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r TAUT PTX STFDFO'R'D WTTj TRTBTTN'R MIDFOOT), OTtF-fiON", WEDNESDAY. ATWST 1.'. 1017 MEDFDRD BOYS IF E NJOYINGLIFEAT F ORT COLUMBIA Narrative Describes Movements of Company Seven Since Leaving ' Medford Details of Camp Life Set Forth Loss of Members Re grettedStill Room for Recruits. Special Correspondence.) Ft. rulmuiiia, Wash., Aujy. 11. It w S:itnnlay nftrrnunn, follow inir t lie usual weck-cnil morning in - pK-tiun, whirh the army n-fjulations j Pn,.h individual fiwer tip. and then that i' mtv IVIIdU' lit'ls hiinsclf in this business, including cookinp his own meals. If not, he has starved to death before thi. Moving Across HJver. The few Hnvs at Fort Ktevenfi misled o'licHv. niot of the tune be inc oeeuitted in the pepnration of the rei-ords nefesarv in tle transi tion from stnte to finlenil status, whh-h transition includes even ' the mjilii'uf of n will bv every wnn entt-r-ine the federal serviee. (hies life historv is iretv ii)"eh a matter of record hv tlie time the inuserin(r of ficer jMk thru with you. The pacea are open to nil who mnv read. Ev ery niinnte phvicnl defect or mark is recorded with scrupulous care. Forgotten or unknown Bears and marks on vour bodv are brought to litiht in such numbers and entered on your record that vou betmitr to think von are already a battle-scarred vet eran of a seven years' war. Your finfer prints are taken on speciallv designed cards, showing the print of suv must be held in all eases and un tier any circumstances. At this Sat urday niorniiiif inspection nothing more serious in the way of a penalty was iinHised by the captain than! four or five members being required to scrub their soiled canvas Irgvins, which would indicale that all the rest of us eamu up to specifications. At least one member of the company fared worse than that last week, when he appeared in the ranks at in spection with a rusty gun, all but ruined. He has thirty days confine ment to camp in which to ascertain the latest and mot approved method of combatting rust on Tncle Sammy's ;iO-:(0's. Sequel, KM) bright, shiny guns.this inspection. ltcgiiw at IlcglnnfiiK. Hut us this is the first of a prom ised series of communications for the .Mail Tribune, the story should begin at the beginning as all proper ly composed stories begin. And the beginning," .ns far as the Seventh company is concerned, began with that wonderful, tearful, heart-throbbing and ever to he remembered parting on that 'beautifully serene Sunday morning, now seemingly ages ago. The sadness of that part ing of family ties, of sweetheart from sweetheart, brothers from sisters,: sons from heartbroken mothers and, fathers, left a sadness that clung to and followed the military train for! many, many miles. Kven yet Until wonderful outpouring of Med ford's populace, with its touching, spon taneity of feeling for her "boys," is the subject of comment in ninny a soldiers1 tent here on the Columbia in (he twilight In mi's when the seri ous business of war terminates for the day for all but the sentries, who walk their bents the long night thru, and the thoughts again go hack to home ties and loves ones far away. If destiny has ordained that some of her boys may not return, Medford by her more than generous outpour ing on that morning, has made the last long parting, if it comes, on far away shores, much easier to bear. The "boys" will know that they an not forgotten, for such people do licit forget. I toys l'Ytl Sad. Hul the train sped hurriedly on af ter departing, not wil list and ing the yen ruing-, nhonnl and behind, pulling together with almost irresistible strength. ho knows how many voung heartstrings were broken that morning in the effort to hold back the departing oucsf The scene in Meclloid was only tvpieat of that which was being enacted that same morning in thousands of peaeetul communities. Three hundred thou saud hen rt-t rings of the nation': brae-t buys were being broken thai falelul day. Hut heartstrings have no place iu the grim husmc-s of war. Ittit c who licbeve in the absolute and iuiiil adjustment of all things, in the "eve tor an ee, nnd looth lor n 1 1 mill'' srheme ol adjustment, know t tin t these heart -Inimi have not been broken in vain, Hint eciv lieart throl: must be recompensed iu the diiv ot reckoning and that the price to he paid by those who have brought this devasl utiou und sorrow on the worlds people will be very, wry grciil and we will be very exacting in the terms of settlement. Aiile at 1otlnatlon. J Kvciits hatt mowd more than rap-! idly Mine our arri a I. The paHTs have already told of the fine cainpt site and surroundings at Ft. Stevens, at which place we arrived early in t he mot rung of the ltd low ing day. a fler h-u ving home. Hut few com-, panics hud the foresight to prepare meals in advance for use in the train.1 nn did the Sewuth company, o lif ter n fine breakfast, including lint, coffee prepared on a gasoline Mow. in the bagnae ear. and crates and erales of fruit so generously donated by the home f'dks wlneh we found on board, we were reudv to get right down to the business ot making camp the minute the ti.iui Mapped. Many companies had no ItieakluM until afternoon, and one enptuin new at (lie btisine-s i-ut mmi,iI hours run-, ning about the rvn utiou linking for the depaitiueiit tli.it uj to fum-' jsh hi com -any ltiv;t k t .t-t. lie lia.-. to doubt UbvirlaiiicJ by tins tune for good measure thev take the fin ger prints of both hands nil nt once. 20 Doctors Examine. Xo less than twenty doctors or at tendants take a turn nt you, re minding you of running the gauntlet of the savage red man, ns told in Cooper's tales. And yon stand just about the same chance of getting thru. There is little joke in that re mark about running the gauntlet, for the final whack nt you is making you run a race with yourself in n two-foot circle ou the floor until you are ready to give up the whole busi ness from sheer exhaustion. Then they clump devices on you that record the blood pressure, heart weakness, gizzard action and n few other things that seem entirely irrelevant to the business of shooting Germans. It is small wonder that such valuable men to the company ns army Sergeants Powell, Fainter nnd Cowgill fell by the wayside, nnd all but got Gates, the first cook, nnd n few more who were dragged nshore nil but gone. The gloom that settled over the com pany nt the loss of such men wns thicker than this Colunibiu river fog at taps. The cook was saved only by the captain agreeing to fit him out with n set of false teeth at n cost of $110. He is worth ten tiirtes $00 to the company nnd its health and welfare. Those who were fin ally rejected nre ns follows: Ser geants Cowgill, Fainter nnd Powell; Second Cook Cnrpcnter nnd Pri vates Childreth, Jackson, Stuart, Amy, MeClaiu, Fly nil and Miller. Not one of them hut cried like babies at being compelled to leave their com rades nnd those that imsscd felt al most ns downcast over their loss. msh Is Regretted. The loss of Sergeant Powell was a particularly heavy blow to the company. He lias been of inestim able value and probably never will be entirely replaced. If any money consideration could have saved him it would have been gladly given. The loss by physical examination, to gether with the six men transferred to the Kleventh company of Marsh- field, before we left home, leaves the eonnmny just six men short of the required strength of 100. There is, therefore, room for six more Medford men in the company. title the Seventh company was losing eleven men, all other compan ies but one have lost ou an average of over twenty. Ashland lost 'Jl, Tillamook and Albany 10. Tin- Seventh company was pronounced the best physically, including both ottieers and men, of any company here which has been examined up to this time. New K4tilMnent, After physical examination and the personnel of the company estab lished, equipment was issued to make up the shortage, which previously ex isted. The Seventh company turned iu the old style haversacks, belts, scabbards, mess kits, etc.. ami re ceived the latest and niftiest equip ment. If the home folks could only see as now. They would not recog nize us tn the new togs. I he new pack is curried high up on the shoulders, instead of hanging down behind, giving you a wallop at ev ery step. It took one whole evening of secial instructions to teach lis how to arrange the blankets, poncho, shelter tent und ersonal effects in the pack, but it was worth the trou ble. Every one likes them much bet ter than the old pack. Only n few companies received the new equipment, the others being eqiiiped with our enstoff "gar ments." We felt sorry for them ns they marched bv and were handed our obselcte things, and not a few admonitions were given the new re cipients to treat it gently, as it was somewhat decrepid und required nt tention befitting its age, und that we would always hold it in fond re membrance. Hut this first installment length ens, nnd there is much more to tell. Kindly sav to those who have sent us books, fruit and dainties that it is greatly . appreciated. Yesterday n large shi)Hiient of apricots arrived, ulso several eases of home canned fruit and jellies, nil of which makes a pleasant diversion from dried ap ples and prunes. We sincerely thank the donors iu corresKnding measure. BY AID OF GUN There wns more excitement up in the Si.skiyous lute lust uifilit when an unknown booHejigcr who is Mill nt lnrj;e, after his arrest pointed u rifle at Justice of the Pence Winter nt Ashland, miide (lie hitter get out of the cur and then jumped into the cur nnd made his eseape, together with a Woman who wns airesled with him. According ?o the story which reached Medford today, Seciiil Li iior Investicatiiif; Officer Porter and Justice Wiiner, Sheriff Jennings nnd deputies nnd Special li(iior Of ficer Carpenter' were scattered over the top of the mountain Inst nnilit looking for hootlepirers. Winier and Poller were doing duty together nt quite a distance from the rest of the party when a enr enme nlontf in which were two men and a woman. They halted the car and de manded to know if there was liquor in it. . The reply wns that they had. und six quarts of whisky were hand ed over. The three were placed under ar rest and one of the men was ordered out of the enr nnd placed with Of ficer Porter in Ihe latieiV ear. .Jus tice Winier nnd his prisoners started ahead for Ashland and Porter nnd his prisoner were to follow. They had only pone a short dis tance when the man with Winier stopped the enr and, remarking that lip had to fix a liu'ht, started to the rear of the car. A second later he held a rifle which had been handed to him by the womun who snt in the rear seat, at the head of Winier and demanded that the latter grct out. Winier left the car ns ordered nnd walked a short distance nway. also in compliance with orders, and the hootleiiiicr then started the cur nnd speeded away. Sheriff jVmiinns and deputies nnd the iHiliee officers of all the valley towns searched all niyht iwid today for the bootlcc-cr, but without suc cess. Officer Porter's prisoner was brought to Ashland, where todav he was fined and costs for import ing liquor into the state. He was a stranger and refused to give the names of his companions. Colonel ('.corse p. Minis Is In at tendance this afternoon at the picnic tn Ashland of former residents ot the southern states, who reside In Jack son county. Lest he niixht he mis taken for an Oreconlan, Ohloan, Kan snn. or other common mortal, the colonel wore his blK Texas sombrero to Ashland, lie delivered an address to the gathering. Banking by Mail In smaller eoninuiui 1ies, there is often nuirli gossip about the finances of this or that man. This ran he readilv avoided hv the modern convent enee of Kankint: hy Mail. The system is sim plicity itself. Von have only to send ns cash in registered letter, ostal money or der, express money order, or check on local hank. We will make the proper entry in your hook and return it to yon hv mail. Write to ns and we will explain further. The Jackson County Bank Kstahlished 1SSS. GERARD S EXPOSE BiDTICIl FOR THE KAISER German Press Censures Emperor's Irresponsible Conduct of Foreign Affairs Censor Also Comes In for Grilling for Suppressing Dis closuresReply Denounced Weak COPENHAGEN, Auk. 15. Publi cation ot Emperor William's tele gram to President. Wilson in the memoirs of former Ambassador-Ger ard, and the dame and belated at tempt at explanation made by the semi-official Norde Deutsche Allge maine Zeitung, calls forth criticism in the German press of what Is term ed the German tmperor's irrosponsi Jle conduct of the foreign affair) of the empire. The various Berlin news papers comment upon the system which permits a njverelgn to pass i!on such a questb.n from a neutial nowcr and to draft an Important state document without confutation with u reppdntible minisli-, cr even wi-lieu- the necessary recirds having been ri.ide. The incerti ndc of the seui. ot.'icial ogan which ran nly say that "possibly" the emperor may have drafted some such memorandum oc casions general discontent. Criticizes Censor. The German press also sharply crit icizes the action of the censor who prevented the publication of any ref erence to the Gerard disclosures for nearly a week as the entente and neu tral newspapers had printed full par ticulars and these papers -circulate in Germany. The Berlin newspapers Intimate that the question of ministerial re sponsibility or non-responsibility for Emperor William's autographed doc ument will be raised In the reich3tag. the situation resembling that which arose from the famous interview with the emperor printed in the London Daily Telegraph several years ago. which likewise appeared without the chancellor, foreign secretary or other responsible afflclal having any defi nite idea of its contents. Iteply Termed Weak. The Hamburger Fremdenblatt crit icizes the delay in appearance of the ceml-offlcial statement which the newspaper says was neither adroit nor forceful, betrays the embarrass ment of the writer and adopts a tone of discouraged defiance. The Fremdenblatt Is Inclined to question the veracity of the assertion made by the Norde Deucsche Allege malno Zeitung, that the document was not a telegram, saying that if Gerard really characterized mere notes jotted down to assist his mem ory as a formal telegram from the emperor it would be incorrect, but adding that the semi-official newspa per does not question that the Ideas were the emperor's. Ithunes BcLlinuiiui-HoUwcg. The Fremdenblatt concludes that the explanation of the .Norde Deutsch Allegemaine Zeitung is not calculated to raise German prestige and admon ishes Foreign Secretary von Kuehl- mann when next he is confronted by revelations by the other side to deny them boldly and stoutly. Count von Reventlow, writing in the Tages Zeitung, shifts the blame for the emperor's irresponsible action from bis majesty to Dr. von Beth- mann-Hollweg, the former imperial chancellor, who, the writer says, should have been present. The count attacks the ex-chancellor for "falling to warn the emperor about the insidi ous personality of the American am bassador." NEW DRIVE SUCCESSFUL (Continued trom Page On.) the Dixmude road. London also an notinces gains by entente troops northwest of Blxschoote, in the sec tor north of Ypres Active operations continue on the Aisne front. The French positions between Hurtebise and Craonne were bombarded heavily during the night, but the Germans did not renew the Infantry actions which have cost them such heavy losses in the last fnw weeks in their vain efforts to expel the French from commanding positions. British Official lU-port. LONDON, Aug. 15 Field Marshal woi' :-irces attacked the German positions along a wide front early this morning from Lens to tlie normeuai of Loos. The official statement says the British arc making progress satis factorily. General Haig reports that the British troops have carried the German first line at all points of the front attack. The statement adds: "We attacked 'early this morning on a wide front rrom me noruiwem outskirts or Lens to the Bois Hugo, northeast of Loos. Our troops hav carried the German first lines of d. fense at all points' and arc making satisfactory progress. . v French Official Aeport, I PARIS. Aug. 15. The French at. I ta'cked In Belgium lust night and made a considerable advance In the ! region of the Dixmude road, the war ! office announced today. ! The Germans directed a heavy ar. ! tillery fire against the French first lines on the Aisne front between Hur tebise and Craonno. On the Verdun front the French repulsed German attacks. CAPITAL $100,000. As a Reminder IF it is somethinp; In the banking line the First National Bank HAS IT. Checking, Savings and Time Deposits De partments; Bank Drafts or Money Or ders, Travelers' Cheques, Safe Deposit Vaults and every other helpful conveni It- is just as easy to conduct your linnkiii!; here by MAIL as in person. Call or write us for information. Wm. G. Tail, President . nun list HaiionaiB ank I MEDFORD OREGON &IIIIIIIIEa3SSSlSEKS5 i Everything Conceivable In the line of auto accessories from metal polish to roller bearings. Wo stand behind the things we sell, so that there is complete satisfaction for the purchaser. Come in and see how pleasantly you can be waited on, C. E. Gates Auto Co. 9 t r V t f y f ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? f r f A Peep at the New Fall Apparel for Women and Misses REVEALS MODES THAT ARE MOST ATTRACTIVE The styles evolved for this season are sure to appeal to your good taste and every model in our noteworthy collection owes its presence to its distinctive styling and unusual value. "We nr now well fitted to servo you with garments that are of unmistakable beautv and elegance clothes that will reign in popularity this autumn and winter. "With new shipments arriving daily in each department that we purchased by our fit'' buyer, who is now in the east, for cash, we can not only supply your wants, but ,. will save you money. Ivomember that our large cash buying power will help you more this year than ever before, and all these new goods that are coming in now were future orders, were bought at much lower prices than the present market, and will be sold while they last on that basis. So don't wait till they are sold and pay the advance prices of today's market. New Fall Dress Goods Our new line of Silks and Wool Dress Clouds and Wash Fabrics for fall are here and represent all the new patterns and fancy checks stud weaves for fall and win ter wear. All wood and cotton goods have advanced by jumps and bounds for the past three weeks aud are going higher. 5 V i. ? ( i I ' v t i T r on -l-i v t Xx-rKim - t Fall Underwear - Our new line of Underwear for fall and winter is now here, in both cotton and wool I'nion Suits and Two-Piece (iarments. The underwear for this winter, of course, will be higher than last year, but not as high as if vou wait till our stock is sold and we have to lm on the market and hm- tin. fill. -in stock. New Fall Shoes Our line of Ladies' Dress Hoots in fan. v lioys' Shoes for fall havi speak for themselves. 'th and kid tops and our Men's uiicu, ana tney are strictly up-to-date. The and prices Men's Suits The men will be delighted with our new apparel for fall. We specialize on the line at $15 to $20. See the chic New Suits GOLDEN RULE t t y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y
