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MEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE, MFDFORD, ORFCiOK MONDAY. JULY fl, 1017.
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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.
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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. "To think that
fifty years ago thcro was almost
tolhing here," bus been a frequent. c.r
pression over since entering the moun
tain states, tho thought giving hope'
of the speedy rebuilding of tho de
vastated Belgian cities, after tho in
vader has been ousted.
FOR SEI6E OF PEKIN
PEKING, July fl General Chang
Hsun, head of tho imperialist forces,
it provisioning tho Forbidden Cit
and strengthening its defenses. This
indicates that if bis troops are de
feated at Feng Tai, near Peking, the
lust stand will bo mado there. The
thirteenth division, accompanied by
artillery, is leaving Peking for Feng
Tai. '
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of the ordinary that they get the second look from your friends.
Among the ten is probably Your Car the car that you said some
one, some day, would surely build.
If you want speed here it is. If you want beauty here it is. If
you want sedateness here it is. If you want supreme comfort
here it is. ,
These ten Chalmers are all different'. Yet they all have one com
mon denominator: Quality.
They arc ably constructed, and in our judgment Chalmers has
never built before such good cars as these.
Possibly you have seen some of the new Chalmers about town.
We had hoped to withhold this announcement until a month later,
but good news travels fast and out of fairness to those who plan
the purchase of a car at this time or later in the fall we are stating
our fall plans on Chalmers now.
Come to our Sales Rooms and view ot close range the Chalmers
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Portland, July 7-14
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, 1'ortland people will entertain their visit
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