Medford mail tribune., July 28, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOtt. SATURDAY. JULY 28,' 1917
PAGE T11RE11
ALLIED FLEET
SUPERIOR SAYS
GERMAN
CHIEF
Head of Teutonic Flying Forces Ad
mits That Britons Equal Germans
as Air Fighters, But Are Inferior
In Reconnoitering Every Teuton
Wants to Be a Flier. . '
THE HAGUE, July 28. Interest.
" lug comparisons of British, French
and German methods of alr-flghtlng
were made recently by General von
Hoeppn'er, commander of the German
flying forces In an Interview with the
. Berlin correspondent of the Holland
News bureau. General von Hooppner
admitted that the air forces of the en
tente allies were superior on the west
ern front and in the Balkans, but said
that on the eastern front the German
airmen outnumbered their adversa
ries. Here superiority In numbers,
however, be professed -to believe
meant nothing when compared with
the quality of machines and of the
men flying them. He added:
French Inferior.
"The Frenchman is' obviously not
to be placed on a par with our airmen
from the point of view of nioralo, but
It is Just in flying the Briton proves
that ho is of German race and there
fore has a love of fighting. In gen
eral the Frenchman only attacks when
he feels himself numerically superior.
He avoids a fight under equal condi
tions. The Briton seeks the combat.
The Frenchman only attacks once; if
the first attack be unsuccessful, he
Immediately retires, The Englishman,
on the other hand, fights till he or his
opponent goes under."
"In their Spad aeroplanes of 200
liorsenower. and .the British Sonwlth
Vtrlplanes, they, possess splendid ma
chines which mostly equal our best
machines. ,
"More important, howover, than
.the superiority of the machines is that
of the crews. The enemy battle air
men are just as much up to their job
as our's. That is not so, however,
with the reconnoitering airman. In
the case of the French, their training.
which should be of a purely military
character, is mediocre; while with the
British it is even inferior. Here are
to be found the deeper causes of the
better performances of our fliers,
lii-itlsh Seek Fights.
"To Britishers flying Is a sport, the
climax whereof Is a fight. They seek
the combat regardless of the question
whether the carrying out of the
charge entrusted to them renders this
necessary or not. The German is first
of all a soldier, who looks u'po nevery
flight as a military operation, and
that decides his line of conduct. Our
proportionally smaller losses, there
fore, show that our commanders are
4 too good soldiers to set their airmen
Impossible tasks.. Moreover, tlio air
men are not sent out singly, for the
fulfillment of military tasks is more
lmportant-than all spirit of sport and
all bravory. The century-old German
military tradition cannot be caught up
by the three years' warfare of the
British."
A final Inquiry as to who the Gcr-
mans prefer to meet as enemies elicit
ed the response: "That Is a question
which may not bo put. It is not the
sporting achievement, but the fulfill
ment of the charge in hand, that is
the main thing. With us every sol
dlor wants to be a Boelcke tho death
of his comrades does not frighten
him.". . .
THRIFT EXHIBIT
lnnv nP the ffirlK nml linvu
Mcdl'ord nre busily preparing fur the
junior limit exhibit to be hold in Itii
lull. The one held lust year showed
(lie results til' the viicutinn work nml
Ofciilmtinn nml consisted lit' imiiltrv
garden produce, cunned goods, needle
iind urt work, while the younger chil
dren brought pels, original toys, etc.
and it was considered very sntisfao
torv for the first exhibit of its kin
held here.
This venr the nnrents have n liet
ter understanding of the work, and
ench child is trvinir to lie helnful in
homo way to home and country, and
the exhibit will unilouliledly lie much
lurffer nml better than last Year. Ixt
each child remember t lint ho or she
lias a resxinsihility in making it
success anil each effort, howev
small, helps.
Chairman Gatchell has called
meeting of the Crater Lake highway
committee to consider the threatened
delay In construction, for Monday af
ternoon at 3:30 p. m. All members
are urged to be present.
FIRE BAPTISM
AWAITS TROOPS
FROM AMERICA
Diabolical Develtries of Destruction
Evolved by War poison Gas,
Liquid Fire, , Explosive Shells,
Bombs and Grenades to Be Mas
tered by Troops.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, July 28 The arrival of the
rst contingents of. the Ameilca.i
army in France servo to recall the fact
that the United States Is entoriug a
ar already old and wise wise with
the dearly bought wisdom of three
long adventurous years and teoped
in all the diabolic wickedness and in
cessant delving into the deviltries of
destruction can bring to it.
Having escaiied the first terrors of
weapons which German science had
developed through tolling years of mi
litary preparedness, the American div
isions will nevertheless plunge even
tually into a seething cauldron which
has grown from the unavoidable policy
fighting the devil with fire." They
will have quickly to learn not only to
take the awful German frlghtfulncss
with calm endurance, but to return It
with an even increasing measure.. In
doing this many nerve-testing' and
soul-searching experiences undoubted
ly lies before them,, but there are al
ready thousands of young Americans
In the Canadian and British ranks who
have proved themselves traditionally
worthy in the scorching flame3 of
modern war.
Ilaptism of Fire.
First of all, when they take their
place, will come the baptism of fire
from the noisy high-explosive German
shells that scream in from afar and
burst with terrifying reports some
times in most unexpected places. The
Germans are great believers, both In
noise and high-explosives. They even
mix their adored "H-E" with tholr
shrapncll shells which break high In
the air and send their bullets shower
ing down with the whlue of an angry
winter wind. The Americans soon will
learn to distinguish the individual
song of the various shells for there is
not the slightest doubt that the mo
ment he discovers they are in the line
the German will turn every available
caliber of weapon against them in a
flourish of introductory "hate" They
will come over in order these
shrieking, grumbling missies rang
ing in size and noise all the way from
the nasty little pip-squeaks or whiz-
bangs, up thru the four-point-twos, the
flve-polnt-nlnes and then on to what
the British Tommies laconically call
'the ulg stuff" the eight-inch how
itzer shells .and the projectiles from
heavy caliber long-range naval guns,
known without affection as "Whistl
ing Percy".
There will be little opportunity to
hear a "Big Bertha", for those famous
old 42-centimeter howitzers are seld
om used nowadays. It Is believed that
the Germans planned to bombard Ar
ras with them, using prusstc arm
shells, but the British ladvanco on
Easter Monday last put a stop to that
particular nefarious scheme against
the already sadly battered llttlo Art-
ois cathedral city.
IWmilw and Grenades.
There Is also awaiting tho new Ame:
rican army a bounteous baptism of
bambs and hand geronndes and the
still more dismaying Introduction of
the ghastly rattle of the machine-gun
and Its sinister swish of spraying bul
lets sounds well calculated to stand
with a moment of fear the heart 'f the
bravest man. "
But abovo all the Amerlcau soldier
must equip themselves to endure tho
lethal gas that will be sent over
against them In poisonous, vaporish
clouds, or showered upon them In a
deluge of heavily charged cylinders
and shells. They must prepare (o deal
also with tho treacherous lashrjmot
ory gaH which while not dangerous to
life, Irritates tho earductB until one
cries with blinded smarting oyes for
hours. Tho surprise of both these
gases is their altogether pleasant
smell, the lethal variety suggesting
tho clean odor of a sanitary hospital
ward, while the so-called tear gas has
the appetizing scent of crushed ripe
apples, or elder.
Liquid Fire Torture.
There Is also a reason-shaking ter
ror of the "flamcnwerfer," with Ita
roaring stream of liquid fire flaring
with the velocity of a high pressure
fire nozzle and with an offpourlng of
smoke rising like a black cloud to the
heavens.
The first day of their spray In bat
tie trenches the Amorlcans will make
the acquaintance of a very old, but
scarcely cherished, friend of the Tom
mies and Pollus another member of
the Werfcr family known as "Minnie'
This Is the German mine thrower, or
mlnewerfer, which flings over at short
range great heavy, projectiles Vnown
COCKROACH IS BOCHE
We have with us today the boche
of the Insect world. He's a fighter.
He believes a determined offensive is
the best defense. He lives of f the ter
ritory he invades and when the house
wife has mobilized a fly-swatter and
crub brush he retreats to a now line
of defense. v
The cockroach's camp kitchens are
so efficient he can live on next to
nothing. . A few crumbs will support
regiment an open bread-box.
sugar-box or flour barrel, a whole
army. - ....
Gen. Cockroach' poisons the wells
as he retreats. ; Even If all kitchen
supplies are protected, theTHshos he
runs over will carry a disgusting
odor. Imparted to food served on
them.' -i. ;
The best shrapnel tomow down the
cockroach army Is a mixture of borax
and sugar,' and plenty of it. Musn't
as "flying pigs" because of their wab
bly, ungainly flight. They go off with
a doafenlng roai1, expending more en
ergy on noise, howovor, than on ma
terial damage.
A , notable development of the war
has .been,-, the dread with . which the
Gormand have. seen, weapons of their
own' Invention turned against them,
and turned with afstoadlly increasing
'intensity, .Tlieirprlsoncrs speak of
tho terror those weapons have, caused
and declare the German higher com
mand Is realizing all too late the
Frankcnstelnes It brought Into being.
While the Entente allies aro mtiltoply-;
tug these terrors on the lines laid
down by EnierUr William himself,
the Germans, Isolated so long from
the world, find their resources and
materials constantly failing both as
to means of carrying on this style of
warfare and, what is more lmpo-tant
to them, combatting the retributive
measures undertaken by British and
French.
Use of Foison Gases.
Asphyxiating gas may bo taken as
a striking example. The whole world
was shocked when Germany first re
leased those poison clouds during
their second attack on Ypres, when
the Allies, llttlo suspecting such a
weapon, had no protection whatever
against It. The horror of thoso days
when men engulfed by the lclhul
waves died agonizing deaths will nev
er be forgotten. But the manner In
which the Canadian troops rallied and
prevented tho Germans breaking thro
In what they hoped would be a vic
torious march to Calais and Boulogne,
will ever be of the most thrilling stor
ies of tho world war. Nowadays the
British fairly bathe tho Germans In
every form of gas whenever the slight
est opiiortunlty offers and prisoners
all say their losses In these attacks
have been alarmingly heavy. G.is Is
sent over In creeping banks of fog,
Is shot over In bombs that suddenly
explode in trenches and at entrances
to dugouts, while no billets or sleep
ing quarters' for troojis In rest miles
back of the firing line are safe from
tho gas shells which aro ever knocking
at their doors.
The bitterness of it all to the Ger
mans, however, Is the fart that dally
they find they have less and less rub
ber with which to construct their gas
masks, many of which are very Infer.
tor -and offer-but poor protection to
tho- fighting men against gases that
constantly aro becoming moro imwer
fill. - '
Boiling and blazing old drums which
they find exploding about In scalding
and Incendiary fury, heavy shells
which -break over them spurting
streams of melted lead, are other spo
clcs of dread chickens of f rightfulness
that are dally flying home to tho Ger
man roost. ...
it Is small wonder that half flnlshed
letters found on Germans In the front
lines dwell iiion the terror of the war,
or that some go so far as to speak a
desperate envy of the dead.
M. A. Rader will leave Monday for
Crater Lake to take a government po?
sltlon In the park for the next two
months.
OF INSECT WORLD
be stingy with the ammunition.' Sift
two tablespoonfuls of sugar with
box of borax and aim In liberal quan
tities at all parts of the kitchen
under shelf-papers, around the water-
pipes, in the trenches of the cock.
roach along the baseboards and other
known cockroach cantonments.
' He'll eat the sugar, but the fine
borax will clog up his breathing' ap
paratus and suffocato him. Cocoa may
be used for sugar.
To blow cockroaches up with
mine, grease the vertical sides of
tin- pan with rancid butter and set
near the cockroach front as a trap
The cockroaches will fall down the
aides, and be unable to climb out.
Scald them each morning and use the
trap again without regreaslng.
Don't use such liquid (ire and poi
son gases as poison roach bait and
fumlgants unless you are an expert
professional roach killer. " '.' .
. Mr. and Mrn.X'. Cate of Modford
came out Inst Tuesday to visit Mr.
and Mrs. A. S.' furry. ' Tlloy were
accompanied by" Mr. jute's fattier
and a married sistor who are visit
ing nt the Cute home in Mcdford.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Furry, Mr. unci
Mrs., Harvey Outninn and Mrs. M.
Roso took un auto trip to Yreka Slin
ky. , . -
S. S.. .Stephens' family linvo been
having the measles. ' " :
Mr. am Mrs. E. F. Jacobs of
North Talent were nt tho market
with some cherries Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cnnudny of
Ashland' were dinner guests nt C,
Carey's Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rader and Mrs,
Taylor motored over to Mr. Rndcr's
Eagle Point ranch Sunday.
Mrs, Noah Chandler was culling
on Mrs. James Allen Wednesday.
Miss IVeltlin Diihlnp of Willows,
Cal., has been visiting friends
fhoenix. Central' I'oint and Talent
the past ten dnys.
Mrs. C'nllv Million, an old pioneer
of this 'valley and a relative of the
furry family, died nt her homo in
eastern Oregon recently of Sottcd
fever.
Louie' Colver threshed a nieo lot
of beardless barley this week.
Walter Allen hns about thirty
tons of liny in tho stack which will
bring him a neat little sum of money
this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Patterson of
North Talent wcro in fern valley one
day this week.
Mr. Hnwinnn, tho North Talent
mail carrier, and his wife and family
have all had the incnsles lately, and
Mr. Bowinun hits been off the route
for over three weeks.
Mrs. Hay Ward of fern Vnlley
was doing trading in Phoenix last
Wednesday. ,
Aubrey furry left his home, south
of Phoenix, Tuesday to join his reg
iment at Ashland. His ninny friends
will miss his ever pleusunt face, and
will wait and hope for his speedy
homecoming.
C. Cnrey met4 with n very painful
accident in Mcdford Wednesday af
ternoon. Whilu helping Wnlte
Canndy fix a rear wheel on his auto
Mr. Carey caught his finger in tin
wheel while revolving It,, and cnteh
inir between tin) brake and spoke
completely iinjointed tho first joint
on the third finger of Ins right h.ind
TVf If tsnr Catarrh In thla awllflii of tba
Country (ban all otatr aMaeaaea put trttbar. an4
until Ih laat tw rr a. aupH4 to b
Insurable. I of a trrat bianr fara OVwtwa
pronminn-d It a local dlaraa. and rwrlbd local
rnMll anil br CMlitantlf lalllnB to eura with
kM-al treatment, proiwunrtil It iDrurabi. Kr!nr
baa pron Calarrb la be a r.oatllu(lna! nfaraat,
awl tbtrrrora rro.ilira conaiiiwiinnai irrai,
Halt' Catarrh (lira, manura'tarrd b I
(hor At Co.. rntoo. Ohio, la tba onlr Cooatltvj
ilonal rurb on the market. It ta taken Ibternallr
In AW from 11 itr,t to traanoon'tl. It aria
dlrrrtlr em tbe bborl an vacoqa aqrlaeea at
ft. e.atem Titer offer oflA biirelred fiotUra for
an? rate Ir falla to curt. Mend tot rlrcalara and
laatlmonlala.
ddrraa: T. t fnTttT CO., Toledo. Okla.
KoM br Prntrileta. .
Tata liaU'a t a tall I'llla (or Doaltlpatlg
TALENT TALK
Misses Audrey nud Gladys Homes
and Miss Kiln Witto of Central Point
wcro guests ut the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Nick Brophy on Anderson creek
recently.
Tho Ladies' Aid met nt tho lionie
of Mrs. L. C. Williams Thursday nf-
tomoon. Mrs. Ella foss and Mrs.
Iiecson assisted tho hostess. Light
refreshments wero served nt the
lose of tho afternoon. Tho rest of
tho time was,., spent in sewing and
social conversation.
Mr. Estcs, James Brown, Mr. nnd
Mrs. Marion .Tryor visited f . Sowash
nt the Granite City hospital in Ash
land Sunday afternoon. Mr. Sow
nsh, who underwent two serious op
erations last Monday,, was slightly
better Sunday.
M. E. Reed prenelied in the Prcs-
bytoriun church in Mcdford lust Sun
day. ......
' Rev. Thomas Bcllknnp, pnstor of
the Methodist church on the Klnm
alh Indian reservation, nnd who was
pastor of tho Methodist church in
Mcdford n few years ago, preached
in Talent in the nbsenco of Pustor
Reed.
Mrs. Henrietta K Tlonoy, who hns
been tho guost of Mrs. M. 0. Reed of
A-shlnnd dunug elinutuiiqun week,
gave a very enjoyable rendinjr from
"The Sky Pilot" at tho Methodist
Sunday school Sunday morning.
News was very scareo in Talent
last week, every ono who possibly
Could being in Ashland attending the
chuutiiuqua.
Remember, Red Cross afternoon
every Tuesday at tho high school
building. ,
Services next Sundny as usun).
Mr. nnd Mrs. Wnrzcncth of Son
Francisco were the guests of their
grandparents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Jess Ad
nms, on Wngncr creek, Inst week.
W. J. Reed of Wagner creek was
an Ashland culler Monday.
; Wnylon Smith and wife aro visit
ing Mr. Smith's, sister, Mrs. Jay Tor
roll, while woiting for his call to ser
vice. Mr. Smith was drafted from
Bray, Cnl., nnd arrived Tuesday for
few days' visit here.
Miss AHco Vaudorsluis visited with
friends hero . Inst week. ,
Miss Brown is hero from Boston
and is visiting lier brother, Charley
Brown, Miss Brown will remain
some time hero with her brother.
Rev. Davis, pastor of tho Chris
tian church,. has moved into J. With-'
row's house. on Main street.
Mr. Perry, Mrs. 'Ames, Mr. and
Mrs. Cllimes wore among n pnrty of
pleasure seekers from Mcdford who
motored over to Granada last Snt-
rdny and spent a pleasant evening
with Mr.; and Mrs. Peter Vandcr-
luis.
(rank Maxon and Ewin.Maxon ana
wife arrived Monday evening from
Mount Tlobron, California.
Mrs. L. C. Williams was a Mcdford
caller Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Edgar and Mrs. Marlon Tryer
spent Tuesday shopping In Medford.
Miss Matty Turner, who Is spend
ing the vacation with her aunt In Ash
land, spent Sunday at home.
Mrs. Adamson and family, who has
boen camped In Ashland since tho
first of July, returned last wock.
Mrs. Edgar and her slater, Mrs. E.
R. Cook and son. Fred, wno nave
been camped In tho Llthia park dur
In your efforts to be
useful to your country
in these war-days, do
not overlook the fact
that-electricity in your
. home will save you lonrr
hours of mindless ener
gy and real dollars of
unnecessary expense.
Electricity for lighting,
sewing, washing, iron
ing, cleaning, cooking
wil.1 do for the liouse-
Scene, the plaza. Act 1, horse and
buggy standing in front of a storo.
Scene 2, auto approaching from the
north, which In endeavoring to avoid
another machino, hit the wagon, tak
ing off a wheel. Scene 3, hospital,
whore occupant of buggy was remov
ed after sustaining fractured knee as
result of accident. All of which hap
pened In spite of the sign near the
Carter fountain, plainly . admonish
ing car ownors to "Keep to the right."
This occurred on Monday.
For three ovenlngs this week Mar
garet Review No. 22, Lady MaccaboeB
have been entertaining notable visi
tors, including Mrs. Minnie Aydelotte,
deputy supreme commander, and Mrs.
Margaret Herrln of Portland, state (
district deputy, incident to the twen
tieth annVorBary of the local or
ganization. Tuesday evening thero
was a theatre party at the Vlnlng, on
Wednesday a business and social
gathering was held at Odd Fellows
hall and on Thursday there was a baa
get plcnlo In tho park.
Allen JIcGoo, who has resigned Ills
position with the Swift corporation
here, will remove to Eugene and be
employed In the Southern Pacific of
fices.
About 100 members of First com
pany wero presont at the Elks temple
on Monday night, tho event bemg a
parting reception given with military
honors.
Captain Thomas Wl. Hammond
passed thru here recently, accompa
nied by his family en routo from the
Philippines to Washington, D. C,
where he has received an assignment
on the general staff of the army.
Tom" Is a, former Ashland boy and
was greeted during his brief visit here
by numorous relatives and friends.
'Rev. J. H. Doran, rural carrier on
the Soda Springs circuit, will occupy
the pulpit of the Methodist church
Sunday morning.
Funeral services of John It. Baron
who died on Tuesduy at the family
home on Avery street, were held on
Thursday at the Christian church. In
terment in Mountain View. Deceased
was a native of England, 77 yearB of
age. He leaves a wife and son.
C. E. NInlnger and wife, parents of
A. C. 'Mnlnger and former resident of
Ashland, are here from Santa Ana,
California, visiting rolatives and
friends. .
GERMAN SUBMARINE
. SINKS URUGUAY ELEVATOR
AMSTKHUAM, July 2o. A Ucr
iiki ii Hubmurino Iiiih mink n gigantic
elevator for tho Montevideo, Uru
guay, waterworks which wus being
towed from Rotterdam to Monte
video by a Dutch tug, which ulo
was sunk.
Ing Chautauqua, returned home last
Friday. ,
Mr. High moved his family homo
Friday. They had been camped In
the Uthla park during Chautauqua,
Charles Tryer, who has boen in tho
employ of the Southern Pacific com
pany for two years past, leaves Au
gust 1 for San Francisco and has been
ordered to report at Fort Scott, Kan
sas on August 2, whoro ho will spend
thrco months In training and will go
from there with' the coast artillery
corps.
Electricity in War-Time is
a Necessary Convenience
Everybody is searching for ways to save time and
labor to Rive to the nation. Women, especially, are,
anxious to help. "What can I do?" is heard on every
side.
liold what the telephone,
telegraph, cash register
and adding machine
have done for factory,
store or office.
W o m e n everywhere
may best heed the call
to service for their
country by doing what
they can to eliminate
useless, unnecessarily
expensive and tiresonio
drudgery from their
homes.
STOP AND THINK!
THE BEST WAY IS TO DO IT ELECTRICALLY.
California-Oregon Power Company
Phone 168 216 W. Main St.
Medford, Oregon
WANTED
Laborers and
Teamsters
$3 for 8 hours' work. Will
pay bonus of 20c per day,
providing men remain on
work till completion, about
Dec. 1st, 1917.
Dated at Marshfield, Ore.,
July 24, 1917.
E. O. PEUIIAM. "
MOTHERS
Be Careful
Don't you know milk
is the one thing you
hould know to be
pure and wholesome
for the babies at all
times and especially
during hot weather?
And the only way
1 a
you can be sure is to
get Pasteurized milk,
absolutely pure and
free from all germs.
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 V2
The Dairy
Phone 48 233E.Main