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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OR KAON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1017 UTILE STORY OF 1 BUILDING PEACE POSSIBLE STATES CHARLES CITIES FOR ARMY Fifit Work Begun on June 15, and September I Sees Completion Permanent Towns Built Buildings Good for Fifty Years Each Can tonment Has 2000 Buildings. Ity fJIi.KON OAliDNKH. WASMIXOTO.V, Sept. -.'2. Two men nml a ttfnof;riiphcr were all Dip war department had May 28 to build tlio sixteen rnntoninrnts now prop. ucitiiy completed. J lie men wore nrmy offipprs in the uniirterimislerH' division, to which the job was iin signed. A swarm of pontrai'tors, agents nnd speculators, who hail heard some imp, fat government contracts were to la) let, came to tlipni. Anil all the two offipers could do was, to ask their visitors to pass in single file and leave their names anil addresses. As this did not build enntonmentK, n new plan was tried. Secretary of War linker told fjpneral Spolt to tell Colonel Kelly to tell these business men to fret together and do business with themselves. The emergency was pressing, the task great, and the government (to he quite frank) un prepared. So Colonel Isaac. I.ittcll was de tailed by General Scott and given a rubber stamp on which was engraved something like this; - "(lentlenieii, the government will treat yon liberally. Only go abend for your country's sake and yet these cantonments built." ' Starred n Ioador. - Colonel I.ittell iissembled the Hwiirining busiiipss men in tlio Mini-1 eey building. Here they ponfprrpil four days and nights, and then went mid rented the old Adams building nt lXV.i V street. And in a few days they, hail this building filled to the roof with 2f0 folks at desks anil typewriters. This is the office ma chine that has run the cantonment's busiiipss. A man nampil Starred V. A. Kliirrott Keemed lo crop out as lead ing organizer of Ilia contractor Bwnrm. llo got appointed cbairmaii of n pommiltce on "emergency eon Ktruction of building and engineering works," and as hiipIi has been sort of ha; boss. At first he had with him Frederick Law Olmslead, arehitect and city ilanner; (!. W. Lundoff of Crowell, Lnniloff, Little & Co. of Clovclnnil nnd M. C. Tuttlo of the Avert h iik CooslVuclioii Co. of ltxto,i. Kill rooii the pommittep sifted down to Olmsteiiil ami Starrctt ami Inter Leonard Melcall of liostiin, an au thority on sewage, and (leorge W.I Fuller of New York. This is 1 1 1 -ciiniiniltcp which, with Colonel l.illpll nominally at its IipiiiI, has limit tl.c eanlonniciils. 1 1 in ry Culls Issued. A hurry call was wired to all (lie biggest coat met jug firms. Their b"sl men were dragged into the iirganiz.i inn in Hie Adams building. Kach Avas constituted a siceinl lipulpiiaut in charge of some special job ami given stenographers ami ilpsks. I'roin this shop on V street con tracls for I.MI.II0(I,II(I0 worth of work have been given out. Then' was no effort to advertise for bids ami let to the lowet-l bidder. Instead of Ibis, a cciimi was taken of the big firms nml each wis noti fied it would have certain w-irk to perforin, and would be rinnpi niI",I on the basis of cost plus 7 per cul or larger per cent if the job was wnnll, lint no single firm or indi vidual would be permitted to drag down more than .f'J.'iD.oilil. The contractors were toh tin I H'ov could pnv tlio best wages paid in the community, with ecrlain ailvan when necessary to draw labor. So they were satisfied and I here was no M'lircity of labor. Work Startnl .lone n. . .lime " Hie first contract was ap proved ami dune l,"i Hie first work Marliil. ( At each cantonment job an aver aire of .'iliuil men were eiaplov cd, Al the beginning there were less ami al the "peak" from Slum ,, ln.Oull. The men worked eight hours and were paid half iiis elra for overtime. Al the la-t minute i was ilo-iilcd to have Hie Imrracks two stories. This saved ront'iug, luuilier and laud epaeo and nd iiid the cost .T,. (11111,(1(10. , Knch canloiinieiit, is approximately Iwo miles lone and a mile wide. The lumber used, four billion feel, is equal to Hie yiar ., cot in the Toiled Stales. A carload of tacks were consumed in talking lar jmper oi Hie.liinfH . ,!- "' . I . i IN PEACE REPLY Austrian Answer to Pope Shows Anxiety for War's End, But Vague in Terms Seconds Suggestion for Abolition of Armed Might and Rule of International Justice. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21. Peace would come from the recent propoS' als of Pope Benedict If the belllgorent nations would enter Into negotiations in the sense of the pontiff's sugges Hons, Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary says in his reply to tlio Vatican note. The emperor sees In the pope's ponce plan a suitable basis for starting negotiations toward Just and lasting peace and expresses the hope that tho nations opposing his own may be animated by the same Idea. Tho Text of Reply . t The text of the reply follows: "Holy father: ' With due veneration and deep emotion, we take cognizance of tho now representations your holiness In fulfilment of the holy offlco entrust ed you by God, make to us and the heads of the other belligerent states, with the noble Intention of leading the heavily tried nations to a unity that will restore peace to them. 'With a thankful heart, wo re ceived this fresh gift of fathorly care, which tho holy father always bostows and from the depth of our hearts we grcot the moving exhortation which your holiness has addressed to the governments of the belligerent peo ples. During this cruel war we have always looked up to your holiness as the highest personage who, In virtue of his mission, which reaches beyond earthly things and thanks to the high conception of his duties laid upon him, stands above the belliger ent peoplos and who is Inaccessible to all Influence, was able to find p. way which may 'lead to the realiza tion of our own desire for peace, last ing and honorable, for all parties." v Justice to All "If, as we most heartily deslro. ngrooments should be arrived at be tween the belligerents, which would roallo this sublime Idea and thereby give security to the Austro-Hungar-lan monarchy for Its unhampered future development, It can then not bo difficult to find a satisfactory so lution of the other questions which still remain to be settled between the belligerents in a spirit of Justice and reasonable consideration of tho con ditions for existence of both parties. New rroNptU'ltjr "If the nations of the earth were to enter, with a desire tor peace, into negotiations with one another In the souse of your holiness proposals then pence could blossom forth from thorn. Tho nations could attain a complete freedom of movement on the high seas, heavy material burdens rould tin taken from them and new sources of prosperity opened to them. "(liilded by a spirit of moderation and conciliation, we sco In the pro posals of your holiness a suitable basis for Initiating negotiations with a view to preparing a peace Just to all and lasting, and wo earnestly hope our present enemies may bo animated by the samo Ideas. In this spirit, we beg that tho Almighty may bless the work of pearo begun by your holi ness." Always for Pence. "Slnco ascending the throne of our ancestors and fully conscious of the responsibility which we bear to Hod ami men for the fate of the Auslro lluiiKiirlnn monarchy, wo have nevor lost sight of tho high aim of restoring to our peoples as speedily as possible the blessings of peace. Soon after our accession to the throne It was vouchsafed us In common with our allies, to undertake a step which had been considered and prepared by our exalted predecessor, Francis Joseph, lo pave tho way for a lasting and honorable peace. Flld to UliMxI-slled ' We gavo expression to this desire lu'ii speech from the throne delivered at the opening of tho Austrian reli hs nil, (hereby showing that wo nre striving after a peace that shall free the future life of tho nation from rancor and a thirst for revenge, and that shall secure them for genera tions (o tome from the employment of armed forces. Our Joint govern ment has, In the meantime, not fail ed In repented and emphatic declara tions, which could bo heard by all the world, lo glvo expression to our own will and that of tho Austro-Uun garlaa peoples to prepare an end to bloodshed hy a peace such as your holiness has In mind. "Happy In the thought that our de sires from the first were directed toward the f iim oklrojj which your holiness today characterizes as one we strive for, we have takon Into close considoratlon tho concrote and practical suggestions of your holiness and have come to the following con elusions: IIuaIh of Peace "With deep rooted conviction wo agree to the leading idea of your holiness that the future arrangements of the world must be based on the elimination of armed forces and on the moral force of right and on the rule of International Justice and logality. "We, too,, are Imbued with the hope that a strengthening of the sense of right would morally regen erate humanity. We support, there fore, your holiness' view that the negotiations between the belligerents should and could lead to an under standing by which, with the creation oi appropriate guarantees, arma ments on land and sea and In the air might be reduced simultaneously, reciprocally and gradually to a fixed limit, and whereby the high seas, which rightly belong to all the na tions of the earth, may be freed from domination or paramounlcy and be opened equally for tho use of all. AIRSHIPS ACTIVE T LONDON, Sept. 22. The follow. ill); official statement dealing; with the activities of the British aviation corps during the British offensive in Flanders was issued tonight by the war'office: 'During the first two hours of our attack on Thursday low clouds nnd a drizzling rain made flying almost impossible. However, our airplanes flew out nt low altitude and dropiieil bombs on a hostile airdrome near Courtrai, besides firing at bodies of German infantry. As soon as the weather improved our aerial activity became great nnd eontuet was kept with our ndvancing troops and both airplanes nnd balloons gave observa tion for our artllery. On several oc casions the location of enemy troops preparing for a counter-attack was reported to our artillery, which suc cessfully dealt with tho situation. "While the attack was in progress ail planes fired from their machine guns over 28,000 rounds from heights ranging between 100 juid 1000 feet at German infantry in their trenches and shell holes, at re inforcements coming up to the bat tle, at. bodies of troops on roads and working behind the lines and at hos tile batteries, machine guns and transports. During the day sixty eight bombs were dropped on the Ledeghcm railway station, ninety-six on two iiirdronies northeast of Lille nnd 1011 on billets mid iinimunition dumps in the battle area. At night, in .spito of unfavorable weather, bombs were dropped on two towns, on the Ledegehm-Koiilei'M and Jlenin railway stations. "Ill the middle of the day (icrman nircrnljt became active, attempting to interfere wilh out artillery and our bombing and low-flying machines. In Hie evening, when the wenther im proved, they kept well to the east of the lilies and were not inclined to fight. Ten hostile machines were de stroyed nnd six were driven down out of control. Ten of our machines nre missing." BRITISH REPULSE SAVAGE ATTACKS FLANDERS FRONT fly the Associated Press, Sept. 22. Ill Die field of hostilities the Ilrit Ish campnlgn In Flandors alone com mands widespread Interest at the mo ment. Today's report shows Oen eral lialg to be holding fast to all the vnlunbln ground bo gained In ttie great attack of Thursday 111 tho face of most persistent Herman counter attacks. Tho Hermans henvily In creased their losses In these efforts, tho British official statement notes, but failed ao achlevo any Compen sating gain. The only section at which the Teu tonic thrusts were oven temporarily successful was east of St. Jullen and hero tho Hermans were Immediately driven nut of the small section of ground they had penetrated. Three counter attacks In all were delivered last .evening by tho Her mans Apaprently they hail become exhausted by the failure of the first two efforts for the third attack, made fast of l.angemarek. did not have to be faced by the British Infantry, the artillery alone being able to cope with It., TRAINS OF TROOPS GOING THRU CITY TO The hoavy movoment of drafted soldiers passing thru the city from California to American Lake, Wn., Is now fairly on and about 8000 of the new soldiers will pass thru the city Saturday, Sunday and Monday on a number of special trains. None of these trains stop at Medford but a number stop at either Ashland or Grants Pass for breakfast. On account of so many military specials passing over the road the freight and passenger schedule Is somewhat disorganized and all trains more or loss late. John M. Scott general passenger agent of the South ern Pacific, who is dividing up his time between Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass looking after the mili tary movement and the general pas senger service, said today that ev erything considered the train ser vice was satisfactory. According to Mr. Scott It is the feeding of the sol diers at various points that la caus ing most of the' trouble in delaying trains. Several of the military trains pass ed thru the city Friday and last night bearing hundreds of lusty young men fairly aching to get to France as soon as possible to do their bit. Two coaches of drafted soldiers from Nevada were attached to north bound passenger train 14 this morn ing and from the second the train came to a stop at the depot the ir repressible young men made known their presence with lusty cheers and noisy good nature. Most of them loft the train and paraded along the park way. There were a number of Mex icans and Indians and half breeds among the drafted soldiers and they were the most enthusiastic In the crowd. A young Mexican, fairly bub bling over with life, led the parade and In the shouting. The Nevadans seemingly could not get It thru thelr-hands why the Med ford crowd at tho depot did not Join in with their cheers and songB, and began to call this city "German town." They did not know that Med ford is used to seeing soldiers and recruits passing thru, while the ex perience was a new ono for them. The two coaches were chalked all over with Inscriptions, the largest reading: "From Reno to France to got the kaiser's goat." Another In scription read: "If you want to see the kaiser come to Reno for wo'll soon have him there." PEACE PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE TO (Continued trom rage On.) FIVE STEAMERS, AN ATLANTIC POUT, Sept.. '."J. Passengers who arrived from Eng land today on an American steamship brought circumstantial reports that five Hritish steamships nnd two de stroyers out of a convoy fleet of six which left Lough Swilly, Ireland, September It, were sunk by a (termini submarine within a few hours of the Hrt of departure. The story was told among others by shipwrecked seamen who were survivors of other submuriiicd ves sels and by the merchant ship offi cer who had been in Lough Swilly. The five vessels, it was said, con voyed by the destroyers, put to sea after midnight and they were attack ed by masse,! submarines the follow ing morning at daylight. News of the disaster was learned when - the de- I rovers which escaped put back to purl, bringing survivors of the tor pedoed nicrchanlninn and war ves- cls. "The closest secrecy was immedi ately thrown about the incident, "Hie merchant ship officer said. "The survivors were given ilivi in structions to say nothing uhout it, and llo details as lo the names of the hips or Hie extent of loss of life could be Icanicd. It was rerted that one and possibly two of the l -boals were sank by the destroyers." CHICHESTER S PILLS T11K IHMIONU 11 n A Mis, yy "''( AsTarllrMulitr,A 1 M-trrt 4BrodA fr 3. '"" "J liold ctitliV n V'' RiNva. X fi VvJ rK no ! Wr. HtiT f roar I J Jf 1H Allien IUAM I'l 1.1., (,-, f4 V W rftk:iownlBt.Sftt,Ar--( Rp!'' r SOID BV DRUGGISTS FVIRWHERE nevertheless, be broken. It would be In a position to win It with honor. The kaiser has, by his acts, fulfilled the promise he then made In 26 years of happy rule, despite provocations and temptations. Worked for Pence "In the crisis, which led to the present world conflagration, his maj esty's efforts were up to the last mo ment directed toward settling the conflict by peaceful means. After the war had broken out, against his wish and desire, the kaiser, in con junction with his htgti allies, was the first solemnly to declare his readi ness to enter Into peace negotiations. The German people supported his majesty In his keen desire for peace. "Germany sought within her nat ional frontier the free development of her spiritual and material posses sions, and outside the Imperial terri tory, unhindered competition with nations enjoying equal rights and equal esteem. The free play of forces in the world In peaceablo wrestling with one another would lead to the highest perfecting of the noblest hu man possessions. Disastrous conca tatlon of events In the year 1914, absolutely broke off all hopeful course of development and tho de plorable war resultod. llocciveil With SynifNithy. "Appreciating the Importance of Ills Holiness' declaration, the Im perial government has not failed to submit, the suggestion contained therein to earnest and scrupulous ex amination. Special measures which the government has taken in closest contact with representatives of the German people, for discussing and answering the questions raised -prove how earnestly it desires, In acord ance with His Holiness' desires, and the peace resolution of tho relchstag on July to find a practical basis for a just and lasting peace. "The imperial government greets with special sympathy tho leading. Idea of the peace appeal wherein ' His Holiness clearly expresses the! conviction that in the future the ma-' terial power of arms must be super-' seded by the moral power of right. We are also convinced that tho Blck body of human society can be healed only by fortifying Its moral strength of right. From this would follow, according to His Holiness' view, the sumultaneous diminution of the armed forces of all states and the enforcement of obligatory (arbitra tion for international disputes. Klmro Pope's Views, "We share His Holiness' view that definite rules and a certain safeguard for a simultaneous and recoprocal limitation of armaments on land, on sea and In the air, as well as for the true freedom of the community and high Beas are t.he things, In treating which the new spirit that In the fu- litjl: ishould- prevail. Jo .International relations, should nnd first uopeiui expression. Tho task would then of Itself arise to decide International differences of opinion not by the use of armed forces but by peaceful meth ods, especially by arbitration, whose high peace producing effect we to gether with His Holiness fully recog nize. The Imperial government will In this respect support every proposal compatible with the vital interest of the German empire and people. "Germany, owing to her geograph ical situation and economic require ments, has to rely on peaceful inter course with her neighbors and with distant countries. No people, there fore, has more reason than the Ger man people to wish that Instead of universal hatred and battle that a conciliatory fraternal spirit should prevail between nations. Sees Peace Basis. "If the nations are guided by this spirit it will be recognized to their advantage that the important thing Is to lay more stress upon what unites them in their relations. They will also succeed In settling Individual points of conflict which are still un decided hi Buch a way that conditions of existence will be created which wjll be satisfactory to every nation aiiifAierooy a' repetition W thls gTeau; world catastropho would appear im possible. "Only on this condition can a last ing peace be founded which would promote an Intellectual approachment and a- return to economic prosperity of human society. This serious and sincere conviction encourages our confidence that our enemy also may see a substantial basis In the ideas submitted by His Holiness for ap proaching nearer to the preparation of future peace under conditions corresponding to a spirit of reason ableness and to the situation In Eu rope." The document is signed by the im perial chancellor MicbaoliB and is ad dressed to Cardinal Gasparrl, papal secretary of state. CARI) OF THANKS. Wo wish to thank our friends an? neighbors for their kindness shown us during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother, Susana E. Hamlsh. ' S. H. HARNISH AND FAMILY. lllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllM LAST TIME TONIGHT Florence Reed ; -IN- ;the ETERNAL . SIN" , .3 A Also a Max Linder Comedy 11 n I BV BLUEBIRD DAY, liOMORRiii I - ''J .-y'i ." V- -, 1.:J-V., h. ,.- , : -- . - .-v.'-:--. . . .;. - f --r n " 11 WITH TI1H HKTI.OS(H)l'K I measure correctly the refrac tive error of the eyes, and mako Glasses to ovorcome the eyestrain caused by It. DR. RICKERT Kycslgbt KHviallst. Suite 1-2 Over May Co. Hi lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliH DENNEY & CO. I Fruit Marketing Agents Specializing in the dis tribution of northwest ern boxed fruits. i M.E. ROOT, Representative Medford, Phonu 294 Main Office Chicago, III. Western Office Payette, Idaho F. H. Hogue, Western Manager, diamond setting, watch repairing. Martin J. Reddy 1 ',y Agate mounting aud en graving. am ft Main ft. Medford. Or Why Do You Strive for Quality Products? . Why Not Raise Ordinary Livestock, Ordinary Grain or Ordinary Fruit? It costs extra money to start ami maintain a herd of blooded cattle hotrs or slieep. ' It takes extra time and care to select quality seed corn as a Insis for a quality crop. 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