PXfTE FOUR
MEDFORn mm: rnwrrm, arEiYFOTip, oTCEfioy, wedxtcrd'ay. September. 5, 1917.
Medford Mail tribune
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Petition of apnclul diHpatchca herein are
also renerveu.
At a meeting of the county ngrlcul
tliral agents of Soutliorn Oregon in
Medford TucBtlay plans were formu-
liitotl for bringing up tho 1918 produc
tion of cereals (o conform with the
government plnn of Increasing Oregon
Btipply by BO percent. The meeting
wns attended by C. I). Thompson of
Giants Pass, C'ounly agent of Joseph
lno county; II. It. (ilasyer, county
agent of Klamath county; C. J. Hind
county agent of Douglas county; 0
C. Cute, local county pathologist, and
W. L. Kadtlorly, ussislant slate leader
of county agents from Corvallls.
Tho government asks that the stale
yield bo Incrcnsed CO percent, which
menus Hint tho acrcngo of Jackson
county must bo Increased by fully 50
procont if not mora. A special effort
will bo mado to increnBO tho local
production of winter wheat and rye
Problem of Koctl
Tho great problem, nccortllug lo Mr,
Kadderly, Is tbo supply of seed. It
is known that ryo seed will bavo lo
bo imptiilcd Into tho state, probably
from I'tiih and Monlitna. Tho failure
of spring grain crops In .laelcson conn
ty anil Ibroughout tho slale, duo lo
tho drought, lias Increased tho seri
ousness of this problem. Tbo slate
supply of wheat seed hns not yet been
determined.
Tho stato seed slock commission
will socurb tho necessary seed, how-
evor, and will also endeavor to secure
financial nsslslauco for those fanners
who noed It In order to seed tholr
laud and galher their crops.
No IHrtilllon to l'imnors.
Mr. Kadderly wished tho local farm
ers to particularly understand that
thoro Is no disposition on Iho part of
tho government or tho sltito lo dis
turb tho ciiulllhrlum id farm prac
tice. Tho increase will nut come from
diverting ceretil crops, changing es
tablished customs or arbitrarily til
reeling Individuals In their customary
farm practices. Tho land for I he pro
posed Increase will largely come from
tracts hcrctoforo Idle, or tracts here
tororo planted to miscellaneous crops
which are not essential to the nallon
lit tho present time.
'. Cute In Charge.
County Pathologist (!. ('. fate will
have charge of Iho silunilon ami will
explain the campaign In detail to
Jackson county agrleitllnilsis. It Ik
believed by the state board that Jack
sou county is particularly well adapted
to Increase Its yield of cereals with
profit to Itself and at no sacrifice to
its oilier crops. There Is a great deal
of ferlllo land not planted to whom
or ryo which with seed and with f.
laueiul assistance provided, can be
made to bear many thousands of burh
els of grain. Tho rouuty agents li ft
last night fur (limits Push lo pcilccl
the organization there.
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WASIIIXriTOS, Sept. .1. Thirty
thousand Men, Iho i'i i t increment of
Iho nnlionnl iirmv, ere on their way
to ciinloniiienlt today, lo begin trnin
llle; .for Nervieo n er--e!l"".
) Afler li'nn-iirliition txpciic and
final instruction t'r.un local evenip
tion ImnnU yc-lcnLi , they !enrriilN
Vcrf nlloncd lo spend 1'ieir In-t night
lit home before joirtiiiu the color.
1 jitlcr command of lenders tlelcguleil
from their own numbers, the various
f-ectioliM are proceeding lottard four
teen mobilization camp..
With Medford trade is Noarurd. niu
WHY PERMIT
IK IT a "denial of clenieiilal (leinoeralif rights"
hid tlic incciiii'' of the I'aeifisls to organize
aiii of ficdition and treason
in the aid of (Jerniany, the
.Let them talk advises a local paper. Why should
anyone lie permitted to talk disloyalty and sow dissention
in the midst of a war that threatens the life of the nation
and of democracy?
It is such an organization
winch encourages resistance
seeks m every way to prevent, the vigorous prosecution
or rtie war, and demands the impeachment ot the presi
dent because of his efforts to make the war successful
"staying within the rights of peaceful' and loval citizens?'
The Pro-German propaganda is loidcr and more active
today than since tin; Avar was first declared. The real ob
ject of this "People's Council," with its handful of mem
hers and its high sounding
resolutions which will nn luence opinion abroad, esneeiallv
in Russia, and convey the impression that the people of the
United States are opposed to the war and will not prose
cute ii vigorously.
Js the right of free speech jeopardized beeaausea an an
archist is refused the privilege of advocating assassina
tion, or an I. AV. AV. prohibited from championing arson
or a German sympathizer silenced for preaching treason
against the government that shelters linn's But we are ad
vised "don't give them a grievance and the excuse for
martyrdom by autocratically
government guarantees.
JNo irec government ever guaranteed the right to
pleach treason in war time if it, did, anarchy would reign
and there would be no government. Russia lias been try
ing the experiment and faces chaos; conquest and vassal-
Either you are for the
Germany. 'I here is no straddle. If you are for America,
you will lend your energy and effort to support of the
government and the war. H von are for Germanv, you
win tio wnar ine i'eoine s council is dome- everv hiiu-dos
Bible to oppose a vigorous and
openiy or uy sunieriuge, evasion and trickcrv.
Jt is high time the abuse
was stopped.
AMERICAN
Vf7"IAT HAS been te loss to American -shipping by
submarine warfare since the United States declared
that, a state of war exists i
The answer is furnished by Admiral Benson, chief of
the bureau of operation for tho navy department, which
shows that the German submarines have succeeded in
dest roying only one-half of one percent of American ships
that have entered the war zone. In other words, only one
out of every U(M) American ships that crossed the Atlantic
has been sunk
Admiral Benson further
. i. .. -ii
tin; vteitiiaiis succeeded in
snip, .nicy nave picked oil a Jew slow-sailing oil tankers
and freighters and even this ratio of loss will be reduced
when the fleet of destroyers, now being rushed to conipel-
tion, are in service.
U-boat attacks are expected off the Atlantic seaboard
in the near luture by the navy, as the zone ol: their opera
tions is being constantly extended, and preparations are
made lor their reception.
ships, and the constant patrol
the maintenance ol a submarine base extremelv difficult.
Such a base would have to be provided, as with armed
ships a submarine is forced to abandon gun fire and de
pend upon torpedoes, and the largest U-boats can only
carry eight. The svslcni of eonvoving ships has proved
lighly successful.
- So far, American naval
have not. succeeded in capturing anv submarines, but have
sunk several, and navy officials are confident that an ef-
lective system for clieckintr
adtially built up. M.-inv devices and niMhods tire em
ployed. Pcp-lli -bombs are
creased patrol, the employment, of airplanes, and of other
devices are constantly limiting
U-boats cannot run down
if kept, under water, which
attacked vessel is armed. Their niaxiiiiiini uuder the wa
ter range is lot) miles. All the time they are under water,
they are consuming the stored power of their storage
batteries, decreasing their range which compels them to
eunie up to the surlace nt. night and lie idle while their
oil engines are used to recharge the batteries.
Americans have devised a
at a considerable range. It is
the presence of a U-boat is
.it a certain depth. If the
U-boat and within a reasonable
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TREASON?
to for
a fill n
against tho United States
national enemy?
as the "People's Council
to the national army law,
name, is to pass treasonable
denying them what a free
United States or you are for
successful war, boldly and
of free speech and free press
U-BOAT LOSSES.
states that in no case have
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sniKing a last; last or a hnr
The arming or all American
of shipping lanes, renders
forces under Admiral Sims
the U-boat menace is beiiiff
proving most effective; in
the divers operations.
a. vessel of average sliced.
thev are forced to do if the
depth bomb that is deadly
dropped over a spot where
indicated, timed to explode
cxplosimi occurs below the
(Usance, the hull is crushed.
SHOE PCUSl!
Economy and thrift
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BASIL jr. MANLY.
(Staff Special.)
WASHINGTON', Sept. !). "Gel
gium is stricken to the earth, ller
cities and towns lire sacked, her
factories gutted, her mines in hos
tile hands, her people on the verge
of sturvation, many of her sons in
virtual slavery. But believe me, Mon
sieur, better times are coming when
my Belgium will arise from her ashes
greater, stronger, busier than ever.
And it is with nn eye to that Bel
gium of the future that your Ameri
can business men should prepare."
The speaker wns Gaston tie Laval,
advocate in the court of appeals in
Brussels, in happier davs and for
many vears legal adviser to the
American and British legations
Belgium. lie has come here to make
a report to the state department on
the Cnvell case.'
"the allies will wink must win.
America's coming in makes that sure.
It was Americans who took over the
liii; ib of feedinir Belgium. It will
be Americans ivho will help make
Uclgium free from the Prussian yoke
"And don't imagine my country
men will sit wailing amid the deso
lation Germany has wrought. They
are a sturdy folk. They are never
happy except when they arc busy.
Give them half a clninco and soon
you will see the peasants once more
tilling the soiil, the miners once more
nulling coal, tbo operatives once
more busy in the mills and factories.
And that is America's opptrtunity.
"Germany made much money out,
of its peaceful business relations witli
my country. Much of that business
should in ftituro be done with Ameri
ca. "Wo used to take German insur
ance policies. We used to do busi
ness with German hanks established
ill our cities. We used to buy Ger
man machinery of all kinds. Bel
gians will prefer not to deal with
Germans in tlie futiire.
"The chance for Americas is great,
but thev must bo alive to their op
portunities now. And the study
should not be made by individual
firms, but collectively and thru your
government with, such nid us your
embassy and your consuls can give
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POrtTLA.VD, Ore., Sept. S. Unless
rain comes soon to break tbo drouth
tliroiiKliout Oregon, considerable loss
in cattle and sbecp is anticipated pn
account of poor pasturage, nccortlitiK
to the summary of state crop condi
tions for tbo week ending September
1, Issued hero today by tho govern
ment wcatlier bureau, Tho summary
reads:
"More moderalo temperatures, but
drouth Htlll unbroken.
"Later reports sbow somowbat bet
ter yields of barley, oats, rye, spring
wheat and winter wbcat than first In
dicated, but of light welglit. Grain
prncticnlly all harvested, excopt in
south central counties.
"Owing to poor pasturago and the
high prices for feed, surplus stock Is
being freely marketed and consider
able loss In cattle and sheep Is antici
pated unlesB rain conies soon.
"Hop picking is becoming general
and bean harvest has begun, Willi
both crops light. Corn, potatoes and
sugnr beets nro averaging only fair
but frltu prospects aro good.'
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Medford
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FELL ON SLEEPING
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LONDON, Sept. 5. The Chatham
district for the first time experienced
un air nttuck on Monday night, when
one or more bombs fell on a -section
of the royal naval barracks, killiii;
107 bluejackets outright and wound
ing 8(i others. Four bombs fell about
the barracks, but two were harmless
and in fact apart from those which
took such n heavy toll of lives the
damage in the whole urea was insi
nuicnnt. a majority ot the men
were asleep at the time of tho ut
tack.
The first indication of thq pros
enco of the air raiders wns the sound
of engines overhead. This did not
cause much alarm because notices
had been published earlier in the
evening that anti-air craft practice
would be earned out that night. In
nil about 17 bombs were dropiied and
the raiders are thought to have been
over the district nearly nn hour
Searchlights failed to locate them,
the visibility being low owing to n
slight Iiazc, notwithstanding the
moonlight.
A naval man who was in the bar
racks at the time gave the follow
ing account of the raid:
"Most of us were asleep in our
hnmmocks in the dommitory, which
wns in the largo drill hall. We had
no warning of any kind. Before we
knew what was happening, the roof
tho air, and fell m a thousand pieces
among Ihe men. It was flying glass,
which was thick and heavy, that did
the damage."
Some of the injured men died dur
ing the night and the survivors com
pjlain bitterly nbout their companions
being killed without an opportunity
to strike back.
"If we have lo die we want to die
fighting,'' one bluejacket said. "Most
of us have seen fighting and we want
another go nt the Huns."
PLAIN SPEAKING BY IRISH-
OCCASIONS NO OFFENSE
BELFAST, Sept. 5. Sir Horace
I'lunkett, t'huirninn of the Irish con
vention, speaking here today at n
luncheon given by the lord mayor.
says that never in Ins lite bad he
heard such plain speaking nnd un
reserved expression of opinion with
out any offense being given any mem
ber, as he had heard at the con
vent ion.
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APPLE PRICES
Reviewing the apple market at this
date, September 1, the outstanding
feature is the very early buying, on
a very large scale, at profitable prices
to gTowers, says the Northwestern
Fruit Exchange weekly bulletin, The
full significance of the movement- i6
found In the fact that since the apple
industry of the northwest this year
is so much greater in dimension than,
say, four or five years ago, there has
been such growth In northwest pro
duction that the 1917 crop and mar-
kct situation must stand on its own I delegates planned to recess until mid
bottom, as it were. The present sit-1 afternoon and then receive the conft-
,,nllnn lnwAver mav he stnteil ns a'mittee'S report, which was to be fol-
complete reversal of the 1916 situa
tion at this time, when buyers were
holding off and holding off, scared
at the figures asked by the exchange,
but which finally proved to be justi
fied. As an example of the moment's
buying it can be definitely stated that
practically the whole of the unat
tached Wenatchee valley apple crop
is sold. All growers and shipping or
ganizations are doing a lot of busi
ness and tho trade is anxious to fill up
on its requirements.
The week elapsed since the ex
change's last bulletin has, In fact,
justified the statements in that bul
letin, namely, that the crop as t
whole in Canada and in tho United
States will be lighter than last year,
citrus fruits short, and conditions in
other important competing fruits fa
vor tho apple market. Evidence is
continuing to accumulate, also, that
the food campaign to encourage the
greater use of apples Is going to have
a big effect people are to get more
apples at their meals. The Exchango
says further:
"The viewpoint of the Exchange
with regard to apple values is neces
sarily much broader than that of the
average buyer. It takes into consitl
eration every condition, and it has fa
cilitlcs for gathering correct informa
tion, while the average buyer's view
point is controlled largely by local
conditions and based on precedent In
stead of actual conditions as they ex
1st. It is more important than ever
this season that dealers, for their own
good, recognize tbo importance ot
broailoning their own vision on those
food problems, as apples will be con
sidered largely from tho standpoint
of their food value."
Postum
to reach the cup.
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PEOPLE'S COUNCIL
MINNEAPOLIS,' Sept. a.The
American Alliance for Labor and
Demorcacy, organized for the purpose
of squelching the activities of pacift.
ists and pro-German propagandists,,
and bringing the nation's labor forces
up solidly behind the government, in
its prosecution of the war, opened .
three-day loyalty conference here...
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of tbo Uni-
ted States commission on industria-y
relations, acted as temporary chair
man.
After the appointment of a com-
mittoe on permanent organization tho
lowed with an address by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor.
Speakers at today's session de
nounced as disloyal and seditious the
activities of the People's Council of
America for Democracy and Terms of
Peace, which was barred from hold
ing its proposed national peace con
ference in Minnesota. John Spargo,
one of the former leaders of the so
cialist party, who severed connection
because of the party's stand on war,
declared that several weeks ago re-'
ports had reached troops in Russia
that American labor bodies would de
mand peace through tho people's
council meeting.
"What can help the enemy more
than such startling reports, arising
as they do from the activities of these
pro-German organizations?" said Mr.
Spargo.
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breakfast food can bo had at tho least
cost, by soaking a slice of Buttor
Nut Bread in fresh milk, cold or hot;
it requires no sugar. Try it! It's
more substantial than corn flakes
and the like.
Order 13c size from your grocer.
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Hound Sleak, 11) 20c
Surloin Stunk, lb 20c
T-Bonc Steak, lb 20c
Pot Roast, lb loc
Beef Stew, lb 12i,ic
ALL OTMKlt- I'HICES
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GIM CHUNG
China Herb Store
Ilorb cure tor earacne, neadachs.
catarrh, diphtheria, Bore throat,
lung trouble, kidney trouble, stom
ach trouble, heart trouble, chills and
fever, cramps, coughs, poor circula
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breast, cures all kinds of goiters.
NO OPERATION'.
Medford, Oregon, Jan. 18. 1917
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: -
This Is to tertlfy that I. the na-
deslgned, had very severe stomach
trouble and bad been bothered for
several years and last August was not
expected to live, ana bearing of Olra
Chung (whose Herb Store Is at 3H
South Front street In Medford) I de
cided to get herbs for my stomacH'"
trouble, and 1 started to feeling bet
ter as soon as I used them, and toaat.
am a well man and can hcartjly rec
ommend anyone afflicted as 1 was te
see Gim ChuDg and try his Herbs.
(Signed) W. R. JOHNSON,
Witnesses:
M. A. Anderson. Madforfl.
9. B. Holmes, Eagle Point.
Frank Lewis, Eagle Point.
Vt'm. Lewis, Eagle Point
W. L. Childrcth. Eagle Point.
C. E. Moore, Eagle Point,
J. V. Mclntyre, Eagle Point.
Oeo. B. Von der Hellen, Eagle Point
Thos. E, Xl'bols. Eale Point