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PA"OE THREE E . W. W. FORCED BY E FISHEI TOF TROOPS TO MET BLOWN TO DEATH BY BARREL-MINE E E OF IN SEATTLE VISIT MEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE, MFDFORD, ORFCiOK MONDAY. JULY fl, 1017. if with V ) Jr 1 Forest Supervisor Erivkson an nounces that the actual enlisting of woodsmen unci mill workers for the 10th Reserve Engineers (Forest) be gan today. Enlistment will be for the period of the war. Men wishing to join the regiment should apply ut the forestry office, federal building, Mi'di'ord. Men recommended go to any V. S. rniy recruiting officer .where they arc accepted as recruits if they pass the' physical examinations, which is the same as that required for other lmhtury service. Iiecnuts must be white, between the ages of 18 and 40 years, and must be citizens' of the United States or have declared their intention to become such. Men sub jert to conscription will discharge their obligation by enlisting in this regiment. All applicants should un derstand that this is a military organ ization; that they must undergo the customary drill and discipline of Lulled Stales soldiers, and that Ihc.y may bo called upon to do work within the danger zone. Woodsmen Wanted. Picked woodsmen will compose the regiment men who will be given a chance to take part in the war for which their life and training have fit ted them. Altho enlisting has been go ing on for two weeks, the district for ester states that there is still room for experienced loggers and millmen. Places are open for skilled nxmen, sawyers, tie hewers, skidders, team stcrs and blacksmiths. Millwrights, sawyers, and engineers are needed to an portable sawmills which will fejrni part of the equipment; helpers are required for the various activities connected with woods operations and the maintenance of large camps. After enlisting the men will be fed at government expense, and will be furnished uniforms and regular mil itary equipment, and in addition will bo paid according to a fixed scale. Officers Selected. .Tames A. Woodruff, lieutenant- colonel of engineers, has been desig nated by the war department to or ganize and command the regiment, and Beverly C. Dunn, captain of en gineers, has been designated as adju tant on the regimental staff. W. D. Greeley, assistant forester in the U. S. forest service, lias been selected by the chief forester to servo as major on the riglmental staff and aid in the organiatlon and equipment of the reg iment. The majors in command of battal ions will be C. S. Chapman and R. E. Benedict. The duty of this regiment will be to get out timber needed by the ar mies railroad tics, trench timbers, mine props, bridge timbers, lumber and cordwood. The work will be per formed behind the battle line in France., The reglmont will bo mado up of six companies of 164 men oach, aside from battalion and rcglmonatl staffs drivers, and commissioned officers H will be sent over seas as soon as organized, trained and equipped. It will first bo assenibzled at two train ing camps, the regimental headquar tors and ono battalion at the Amcrl can university, Washington, D. C, and ono battalion at Fort Leaven worth, Kas. E, S LONDON', July 0. Tho American ; steamer Massaerpm was sunk on !'( Saturday by Ti Herman subniatinc. The crew were landed at the small islitml nf Si.in. mili.j u.tnlW ,.1 of Ilrest, France. The Massapcipia, .1103 tons gross, was armed with guns manned by na val gunners anil was owned by tho Xcw York and 1'orlo Rico Steam ship company. She sailed on June IS from the I'niled Slalcs for France with n general cargo. She was com manded by Captain A. II. Slr.imm and had n crew of 31 men, of whom ten signed on as American citizens. 'POPE BENEDICT HOME. July fl. Pope Benedict was nwnkened by an earth shock which shook the whole of Home earlv Sun day morning. Many people dressed, others left their home fearing a sec ond shock. The pope inquired as to the extent of the earthquake and GLOI1R, Ariz., July 9. The third conference between the stato and fed eral mediation board and olements in volved in the copper minors' strike in the Globe-Miami district was to be hold today. The mediators were to meet with representatives of the Met al Mine Workers' Industrial union, a branch of the Industrial Workers of the World. Saturday tho mine oper ators conferred with the mediators and yesterday representatives of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltor Workers were heard. iXoth ing lias been dlvulgod concerning the discussions In the conference room, but It was said aftor yesterday's con ference that the meeting with tho In ternational's delegates was more sat isfactory than tho conference Satur day with the operators. The first display of force by the United States troops, who came here Thursday night to maintain order, was made yesterday when a troop of cavalry was called to disperse a meet ing of industrial Workers of the World, which had been forbidden by the local authorities. The men dis persed quietly and held their meeting unmolested on a hillside a mile out side of town. Governor Thomas E Campbell said that he considered the holding of open air mass meetings In the city as dangerous to the mainte nance of order and announced that undor no circumstances could they be permitted. An American minor was shot and wounded in an altercation In Miami last night and Governor Campbell re ceived word of the killing by a peace officer of a Mexican at Ray, where several Industrial Workers of the World agitators were deported Satur day. The killing at Ray occurred when a group of Mexicans attempted to release a prisoner. The officer was wounded twice. Ntaithor occur rence, it was said, was connected with tho strike. : TO JOIN PERSHING WASHINGTON, July 9. Urgent pleas to bo Bent to France to join tho American forces in Franco are be ing made by three thousand Hawaiian militiamen, according to J. Kulo Ka- lanlaaole, the Hawaiian delegate In congress, who is urging favorable ac tion by the war department. The question of food supply, it is said, enters into the problem of what disposition is to be mado of the Ha waiian forces for Hawaii is looked to furnish much of the United States sugar and rice needs. "Our men want to get Into the fight right away," said Mr. Kalanlanaole, who expressed the hopo that the de partment would immediately order the militiamen into the federal scrv- ico. JAYHAWKER'S DAY . , JULY 13 The Rogue River valley people who were eltber born In Kansas and for merly lived In the Sunflower state are preparing for a big time at their an nual meeting In Ashland, Friday next, July 13, at 10:30 a. m. The program will bo given in tho new Chautauqua auditorium beginning at 10:30 a. m, and will be free. There will be sev eral choice musical numbers by Med ford and Ashland people In cbarge of George Andrews, who was a member of tho most popular opera company that ever visited Kansas. There will be a splendid talk by the famous lec turer Clarence Truo Wilson and short talks by former Kansnns. An old fashioned Kansas community dlnnor will be served at noon, to which ovory one takes a well filled banket. Coffee will bo furnished by tho 'Ashland ladles. Prepare to attend Chautauqua next Friday If you ever lived in Kansas, and have an old fashioned Jayhawker picnic. IJIXDOV Jv !). Acennlimr to reports reaching Rotterdam from lierlin and forwarded by the t.x- change Telegraph, Knitierur William invited the neutr.il ambassadors anil OAIAAY, Ireland, July 0. Nine Oalwav fishermen were blown to pieces a few days ago while exam ining a German "barrel mine" which they bad found ut sea and towed ashore. Irish fishermen have made lately a great ninny lucky hauls of barrels containing petrol, tallow, dils and similar treasures, supposedly, from torpedoed ships. This time they saw a promising- looking barrel afloat some distance from land, with a con venient handle on each side, and Ihey promptly towed it ashore, rollinz il up on the beach for examination. Four men were in the boat, and six moro gathered nround while the prize was on the beach. One man, Jos eph O'Flaherty, had a suspicion of danger, and warned the others, but they paid no attention to him, and be hid himself behind a rock. One of tho fishermen removed n couple of screws from the bead of the barrel, and then began to pull out a piece of cord. The explosion which followed was heard miles away, and shook houses four miles' distant. After a time O'Flaherty, who bad been wounded in the head with n piece of stone, stood up, but not a trace of the mine or the men was to be seen. There was only a great bole ill the beach. Searchers found a portion of the fishermen's boat near ly a mile nway. A small boy whose atlention was attracted to the group of men on the shore was running to ward them just as the mine exploded. One of his arms was afterwards found near his home, but there was no other trace of liim. KATE SANBORN, AUTHOR. DEAD AT AGE OF 79 IIOMJSTON, Mass., July !). Kalherine Abbott Sanborn (Kate Sanborn), author, died today at the ago of 79. Miss Sanborn was for merly professor of English literature at Smith eollcgo. CAPETOWN, South Africa, July 9. A grave warning against propa ganda aiming at tbe political Inde pendence of South Africa has just been issued broadcast by General Botha. His statement follows: "Members of the South African party must not allow themselves to be misled by false and misleading propaganda tor independence. The proposal is now being made merely to win votos at the provincial coun cil elections by an appeal to sontl mont, and not to the sound sense of the pooplo, . "The proposal is wholly impracti cable, and is moreover very danger ous, for in tho present war condi tions it can only lead to bitterness, division, race hatred, and even civil war. ' "There is in South Africa a strong English population whoso motherland is now engaged In a life and death struggle. It Is not surprising that they regard this movement as trea sonable and dlBloyal. It is unjust and dishonorable to make such an attempt at this moment, and the dis honor is all the greater as the pro posal is only Intended to catch votes for a particular party. "My warning Is Intended very ear nestly, because I foresee in this move ment nothing but ruin for South Af rican people. I appeal above all to ur plonoors and the fathers of out people to follow the safe way of hon or, along which a great future awaits us.' ' ' SWEDISH GENERAL FOUND MURDERED IN FLAT STOCKHOLM:, July 8. The news paper Dagens Nybetrr says that Colo nel lljalmar Smitt, a prominent inem bcr of the Swedish general staff, was found murdered ill his flat Saturday. The circumstances suggest an at tempt by the murderer to get possess ion of military plans in Colonel Suiitt's keeping. . SEATTLE, July 0 Much rested by a quiet Sunday nnd cheered over tho activity of the' Hussians, mem bers of tbe Helginn war mission today resumed their second week of mak ing friends with the United Stat.-s Tho commission spent yesterday and last night at the homo of Samuel Hill, overlooking Puget Sound, in a houso which had been built for the reception of King Albert of Belgium, when, as a crown princo he had promised to attend the Alaska-Yukon exposition ill 11)00. Their first week of travel has been highly satisfactory to Huron Mon cheur, head of the mission nnd Gen eral Lcclcreq, its ranking military of ficer who said today they were great ly affected by the receptions they have received and by evidences of friendship shown by Americans nil along the way. - The newness of tho western cities has mado a great, impression on all of tho commmission. 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