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L Pi
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WAR PREPARATIONS
A crowd of southerners, old, young
find medium, gathered in Ashlund
park Wednesday and staged a Dixie
demonstration that made passersby
nit up and take notice. The gather
ing abounded with "Colonels" (ex-,
reul-, and near-colonels), "Yes suhs'
and otber reminiscences of the south
land, and the vociferous rebel ycllB
were Btirpnssed only by the glowing
tributoB to the American Union. It
was the most patriotic congregation
of rebels ever gathered into 'one spot
and It took rather a big spot to
hold the large number of persons who
came from all parts of the Rogue
nivor valley to revive the civil wur
and pay honor to tbo lost causa and
to all the traditions of the south, ante-bellum
and post-bellum.
It was the occasion of the second
annual picnic of the Dixie association
of the Rogue River valley and more
than fifty sons and daughters, grand
sons and granddaughters of the south
Journeyed from the tour corners of
the vullcy to the scene of the celebra
tion. Notable were the expressions
of warmest loyalty to the adopted
westorn homo of those present, and
the expressions of patriotism for the
U. S. A. far oxcecded those of loyalty
to the smith and west combined.
A bountiful basket dinner was
spread under the trees, generously
Buppllod with friend chicken, south
ern style, watermelon, and other sub
stantial reminiscences of the south.
The liifdYnial program, consisting of
southern songs and short speeches,
was presided ovor by John II. Dill.
presldont of the association, Tho
main address of the day was dollv
erod by Colonel Minis of Medford, and
was followed by short talks. In which
darkey Htorlen largely predominated.
by Kdward H. Richards of Grants
Rawlvs Moore of Medford, and others.
Pass, Thomas Hudson of Ashland.
Tho following officors wero chosen
for tho ensuing year, Georgo P.
.Minis, Medford, president; Thomas
Hudson. Ashland, vice-president;
Mrs. F. F. Whittle, Ashland, secretary-treasurer;
C. h. t'pshnw, Med
ford, Ed. H. Richards, Grants Pass,
and Mrs. Mary lllack, Ashland, board
of control. Tho ilato and place of the
next Jollification was sot as August
15, 1918, noon, nt Ashland park, and
II. C, Gnrnett, Mrs. Rnwles Moore,
Aledrord. and Mrs. John II. Dill, Ash
land, woro selected as program com
mittee to prepare the fund for the
1 9 1 S gathering.
All persons hailing from south of
the Mason-Dixon's Hue and now iv
lii K In the Itogne River valley nre ell
glblo for membership In the assorla
Horn Kvory eligible who failed to nt
tend yesterday utilised tho time of
their life and are urged by the off1.
ccrs to send their names and address
es at once to the prosldent or secre
tary so they mey bo entered upon t!i
rolls for the next demonstration.
THREATEN A SI RIKE
PORTLAND, Aug. 1(1. Tint form
men employed by tho Portland lint I
way, Light & l'owor company, which
operates all the street cars In Port
land, besides several Intcrurtian lines
today presented a new scale of wages
nnd hours lo the management, railing
for considerable Increase of psy nnd
the adoption of a basic eight-hour
worklin day.
The present scale of pay Is from
29c to 34c an hour, depending upon
length of service. The proposed scale
provides a minimum of 3,'ic ranging
to toe for four-year men and those
older In tho service. In tho absence
of Franklin T. Griffith, president of
the company, who was out of the city
no answer was given to the committee
presenting the scale.
'TMlERE are now in the United States naval and mili--
tary establishment over 8.00,000 men.
In the regular army there are upwards of 300,000, of
which 184,000 have been enlisted since April 3. In the
national guard there are over 350,000. In the marine corps
Ihere are over 30,000. In the navy there are 1-10,000 en
listed men, in naval reserves 25,000, in the naval militia
10,000. Volunteers are still being enrolled. -
In September these forces will be increased by
080,000 in the new national army, drawn by selective
draft, officers for which have already been trained. As
soon as these units are organized and trained and on their
way to France, another half million will be called to the
colors, and at regular intervals from then onwards the
army will be increased, half a million at a time, until suf
ficient force is in the field to mtlkcdemocracy triumphant.
Preparations for war are going forward upon a busi
nesslike basis. The greatest merchant fleet ever built is
under forced construction. The greatest air ; fleet ever
assembled is being built to give America mastery of the
air. Thousands of youth are undergoing training as mili
tary aviators. Munition and steel plants have been taken
over for operation by the government.'. :
. The food resources of the couritry are being mobilized
under the direction of Herbert GY Hoover as food admin
istrator, who seeks to stabilize prices, eliminate specula
tion, extortion and wastes to guard exports so as to retain
sufficient to feed our own people and eur allies. .-.-.
The cost of there preparations,' of - arming, feeding,
equipping and transporting our army and navy, of financ
ing the war and our allies, will total a tremendous sum
and to supply it. is the part of those who remain at home.
We must steel ourselves to great sacrifices, to stand the
shock and sorrow of bitter war, to encourage the men in
the trenches and nerve ourselves to carry the program
thru to victory. As Pershing said: ' ,
"The righteousness of our cause cannot decide this
titanic conflict. It is the fibre, the stuff, the grit, the
nerve of the civilian peoples which will decide it. Be sure
of this. The side which lasts the longest,1 the side which
endures is the side which Will give its character to the
future of civilization. The quality of national fibre will
decide this war and decide the future of the world." ,;
The war will not he won by the men at the front any
more than by those at home.' If : we preserve our cour
age and our faith, if we steadfastly supply the food and
the money and the munitions, if Ave do not whimper and
whine and falter, the soldiers at the front will know that
the nation backs them up and can fight the better for it.
And we must, it democracy is to triumph, if we are to
continue in the future to enjoy the blessings of liberty and
independence and peace, to avert for America the fate of
Belgium. Fortunate indeed are we that we do not have
to furnish the battlefields as France and Belgium and
Serbia and Russia have had to do that wc only have to
furnish the men. If we meet defeat, with our allies, or if
we listen to the tempting offers of premature peace that
leaves autocracy triumphant, within the next generation
we shall iurnish both the battlehekls and the. men.
Hearty support at home enables a vigorous prosecu
tion of the war abroad and gives the world the finest pos
soble example of the indomitable American spirit of cour
age, pluck and stamina. Surely we will rise to the occas
ion as Belgium and France and Britain have already
risen.
FOUND IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Discov
ery of platinum in Alaska by Dr.
Herschel C. Parker of New York and
others, has aroused government agen
cies to tho greatest activity in tho
hope of finding sufficient quantities
of precious metal to meet the war
needs of the allies.
Four government experts have
boon nsslgned to study tho Alaskan
situation and report In favor of the
discoveries may ropleiiTsti tho plati
num supply cut off recently by the
virtual cessatlou of activities In the
t'ral mountains mines, the Borneo of
the world's greatest supply.
Intenslvo operations would follow
a favorable report, for the true condi
tion, It Is declared, enn not bo deter
mined beforo next year, by which
time tho present short supply will be
very ncnrl yexhaustcd.
F,
TIELSIN'GFORS, Finland, Aug. 16
Disorders occasioned by the scarcl
ty of food, have led to a cabinet crisis.
The senators have requested the gov.
crnor-gencral to transmit their reslg.
nations to the provisional govern
ment. The governor-general has
asked M. Tokol, vice-president of the
department of economics and former
president of the diet, to form a social
1st cabinet. lie has accepted. A gen
eral strike has been declared.
FS
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WIDE FRONT
(Continued Irom Page On.)
ing tlrcir new territory nenr Lens and
defemlinir it against German efforts
to retrieve their losses, they struck
another blow about thirty miles far
ther north, on a wide front east nnd
north of Ypres. The official report
from London gives few details of the
battle, but says progress is being
made.
,. . All Objectives Gained.
The French, with the assistance of
British troops on their right, attack
ed the German positions on. both
sides of the road' between the towns
of Stccnstraete nnd Dixmude, eight
miles apart. . ,
Puris reports that all objectives
were gained and that a crossing of
the Stecnbcke river was forced. The
French nnd British nre making fur
ther progress on the right bunk of
the river. ,
Marked success wns wn by the
French on the Aisne front. A strong
ly held system of trenches on a front
6f one kilometer south of Ailles was
stormed nnd German counter-ut-tucks
were beaten off.
The French also mude progress in
the vicinity of lltirtebise uionuipcnt.
German Statement.
; UKRLIN, Aug. 10, via London
British troops yesterday unsuccess
fully attempted to take the village of
Vendin le Vieil, two nnd n linlf miles
cast of Loos, on the Lens front, the
German general staff reported today.
The British gains, it was added, were
small.
The German statement snys thnt in
Plunders n second great battle lias
hurst forth, the British infantry nt
tncking the German positions on an
eleven-mile front.
The German general staff reports
thnt the cathedral ht St. Quentin was
set on fire by French shells nnd thnt
it has been ublnzo since yesterday
evening.
Losses Frightful.
CANADIAN ARMY IIEADQUAR-
TKUS IN FRANCE, Aug. 10. The
taking of Hill 70 yesterday stirred
t lie Germans as nothing else has dime
on this front this year. Crown
Prince Hupprecht's frantic nnd des
perate efforts to capture the hill
havo so fur been unavailing. The
Germans could not get close enough
for fighting with bayonets. The
Prussian guards were subjected to a
terrible concentrated fire from our
artillery nnd machine guns. Their
losses were frightful.
FEARED GERMAN
INTRIGUE
N CHINA
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. China's
official explanation of the declaration
of a state of war with Germany and
Austria-Hungary, in the form of a
statement by the foroign office, was
receive dtoday at the Chinese lega
tion here. It said:
"In view of the many kinds of
German Intrigue seeking to create
disorder In China, the Chinese gov.
eminent found It Impossible to wait
for the convocation or parliament be
fore declaring the existence of the
state of war with .Ocrmany, especially
since the rupture of diplomatic rela
tions with the Imperial German gov
ernment had been previously approv.
ed by parliament almost unanim
ously. .
AMERICAN APPLES
NKW YORK. Aug. 16. An rtfort
to Increase the popularity of the
American apple Is soon to be made In
nil educational campaign by the mem
bers ot the International Apple Ship
pers' association, which has represen
tatives In all parts of the I'nlted
States and Cnnada. according to an
nouncement made here today. Plans
for the campaign, which were worked
out at tho twenty-third annual con
vention ot tho association, which met
hero yesterday, Include the co-operation
of tho apple men with Herbert
Hoover, government food administra
tor. information placed hctore the con
vention wus to the effect that there
wus no prospect that Knglund would
lift Its embargo upon Hie Importation
of appl'S, which closed the American
growers' best foreign market.
MM M W
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sustaining dish of
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partment has put its official seal of endorsement on this
triumph. in soft, drinks, by allowing it to be sold and served
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Ashore1 or afloat, you will find Bevo a. palate-pleasing,
refreshing and nutritious beverage.
Just the thing to take along for sail or cruise auto trip
or f amp and for the ice-box at home.
Bevo the i allryear-'rouncHsoFt drink
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