Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 08, 1917, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MATTJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREOOX. WEDNESDAY. 'AUGUST 8, 1fll7 PAGE Til HEW FIRST SHIP TO II WASHINGTON, Aiiji. 8. Tho first ship in thill famous bridge of ships which the United States is to build across the Atlantic to defeut the German U-boat campuipi, will be eomileted in November of this year. A few more will ho completed in December of this year and January and February of lfllS. Tho (rrcnt bulk of those contracted for will come in the spring and .summer of 1018. So it turns out that wltiJc Major General Uoetlials and William Den man were having their controversy, which resulted ill their both ftetlinj; out, work was nevertheless actually beiuc dono on the ship-building pro gram. ' Present Situation. ftllere are the facts ns they stand today : Contracts for 353 ships of all kinds have actually been signed, sealed and delivered find work on many of these is being pushed. Contracts for 115 more ships of all kinds nro in complete shape, save for tho finnl signatures, which will como very shortly. And here are tho kinds of ships Seventy-seven are steel ships whose tonnage ranges from 5000 to 9100. Forty-eight are composite wood and steel ships, whose tonnage aver ages 3500. The balance nre wooden ships whose tonnage is 3500. One hundred and ten ships of all kinds have been contracted for on the Pacific coast. One hundred and sixty-six ships have been contracted for in the south. Tiiimlier Hold-Up. The lumber men of the south were one cause for a slowing up in ship building. They were under pledge to irnish lumber at an average price of $35 per thousand feet. Of the first 100 ships, lumber has been pro vided for only sixty-three. The result is the other day Chair man R. N. Hurley of the shipping hoard and Hear Admiral Capps, gen eral manager of the emergency fleet corporation, had a meeting with lumber representatives. In polite language they told the lumbermen whero they got off. Nothing so rude as "commendcer ing'' was spoken, but tho lumbermen saw the point and the lumber will be forthcoming 1,500,000 feet -for wooden ships. Cnpp's Ultimatum. The meeting was interesting for another reason. Admiral Capps, who has refused to talk for publica tion, made his first speech and em phasized two points: First That bo and Chairman Hurley were not going to scrap about the respective merits of wooden and steel ships, but were going to try to build ns many of both ns possible. Second That he and Hurley both considered themselves as mere units ill the great scheme to defeat the V boats, and would spend their tunc working and not ipiarreling. SKATTI.K, Aug. 8 The cxtraor dinary inroads made upon men eli gible for military service by the claim of "dependent wife" has drawn from three of the ten Seattle exemption boards u ruling that claim alono will henceforth he insufficient to exempt a man. Four claims of exemption on this ground in one district were re jectcd yesterday. One man, accepted for service in fliitc of his "dciendent wife claim, nked for discharge on account of membership in the International Diblc Students' association, whose tenets, he declared, forbade partici pation in war. His ease has not been decided. POLES REFUSE TO ENTER COPENHAGEN', Aug. 8. A Vien na dispatch to the Berlin Kreus Zcl tung says that the sentiment ft a meeting of the Polish eiuo recently was against the participation of Poles in the Austrian ministry. Dr. von Zoldler, the premier, therefore has )een forced to drop his plan for form ing a parliamentary ministry from a bureaucratic cabinet. It Is not ex pected, the dispatch adds, that the cabinet will be able to deal with the reform problem and Its life may be shortened, LONG LIST OF SPIES TO BE PUNISHED I'KTIiOG HAD, June 30 (corre spondence of the Associated Press.) Thirty-three long lists of spies, informers and agents provacateurs in ox-Kniperor Nicholas' pay have been published by tho commission for securing the new system of gov ernment, appointed by the provis' ional government immediately after the revolution. Fifty more lists may be expected. The total number of these secret legionaries of autocracy is expected to reach 80,000... Those whose guilt is beyond doubt have been put in jail, but it is not yet" set tled whether (hey will be tried and punished or merely kept in jail until the peril of n reactionary counter revolution has passed. A i revealed l.y these imiuiries, au tocracy's spies and informers were much less picturesque and romantic than they appear in the typical "nihilist novel." Most belonged to the more intelligent working class or to tho minor bourgeoisie. They were paid badly, the average wage for or ganizing political prime 'or betraying accomplices being $20 a month. The spies were usually instructed to be eonio members of secret revolution ary or terrorist organizations, among these being the social democrat party, the social revolutionaries with their fighting committees, the populist-socialists and the Muximiliks. On nearly every newspaper was at least one spy. Ho took part in meet ings, widened breaches in the. work of organization and kept the secur ity department well informed. In violation of the nihilist novel tradition, very few women were em ployed as spies or informers, but a few noted eases have been exposed. In Moscow three sisters named Pul itsin betrayed scores of workmen, alter getting confessions from them by means of simulating love. POLES IN REVOLT AGAINST GERMANS LONDON, Aug. 8. The situation in Poland is critical, according to in formation received by the correspon dent at Iiiiusnnne, Switzerland, of the Exchange Telegraph company. The Germans arc said to bo discussing the possibility of an organized revolt on the part of the Poles. All German women in Poland, including the wives of high military and civil officials, have returned to Germany. Martial law, the correspondent adds, has been declared at Warsaw nnd in other Polish centers. Riots which have been suppressed will much bloodshed in the mining urea, have been renewed. TO CALL ASHLAND GUARD Ashland has organized a limine Guard company for the protection of that city with O. E. Dlcbert, a former sergeant in the First company, as cap tain in command. Mayor C. B. Lam kin has Issued the following signed proclamation in connection with the Home Guard organization: "Those who wish to Join can cnll or send In their names to the city re corder, Mr. Wlmer. Any. ono can join who wIsIicb. Thoro is no obligation attarhed except to protect tho city. In case any fires are sot, the city fire whlstlo will blow 'two long and two short' whistles. In case of a riot, the whlstlo will blow 'two long and three short' whistles. All should then hur ry to the city hall, where Captain Del- bert will be In command. In case of riot, bring any firearms you may have at home." RULE CONVENTION MEETS DUBLIN. Aug. 8. The Irish home rule convention re-assembled today Since it was adjourned July 26, more sanguine feeling has developed that the conference will have good re sults, importance is attarhed here to the Interview which Sir Horace Plunkett. the chairman of the conven tlon, had with King George, it being taken here to Indicate the royal Inter est In the proceedings. The Dublin newspapers today gave prominence to a letter from Sinclair Llsburn, a leading Ulster unionist strongly favoring a home rule settle ment, Including all of Ireland, HERE ARE' V- r"7" -y ' Z ' i Tommy knows them already, and when Mammy reaches the trendies in France, he, too, Will have to be come acquainted with them. They're characteristic types of German soldiers captured by the Hritislt in their latest drive. They're the kind of men the kaiser is shoving ii; front of him to maintain his empire- by ruthless warfare. Our Sammies will have to conquer them to win the war. DRIVING GERMANS ' OUT OF AFRICA LONDON, Aug. 8. Tho beginning of a forward movement in the Limit area on the Indian ocean in south eastern German Africa Is described in an official statement issued tonight. The offensive began on August 2, when the Germans were driven from their advanced positions on tho Mi hubla stream, ten miles s,outhwest of Lindl. On August 3 the enemy's main positions were assaulted in a frontal attack by African troops, who made some progress, but the turning move ment intended to envelop the Ger man's right flank encountered strong ly posted defenses,-concealed in dense bush. Severe fighting ensued, the en emy vigorously counter-attacking and the British, Indian and African forces fighting with great gallantry. The action was indecisive, the loss es on both sides being considerable The British forces are entrenched on the ground gained, the statement says, and the advance will be resumed soonr BREEDING CATTLE COPENHAGEN, Aug. 8. A short age In fodder has compelled the Ger mans to undertake a sweeping slaugh ter of home stocks of cattle. German buyers In Denmark who last week cut prices 13 per cent are, according to a dispatch today from the interior, dis continuing purchase oltoKothcr until the surplus at home is utilized. This has brought about another re duction In the price of meat in Den mark and It is said that further cuts will follow. i EX-PRESIDENT TAB'S CLAY CENTER, Kas., Aug. 8. Tho condition of former President W. If. Taft, who became suddenly 111 here Monday night, was improved today, according to attending physicians, who decldod, however, that It would be advlsablo for him to remain In his room again tbdny, Ho probably will leave for Lincoln, Nebraska, tomor row, It was said. Mr. Taft became III after deliver ing an address here. PREPARE TO FLOAT! NEW YORK, Aug. R. -Preparations for tho floating of the second liberty loan to be offered to the public some time early In the fall were begun here today by the general loan committee of the Bccond federal reserve district Altho the date the second loan will bo offered to the public and the rate of Interest It will bear ha'e not been doflnltoly decided upon, It was said It would bo about September 15 and not Octolwr 1.1, as at first reported. SEVEN NORWEGIAN SHIPS NINETY MEN LOST IN GALE LONDON', Aug. 8. Seven Nor weginn sailing vessels and ninety men were lot in a heavy gale near Green, land, according to a di-patdi to the Central News from ChrUtiuuia, WHAT OUR SAMMIES MUST CONQUER E! El AMSTEHDAM, Aug. 8. Austria Hungarian newspapers, according to a telegram from Vienna, ' view China's declaration of War as the work of the entente, especially Pres ident Wilson. It is turned as a blow at Gentian tind Aiistro-lliingarian business interests in China and to oust two troublesome competitors' by furnishing tho Chinese with a pre text not to pay their debts, rescind their mining concessions to the Teu tons, confiscate Atistro-German cap ital invested in the country, seize their ships and intern their subjects. Miss Elizabeth Robinson, who re cently left on a Visit for Sioux City, Iowa, is expected to return to Med- ford about September 1. - l i 1 1 MTfJ I V AMSTERDAM, Aug. 8. Lawyers of Brussels have eloctod Adolphe Max the heroic burgomaster of Brussels, imprisoned liy Germans, as president of tho bar association, according to news received hore. Burgomaster Max was arrested at Brussels September 28,1914, for his "irreconcilable attitude" and Interned at Glatz. LONDON, Aug. 8. Tho Central News Agency quotes the nowspaper Bolglsch Dagblad to the effect that Burgomaster Max of Brussels Is seri ously ill in prison at Cello, a Prussian town, 23 miles northeast of Hanover. King Alfonso of Spain Is said to have Interfered fruitlessly in behalf of the imprisoned burgomaster. TE who hesitates is lost. But deliberates over of Velvet ain't a long snor. Think This Over Kentucky Burley is a good pipe tobacco. There is no better. But there are ways and ways to cure it. There are quick, man-made pro cesses and there's Nature's way two years ageing in wooden hogsheads. That's a slow, ex pensive method, but it is the best method. Try Velvet and taste that difference. Sc Rag. 10c Tins 1 lb. (!Uinii:iii)iiiiiilHiiii!HiHiiiuii.(i,:ie 1 B ill EGGS AND SALT AS E What would you do if, when alone out in the mountains, you, were bit ten by a rattlesnakef Here is what W. S. Copley did on July 25, ns re lated ill the last issue of tho Glen dale Times: ' ' Mr. Copley was alone at tho mines, being employed ns watchman, lie had just left the house and step lied down over a ledge about a foot high, when he felt a heavy thud and sharp pain on the outside of. his left leg just below the knee. Mr. Copley says he became extremely busy and did pot lose even n fraction of a sec ond in widening the distance between himself and the rattler, which im mediately recoiled anil prepared for another strike. However, it was then Mr. Copley's turn at the bat, and with n spade ho scored n-complete knockout on his snakeship. The snako gave no warning, for the rea son that- ho had previously lost his rattles, bjit ho -certainly did strike a hard blow for his length, being not over two und a half foot long. His fangs penetrated Mr. Copley's trous ers, drawers and hose, and sank deep enough into the flesh to cnitso blood to run down into his shoe. Just what Mr. Copley did, being out in the mountains alone, should bo of interest to those who frequent the mountains. Ho calmly broko an egg, beat it up, and mixed it Ihiehiy with salt to form a poultice. This was placed on the wound for twenty minutes. When removed, it hud be come green. Another siniilur poultice was then placed on tho wound, and it, too, turned green. A third ponl tico showed loss green, and the fourth poultice showed only a faint streak of -green. Tho egg and salt did its work well. A cloth saturated with turpentine was (hen bound on tho bite, nnd while tho leg and foot was for a time so swollen Hint -Mr. Copley could not get his shoo on, he says he feels no ill effects now from the bite. THE SMOOTHEST SMOKING TOBACCO he who a pipe not by Clau Humidor. i is n 1 Tested and Proven Thoro Ts a Heap of Kolnco In ndngr. Ablo to Jccml UKn n Well Kiu'itcd Reputation. For months uMedford readers have seen the constant expression of praise for Doun ' Kidney Pills, and read about tho good work they have done In this locality. What other remedy over produced such convincing proof of merit? Mrs. J. II. Gustln, !21 S. Grape St., Mcdford, says: "I have been taking Doan's Kidney Pllla whenover I have felt tho need of a kidney medicine for several years and I have always re ceived the most satisfactory results. My kidneys seem to be my weakest spot and every little cold or strain af- Iscts them and my back becomes weak or lame. After I have taken a couple of boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills, my kidneys become normal and In every way, I feol as woll and strong as over." Price 00c. at all dealors. Don't simply ask for a kldnoy remedy. get Doan's Kidney Pills the samo that Mrs. Gustln uses. Fostor-Mllburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. ' '; There is more nourishment in a loaf of Nurmrs Butter-Nut Bread Because it's made with milk. Birr A 15c SIZE It's better and most for your money. " Nurmi Baking Go. For Your Picnic Lunches use Puritan .Maid Butter Make your lunch the finest you ever ate by using tho purest and best butter on tho market. PURITAN MAID BUTTtiR ASK YOUR GROCER GIM CHUNG China Herb Store Herb cure tor earacne, neadacM, catarrh, diphtheria, sore throat, lung trouble, kidney trouble, .torn- ach trouble, heart trouble, chills and fever, cramps, coughs, poor circula tion, carbuncles, tumors, caked breast, cures all kinds of goiters. NO OPERATION. Medford, Oregon, Jan. 18, 191T TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This Is to cortlfjr that I, th un designed, bad very severe stomach trouble and had been bothered for several years and last August was not expected to live, ana hoarlng of Olm Chung (whose Horb Store Is at 241 South Front street In Medford) I de cided to got herbs for my stomach trouble, and I started to tooling befc. ter as soon as I used them, and today am a woll man and can heartily rec ommend anyone afflicted as 1 was t. see GIm Chung and try his Herbs. (Signed) W. R, JOHNSON Witnesses: M. A, Andorson, Medford. 8. D. Holmos, Eagle Point. Frank Lewis, Eagle Point. ' Wm. Lowls, Eagle Point. W. L. Chlldreth, Engle Point. C. E. Moore, Eagle Point. J. V. Mclntyre, Eagle Point. Cico. M. Von der Hellen, Eagle Point. Thou. E. NIrbola. Eagle Point. WESTON'S Camera Shop 208 East Main Street, Medford Tho Only Exclusive Commercial Photographer in Southern Oregon. Negatives Mado any time or. place by appointment. . Phone I47-J. Well do the rest. J. B. PALMER.