MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDPORT,. -OREGON. WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST ' 15, T 1917
"PAGETHRETJ
NEAR COMPLETION
PETROORAD, July 10 (correspon
dence of-the Associated Press.)
The reform of Russia's judieiul sys
tem, proceeding rapidly under the
provisional government, lias brought
with it the institution of women mag
istrates, unknown elsewhere in Eu
rope. ., , '
The higher courts already have
hecn reformed. One of tho new gov
ernment's first acts was to reintro
duce the famous "judicial statute,"
promulgated by Alexander II in 3804
during his brief reforming fit after
the Crimean war, but abolished by
his- reactionary successors. Tho re
form of tho minor local courts, the
peasant courts and tho police courts
is a more complicated task, but vir
tually it is accomplished.
Chief is the reform of tho courts
the peace, corresponding to police
courts in other European states. The
system of peasant jurisdiction also
has been reformed by the abolition of
the volost courts. Before the revolu
tion the real judieiul authority in
the villages was the "rural chief," or
Zcmski Nntchalnik, usually retired
army officer or other person without
legal training, who also was adminis
trator of peasant affairs; and there
fore was often in a position to justify
n fiinntin; ins uwil Illegal iicis as
administrator. The rural chiefs have
all been dismissed and, 'for the peas
ants as already for tho so-called
"privilegect classes," justice definite
ly is severed from administration.
Tho reform of the courts of the
f peace is radical. Formerly a single
' magistrate of the pence sat in iudg-
j ment. In future three magistrates
j wil sit, the chairman having the rank
? of justice of the peace and the two
S others being members of the peace
court. The electoral-1., principle on
American lines is introduced. Bv a
law of Junej 1912, the old government
consented to election of pence mngi.v
t!ftcs; but tho law tvasouly partially
put in force, as it ,was distasteful to
reactionary ministers. The law of
1912 will now everywhere bo put in
The qualification for voting for tl";
magistrates has been democratized,
as was demanded in 1912 by-nil pro
gressive parties in the damn. Henc;-
i'orth any person of citlujr sex more
than 25 years old, who has passed a
'secondary 'school or higher school
examination may bo elected justice
of the pence. This opens the position
of petty judge to practically all wo
men of the middle and upcr classes
and to ninny women from tho poorer
classes. Men and women without
this educational qualification may be
elected if they havo had legal experi
ence as court officials or lawyers'
clerks. As subordinate "members of
the pence court," sitting with the
chairman or chairwoman, any man or
woman who can read or writo may be
elected.
An appeal will, as heretofore, lie
to the peace sessions (Mirfovoi
tfyczd). The reform makes Russia's
system of petty administration of
justice one of the. most democratic
in the world.
PEACE PROPOSALS
LONDON, Aug. 15. Rome of the
morning newspapers refrain from
commenting; on the ope s pence pro
posals, while those Vliicli mention
them editorially nscrilio them to
Austria, and either reject absolutely
or indicate the belief that the text
when received will show them to he
unacceptable. The Daily News,
which, although a firmer supporter
of the nllics' aims, has a decided
piuico leaning, says that whatever
reason has hitherto restrained the
pope from coming forward as an of
ficial champion of peace, tho long
delay has materially impaired the
advuiitnges the Vatican originally
possessed for disinterested intervention.
IF
HE
C1I1CAOO, Aug. 15. Friends
here of Iesio McMurtrv, aviator,
and son of 1,. M. McMurty, Califor
nui oil operator, received inTormn
irst
tion today that if he is the fi
American aviator to drop a bomb
Iforlin. he will receive fin.nnn. It
said that McMurtv's father nromis
to pay his eon $25,000 if he sehicv
d this feat, and another member o
the family added .$:i5,00(t to th
pledge,
cA
TO
WASHINGTON. Aug. .-Hun
dreds of letters addressed to men on
board ships of the United States
navy go astray, for lack of proper
information on tho part of senders
on the right way to address them.
All mnil to bluejackets at sea
should be addressed, first of nil in a
legible hand writing; next of impor
tance is to know positively on which
ship the mnn is or was stationed,
says an official announcement. A
letter to John Avery Smith on hoard
tho U. S. S. South Carolina should be
addressed-as follows:
John Avery Smith,
U. S. S. South Carolina,
Care Postmaster,
New York City, N. Y.
If n, correspondent does not know
to which ship a man has been as
signed, write to tho Bureau of Navi
gation, Navy Department, Washing
ton, giving his name in full, home ad
dress, place of enlistment and the
branch of scrvico in which he en
listed. There nro five separate
branches in the navy; first, tho regu
lar navy; second, the marine corps;
third, the national naval volunteers;
fourth, thc'national naval reserve
force, and fifth, the1 naval reserve
flying corps. .' ." ' V :, i
When one is not certain 'that the
man sought has enlisted in the navy,
but would like to traco him, tho fol
lowing letter addressed to the Bureau
of Navigation would serve us a
guide ; ,
"Bureau of Navigation,
"Navy Department,
"Washington, D. C. s
"Is there a mnn in the navy by the
name of John Avery Smith, age
about thirty one years; height five
feet eight inches; weight, about one
hundred and seventy pounds; brown
hair and blue eyes; homo address is
Cumberland, Maryland? If so please
notify
"Yours truly,
"Mrs. John Avery Smith, .
"152 Franklin street,'
"Boston, Mass."
If men enlisting in the navy will
furnish relatives and friends with
the following information, much time,
worry and patience will bo saved.
They should giVc their nanio in full
rating, in which branch of service
they havo enlisted, pluco of enlist
ment and, if possible, to which ship
they uro assigned. If theso sugges
tions are followed, mail will reach its
destination with little loss of time.
Tho address to all men on board
ships is care Postmaster, N. Y.
TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL M0U1H, TAKE A
- LESSON FORM MISS GERALDINE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15
Recognition of the new union now
forming is the principal demand
made on the United Railways com
pany by striking employes, whose
walkout has partly paralyzed street
car service here, it was announced
today by B. F. Bowber, vice-president
of the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway Em
ployes of America. In addition, the
men demand if.1.50 for an eight-hour
day and time and a half for overtime.
Bowber claimed that more than 1000
platform men nre out today and the
company's service is only 20 per
cent normal.
Jesse Lilicnthnl, president of the
company, declared today that "nor
mal scrvico .will be resumed short
ly." Ho suid recruits from Pacific
coast cities were coming in rapidly.
Tho company is paying them $5 n
day, and the same sum to employes
refusing to join the strike..
rv
Dy 1DAII McGLONK GIBSON.
Goraldtne Farrare Is moat attrac
tive when her mobile Hps open and
widen In a smile. Mmo. Farrar has
the most beautiful teeth of any wo
man In opera. ' ' .
1 Like most good singers she has a
large mouth, but no one need fear a
large mouth if one has- beautiful
teeth. Indeed, the man who sat next
to ine at the opera said, "The beauty
of a woman's mouth Is her teeth,"
and then he added, "They should not
be dead white. Dead white teeth
look like tombestones."
Ono must remember beauty means
first good health, and without good
teeth one cannot be healthy.. Besides
the necessity of good teeth for proper
mastication of food, modern medical
research has attrtuutod to had teeth
rhoumatlsm, heart trouble and many
other chronic diseases which come
from septic poisoning. ,
One Bhould visit ones' dentlsttwlce
a year and have one's tooth thoroly
cleaned. Brush your teeth night and
morning. At night use a little pure
castlle soap on your tooth brush and
then dip your finger Into precipitated
chalk and rub carefully all about
your teeth, lioth lnsldo and outside.
This will prevent any acidity of tho
Btomach from attacking the teeth.
In tho morning brush your tooth
with diluted alcohol, about one tea
spoonful to a glass of witch hazon or
poroxlde of hydrogon In about the
same proportions.
ESPOUSES REVOLT
PETROORAD, Aug. 11. A dis
patch from Ilelsingfors declared
that the binding, ignoring the gov
ernment's dissolution manifesto, will
resume sessions this week. Never
theless the socialist majority is pre
paring for the contingency that Pet
rograd may enforce the dissolution
and the holding of elections.
The socialist congress declares
that tho such elections are unconsti
tutional, the patty must participate
and demand that the new landta
proclaim itself a constituent assem
bly empowered to enact a new con
stitution by a bare majority without
consulting Russia.
CHINESE TAKE OVER
INTERNED VESSELS
: ",V - . iv-'ov
SHANGHAI, Aug. 15 Three Aus
trian merchantmen, Interned In the
harbor, have been taken ovor by Chi
nese naval forces. Tho ships wore
undamaged, and no resistance was of
fered. The Gorman and Austrian
ships now taken over have an aggre
gate tonnage of 18,000.
STREET CAR MEN OF
..PORTLAND ORGANIZE
PORTLAND. Aug. 15. An ad
vance of 0 cents an hour, approxim
ately, will be demanded by 1200
members of tho recently organized
local, branch of the Amalgamated
Association of Electric Railway Em
ployes, tho newly formed union of
Portland streot car mon, according to
unofficial reports of the closed meet
ing held here tonight. The men aro
motormon and conductors of the
Portland Railway Light and Power
company.
Api"oposal will ho submitted to the
company officials within a few days.
W. C. Elford, secretary, said the men
wero balloting on Bovoral proposals
affecting shorter hours and wage
schedule. An eight hour day Is ono
proposal.
0. A. C. RATED AS
CI
WASH 1 NO TON, A "jr. 15. Ediicn
tionul institutions fated us "distin
guished colleges, ' mill "honor
schools," for Hip year 1917 because
of tho excellent military standing of
their student battalions, were an
nounced today by" the wiir depart
ment.
Tho list of distinguished colleges
includes, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois,
University of California, Oregon
Agricultural college and Lcland
Stanford, Jr., university.
ORDERS FOR AIRPLANES
PLACED IN EUROPE
PARIS, Aug. 15. The American
aviation service iiniiounccs that or
dcrs for airplanes havo been placed
m allied countries mid that delivery
win iicgin soon, mo American avi
ation observers who wero sent to the
British,' French, Italian and Russian
fronts are prepared to iimko n de
tailed report on aerial warfare as
carried on by allied aviators.
You appreciateMan iced
drink during thelwarm
days oi summer
Why not let it be healthful as
well as refreshing?
Try
Iced Postum
Prepare Postum in the usual
way; then cool with ice
adding sugar, and a little
lemon or cream as preferred.
JLL-:
MaKes a Dandy
Nourishing Drink
Ml lJ tad ti fcd Ei
HAWAIIAN JAPS
U. S. ARMY
10 Fi! KAISER
A PACIFIC POIlt-v Aug. 15.
Guests' at tho banquet tendered tho
Imperial Japanese mission hero last
night were electrified when the may
or of the city. In his address, de
clared: "We remember Kurokl and Nogl at
Port Arthur. Wo rejoice to know
that tile successors of these men now
como to- fight shoulder to shoulder
with our 'boys In khaki.' '
The mayor, who wore tho ordor of
the Rising Sun. conferred upon him
on a previous occasion, added tho following:
"Since 1S54, with tho establish
ment of International relations, there
has boon nothing hut good will and
amity between our peoples. We ap
preciate that In the present war the
sea lanes have been kept open by your
navy, and now we are glad to see the
old Stars and Stripes, and the flag or
tho Rising Sun flying Bide by side,
and the Japanese and Americans side
bv side In the struggle for a sure and
lasting peace."
Tlioro was a tremendous outburst
of cheorlng when, at the conclusion
oC Viscount Isliil's speech, Chairman
MfeNbb said:
, "Secretary Lansing has just tele
graphed Assistant Secretary Long
that the governor of Hawaii has In
formed htm an' entire company of
Japanese, born and raised In Hawaii,
hos joined the United States army."
NEW SWISS MINISTER
TO UNITED STATES HERE
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 15.
Dr. Jean Adulphe Sulzer, recently
appointed as minister to tho United
States from Switzerland, arrived
here today on a Spanish ship.
TO ALASKA COAL
SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 15. The
construction of the section of the
United States railway extending from
Seward to Matanuska coal fields
should be completed with all possible
haste, In ordor to mako available the
groat fuel supplies of that field, Her
bert A. Meyer, assistant secretary o't
the lnternor, said here last night.
Moyer has just finished a detailed In
vestigation of the coal fields, rail
road construction, traffic condition
and hauling costs. Ho loft last night
for Seattle and the east. Lack of la
bor Is delaying the connecting of the
two ends of the Eeward-Anchorago
lines. Places could be found for 500
more men.
IP IJI
Don't fuss with hubby
By about droppin' tobacco vfe
ashes on the carpet. ilf
II ' Them ashes keep I fe
ill the moths out an the m
-
- i
VOU-ALL who know
a pipe tobacco,
won't fail to notice
VELVETS natural
aged-in-the-wood
smoothness.
It is the smoothness
that only comes from two
years' ageing in wooden
hogsheads: Nature's
Way.
Sc DiRn 10c Tlni 1 lb. Glut Humidor
MEN WANTED
Weed Lumber Co.
Weed, California
t
Men wanted in Logging Camps, Sawmills,
Lumber Yards and Factories.
Good lumber handlers in our yards earn
from $3.50 to $6 per day on contract work.
If you are looking for permanent employ- '
ment with us, write us for particulars. We "
operate our Factories the entire year.