures B.UOU.UO m Benl estate owned other than banking house 41,068.00 13. a Net amount due from approved reserve agents InlNew York, Chicago and St. Louls$22,435.27 h Net. amount due from approved reserve agents In other reserve cities 15. Exchanges for clearing house 1 7. a Outside checks and other cash b Fractional currency, nickels and 18. ;N'otes of other national banks J, 155. oo i). Notes of Federal Reserve Banks : 700.00 21. Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank j 48,929.26 22. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 5,000.00 Liabilities. 24. Capital stock paid ln $100,000.00 5. Surplus fund 26. a Undivided profits $ 14,469.45 b Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 13,400.82 29. Circulating notes outstanding 32. Net amount due to bank and bankers (other than includ ed In 30 and 31) - Demand deposits subject to Reserve: 34. Individual deposits subject to check 35. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed) 36. Certtried checks '. 37. Cashier's checks outstanding Total demand deposits subject to Reserve, litems 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40 $313,234.88 Tlmo dep"""'' subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days or more notice) : 41. Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed).. 43. Other time deposits 45. Postal savings deposits Total $759,399.43 STATE OF OREGON", County of Jackson, ss. I, John S. Orth, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. ! JOHN S. ORTH, Cashier. CORRECT Attest: W. H. Gore, F. E. Merrick, J. A. Perry, directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2Sth day of June, 1917. G. M. ROBERTS, Notary Public. My commission expires September 25, 1920. No. 45. Report of the Condition of Farmers and Fruitgrowers Bank At Medford, ln tbe State of Oregon, at the close ot business June 20, 1917. Resources. Loans and discounts , - : $18M65.23 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured iNONB Bonds and warrants :..i - 8.619.40 Stocks, securities, judgments, etc 7.518.79 Furniture and fixtures fi.000.00 Other real estate owned 3,150.00 Hue from approved reserve banks 85,326.17 Checks nnd other cash Items 1,142.60 Exchanges for clearing house 2,048.17 Cash on hand ..... 11,145.26 Total $303,415.62 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in $ 60,000.00 I'nillvlded profits, less expenses and taxes paid 3.447.01 Individual deposits subject to check 201. 623. 22 lH'mand certificates of deposit 15,107.49 Cashier checks outstanding -49.09 Certified checks 2.40 Tlmo and savings deposits 35.1S6.41 Notes nnd bills redlscounted NO.NK Bills payable for money borrowed NONK Total $305,415.62 STATE OF OREGON. County of Jackson, s. I R. F. Antle, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swaar that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and beilef. R. F. ANTLE, Cashier. CORRECT Attest: L. Nledcrmeyer, J. B. Andrews, Delroy Getchell, dl- reeors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2Sth dsv nf June, 1917 HEN TUOWBKIOUK, Notary Public. My commission expires December 14, 1920. his nearest relatives, 34 were slain. In the mountains they lived like beasts, not daring for days at a time to light a firs and living on raw flesh without even salt. At times by day thev rolled stones upon their enemies and by night they slipped down and stole whatever they could. Our Rev. commanded several thousand men and the letter he has from nis uisnop says that he was as brave as a Hon and the savior of his people, "never was there such an athlete."' Finally they fought their way to 'Persia ana the Russians. And now Fi-Isdy is de spatched to the far away lands to seek charity for the orphans. Germany's Awful Shame. "As we hear his tale and glance at the few black lines upon the map, what from all this seemingly impossi ble unreality is real? The unutterable shame of Germany is there. Suffer ing that I cannot begin to understand is there. But I look at his book and see that today he has collected $4.,0, which seems so pitifully inadequate. and I think of how strange he must find this land and we strangers ln it. I look at him again and he smiles. And that is the wonder of it all to me that he can smile, that he can go on with the fight, that he can hope, and work, and plan and pray. Great indeed is the courage ot Man. Per haps be would call it the glory of God." $346,695.84 1,025.39 ' 12'?.'S2 5,000.00 49,515.30 (50 per cent of subscrip- 8.750.00 57,135.14 79,570.41 4.194.80 items $298.08 cents 147.35 445.43 25,000.00 1,068.63 98,500.00 4S3.06 289,078.67 22,168.80 1,937.25 50.16 $120,274.11 96,438.95 4,399.80 MOTHERS Be Careful Don't you know milk is the one thing you should know to be pure and wholesome for the babies at all times and especially during hot weather? And the only way you can be sure is to get Pasteurized milk, absolutely pure and free from all germst We are now pre pared to furnish you Pasteurized milk and cream, delivered dai ly, and guarantee it to keep sweet from 46 to 48 hours. Ask your doctor. Get the state's score on your milkman's product not his barns, but the milk he is delivering you. Our score is 94 The Dairy Phone 48 233 E. Main UNDER THIS SIGN V U L C A N I Z I N G Miller Tires Wiregrip Tires Shell Gas and Distillate F. R. ROBERTS 1S2 S. Riverside AUTO TIRES 1 mako a specialty of auto tires, both new and repairing. Also all kinds ot blacksmlthlng and horse shoeing. At tho old stand, South Riverside. Tom Merrimari Get This Quick 1916 FORD Touring Car In Fine Condition. VALLEY GARAGE WESTON'S Camera Shop 208 East Main Street, Medford The Only Exclusive Commercial Photographer in Southern Oregon, Negatives Made any time or place by appointment. riionc 147-J. Well do the rest. J. B. PALMER.