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medforti matt; trtrttne, TsrrcnrorvD, orrafloy. Thursday, octotiet; 4. ion ESOE TITREE i 1 I! 40.000 DOCTORS SCHOOLS USED NEEDED ABROAD TO INCULCATE FOR U. S. ARMY KULTURJN BOYS Titanic Task to Provide 20,000 Sur geons and Doctors for Every Mil lion Men Two Million Men Being Trained for Army Require One Third of Doctors in United States. WAfiniNtiTONVn. c, ot. ). For every million fiuliliiij; men 20, 0(10 .-uirgcons and due-tors ! Two million men nre now licimr or panizcil lo go to France. Willi then will iro -111.0(10 doctors about one third of those now practicing in the Lnited Slntes. These figures pivo some idea of the immense, organizing job thrust upon Surgeon (leneral florpas nnd Hie medical corps of the army. Rut they tell the least part. Quality is Soupbt. tjunlil.v eounts more iiian numbers. The soldiers are to be surrounded with" every sanitary safeguard. The new kinds of wounds mostly in the liead nnd abdomen eall for the high est surgical skill. The problems of shell shock eall for nerve and mental specialists. The use of serums to combat infection and the new sys tems of camp and trench sanitation require the highest experts. Added to file problem is the eon serving of the health of the folk back homo, nnd the workers in munitions l'ants nnd shipyards. As badly as skilled specialists are needed at the front, the organizers of the new med ical army must provide for leaving enough skilled men in America. 1 Practically all the force must be raised by volunteering as the kind of doclors the army wants arc mostly over .II. Again the doctor going ubroad makes the highest sacrifice. fe carries with him all bis capital nnd earning capacity, unlike the bus iness mini who'leaves behind a "going concern" to continue to earn for his family. Aid hy Stny-nt-llomes. . Medical societies are arranging a Voluntary system by which the stay-iit-hoiue physicians arc to turn over IV per cent of the fees earned from the absent doctors' patients to their families or legal representatives. On their return other doctors are pledged to abstain from trcnting their patients for a certain length of time unless there is a formal reipicst from the patient. Already 13,000 have volunteered nnd are in uniform. The big job now is classifying tbcin. To do this there have been formed some twenty committees, each headed by the most eminent special ist of that kind in the country. H'J'he famous Mayo brothers bend the committee on surgery uud are backed up by specialists almost as eminent. Kvcrytliing is being pro vided for, even to the accurate re porting ami writing; of (lie medical history of the war. There are two Frank ('. ("larks in sWedford, and were eilher one of them to locate somewhere elc the other would lie happier and have less rouble wild his miiil nnd telegrams. The latest mi.vnp dui' to the duplica tion of names came the other night. Frank ('. Clark, the architect, re ceived a telegram from 1'orllnnd, rending: "Will arrive on the llliid train." It was signed, "Will."' Now, inasmuch as Mr. Clark has a cousin named Will who lives in lierkeley, Cab, he was happy at receiving the lelcgrnni preagin the coming reun ion and went down to the depot and .united around half the night for his cousin to show up. Cousin Will, however, did not get off the train, Jior did he 'jet any word from him. Several days later Architect Clark )oet Frank C. Clark of the Med ford creamery on the street and the latter handed him an open letter and said, "This must be for you, as nothing in it i intended for me." Then Clark, the architect, think ing of he tclcvram. reached in hi pocket nnd handed it to Clark, the creamery lunn. with the remark that it probably had been intended for him. "Thai"- ritlit," ic-.poiiiltd the ereiimcrv man. "It' I'mm mv brother Will, He got hep' that lii'-'ht nil right nnd hunted me up mid e had n ui.oil vi-it."' i Then the two Clark- did the Caro lina" governor acMit a iicj'rby -;tu!u fo'intain and culled cverMlmg t'l'iare. . ... Prussian System of "Teaching the Young Idea How to Shoot" Ex posedChildren's Minds Warped Into Certain Molds and People Made Docile. by mivrcrx nitoxxEii. NISW YORK, -Oct. 4. Blind wor ship of. tlio kuiser, blind obedience to the authorities, blind belief in military glory, and the steady thought that Franco is the enemy these are the things taught in Prussia's schools. History, geography, compo sition are all pressed into service to warp children Into a certain mold These facts make many who know Germany doubt whether President Wilson can drivo a wedge between tlio kaiser and the German people. Iteylu With Children. They are strikingly brought out ill a serious book to appear in the lute fall. Singularly enough, it was not written as a war or propaganda book, but as a straglht study of Prus sian schools for American educators. Its title is "Prussian Elementary Schools" and its author is Thomas Alexander of George Peabody Col lego for Teachers, Nashvlllo, Tenn Thru the courtesy of the publish ors, the MacmiUan Co. of Now Yorli city, I have been permitted a glimpse of the manucript. Amid much tuat is technical and for educator alone, I find a sweeping Indictment of the manner in which Prussian rulers han dled their schools to prepare the fertile minds of children for the war and conquest. The schools are steadily used to make the Germans ready and willing to take their place in that part, of the social order in which they were born. The result is a typo ot citi zenship easily amenable to the orders of bureaucracy. This under-class comprises about 00 per cent of the people, including peasants, small tradesmen, subordinate officials, ar tisans and other laboring classes. Pumped Into Children. I.ove for the kaiser is steadily pumped' into the children, who are told of the reforms of the ruling house for the lower classes. In SS9. fearing the growth of so cialistic feeling, the kaiser himself ordered tlio schools ho used to combat this. The teachers wore ordered to tell the children how the power of state alono could assure the indl vldual his freedom ami right, and to prove by statistics how conditions and wages had improved under royal protection. One of the ways of making good Germans is the strictly quostlon-and- answer system of teaching. Inde pendent thinking and action ara dis couraged. A child is seldom allowed to ask a question. The te.T'hcr has told everything tlio child needs to know. Alexander drily observes: "Tlio Gorman school child knows a great deal, for ft lias been poured into him, just as water Is poured into a jug; tint ho does not think for him self. He Is iion-lndependent. Mis individuality has been left undevel oped.'' Make People llocile. lie points out the whole purpose of this Prussian education is to make the lower classes docile. "The ruling classes have decided, one might say, what a boy or girl of the lower classes is supposed to see nnd observe. They know if ini tiative and Individuality arc killed In the children, these qualities cannot live In them when they become men and women. And to uphold the sys tem of government now In vogue It Is absolutely necessary that the masses havo neither individuality nor initiative, but rather think what they are supposed to think, and act as they aro suppocsd to act." German propaganda Is, therefore. never forgotten. In geography Ihc pupils are taught how much they love their kaiser. They are also wick edly taught that Franco Is the ene my of Germany, nnd that war with her Is sure to come In the future. A subject for composition Is a. slcned. The teacher gives the title. What drives men to foreign lands?" He explains the pupils are to have an introduction, a treatment of the theme, and a conclusion whose moral is to bo "Never forget that yon ate a Gorman." Ahwiys ft (iermiiti. He discusses the topic nnd then each chilil writes from memory of what the leather has told. Here Is a typical endtmc of a composition by a girl at Stetlltz: He who remaliia ill foreign coun tries L.Jst never fn'gft that he Is liermnn; he must love the German sfii)cW ' BE STUDIED BY .. IAN American Medical Officers Abroad to Devote Winter to Special Study of Diseases Peculiar to War and War Conditions, in Addition to Their Work at the Front. -,. AMKHICAN TRAINING CAM I' IN FKAXCK, Oct. 4 (by the Associated Fress). American medical officers will devote the coming winlcr to a special .shuly of the diseases pecul iar to the war and war conditions, in addition to tlu'ir work at the for- ard casualty clearing stations on the French uud Itritish fronts. At the cnsualtv stations they will get nil the experience they desire in the marvelous war surgery, which has made such rapid strides in the past three years. They will be trained in all the medical phases of their work in the field at special schools. The first of these schools will be established this month at the hospital taken over by the Johns Hopkins hospital unit soon after the first contingent of American troops landed in France. .Shell Shock Studied. One subject to which much atten tion will be devoted will bo that of "shell shock," which has proved very troublesome to both the British nnd French medical nurses. Neurolog ists attuclicd to the various American units will study the .problem at French and British hospitals nnd af terwards will give lectures to their fellow medical officers both in the hospitals and attached to the troops in training. There is no more piteous object in. 1 lie world than a man acutely suf fering from shell shock. Hypnotism has been used frequently us a cure for shell shocks. t stops the trem bling and twitching in most cases, but of late it has come, to he regarded ns not a real cure. The British have found that soldiers suffering from shell shock who do not have hypno tism treatment invariably get buck to duly quicker than those who do. Causes llliudncss. Shell shock often causes deafness, dumbness and blindness the effect of the concussion from an exploding missile nearby. A man may be toss ed ubout by three or four shells without getting hit bv n fragment or a splinter, hut the effect of this loss ing always tells on his nervous sys tem. Smiic of the worst shell shock enses have been those where soldiers were hurled under the earth thrown up hy huge projectiles. Such burial does not always affect the men that way. It is related Hint recently when nil old British sergennt was dug out from under a ton or more of shell debris and asked if he was hurt, he replied: "No, sir; I guess not. But I it in certainly strung for. a separate peace." A remarkable thing about shell shocks cases is that none occur dur ing u big bailie. The reason lor this is plain. In battle Hie men nre buoyed up by the great excitement, are pressing forward and oflen nre engaged in haiid-lo-hand fighting, while all ubout them is the continual roar of battle. They often become absolutely oblivious t,i exploding shells under these cireiun-tances un til actually hit. Shell shock eolues when the men are compelled lo sit in trenches for long periods or when they are out. on ncrve-lc-ding patrol duty between the fighting lines at night nnil n . big German missile bursts unexpectedly over them. language above everything else, and maintain German manners and cus toms." History is utnlled for tlio glori fication of the Hohenzollern tribe. The course Is organized around the names of Charles 'the Great, the Great Fleeter. Frederick tlio Great, Freder ick V.'llhelni III, William thn Great and the present emperor. History of Germany Is largely tlio lives and deeds of these men and the children are taught to be enthusiastic about military matters. Alexander heard f. 4 history recita tions: 48 dealt with Gorman rulers,! their deeds as warriors and their campaigns. Deafness Cannot oe Cured br l'-M h ;i fitl'it. n thr r nf.t rKh tlx r!if.i. t.rti..ri nf tli- car T(i-:-.- I ;i!r --in ttav (oritn- l.-nfrifpi, inn) Hint I lit- 'otiKlltnll'.ii at rvm-.M.-.-. l-uifn. I i! ! r m, I. iln i ...( ("MIU..H -T lltf li.'ic.-'M thiinif t-t '!: I'uMiiMnn T itv . Wli.-n tl.u '. ! i tMi t v In" mtiiMltiir nr lur rfvf ln-.tnu -' wti-n tt iM.llr.li - 1 .1 I', i i. i- t..- i--i,t. I t"!'- ttic t- "fiitin'i-"! "i ' il iM tLU t'it. rt -t r..( t. if t -t i! n. d.-ar -;g tI l- ,.:i?v 1 i.rf.fft. P" '"If -) t. i, r -l t.- Ctrr!. M.-ij I- M.r.'M hul ii .' -iii.j Mnrll'V n t.i fti'f... W rtl r- if - Wini1"l 1' II r f r hm r ft ! C .' t.r i-.'irrti. tl.'it t-nntvt U. ii.H 'it Hall a I.iImiIj tin'. H;. ! ten ia r, fiii'. - -, t ciu:vt:Y i n., v.Nj.,t o. !'iM hr It nrrl"t.. ; T:.i Hill i a,f.r i'ith f-.f c-.nM: all. i'. ;, IS ONE OF SOLDIER'S NECESSITIES Idea of Sending Tobacco to Ameri can Soldiers in France Indorsed by Senior General of Army, Who Praises Mail Tribune Plan of Pro viding Smokes for Men in Trenches Subscriptions continue to come in lo the Mail Tribune tobiiceo fund for the American troops in France. The largest single subscription received yet is from Mrs. Kiilli W. Clemens, u guest of the lljitel Medl'ord, who subscribes if-.j, insuring at least n week's smokes for twenty soldiers. New subscriptions lo the fund are lis follows: iMauriiie MelCcniiv $ .50 Mrs. K. M. McKenny ,,tl Ethel Curry ;( .1. C. Ailken - .'j;i Harry Turner fid Herbert Grey 25 Katheritie Conscr 25 W. A. .MoflVI .25 Tvson Beull .50 James Robins, Tolo 50 Bew I! likes 25 Mrs. Bew liukos .25 A. 1. Karhart, Hogue Iiiver. 50 I). IT. Terrett, Kogue Biver 50 Mrs. Iluth W. Clemens 5.0(1 General Leonard Wood, former commander of the department of the east, and designated to command a division of the national army to be mobilized at Fori Kiley, Kan., said recently: ' "The idea of sending tobacco to the American soldiers in Franco is a capital one. Nothing gives a soldier in the field more pleasure and con tentment than a cool, refreshing smoke nftcr a linril day's fighting or while nwnilfnjr eall lo the firing line. "Life in the trenches is very hard, and T know the American soldiers will appreciate nnd enjoy remem brances in the form of lobneeo, ci gars, cigarettes nnl pipes." There,,, fellow citizens I There is plain language from n ' man who knows. You don't want any better indorsement for our fund than this. General Wood is only one of the pub lic men who lias gone on record with n statement that mln soldiers abroad must have tobacco nnd cigarettes. Our tobacco fund is milking it easy for you lo help. Your quarler starts it and we do the rest. Fur 25 cents (he Mail Tribune has arranged with (he American Tobacco company (o send 15 cents' worth of tobacco nnd cigarettes to our men ubroad. EAT BIG MEALS! NO SOUR, ACID STOMACH, INDIGESTION OR GAS l';ttcs IH.iiM-pl"" Is iiirkcst, Mins( fsloirutrh rrlirf known Try ft t Tinio ft! I'aip'8 llnprpnin will HwiMitrn ii sour, naHy or ont-of-oidor stomach within five minutes. If your meals don't fit comfortably, or what you eat lies like a lump of lead in your stomach, or if you havo IioarMiurn, that is usually a siiui of acidity of tho stomach. Oet from your pharmacist a fifty cent cbfo of rape's DlapopKin and tali o. a dose just as soon as you can. There will be no sour iNiikh, no belching of undigested food mixed with add, no Hlmmich p,;n or heart burn, fullness or heavy fi-elhiK In thn slntnack, nausea, debititat inn headaches o'fTl izluess. This will all io, and, besides, tb;r will be no sour food left over in tho stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Papo's Iiiapeppin helps to neutral ize the excessive aid In the stomach which iH causing the foot! fermenta tion and preventing proper digestion. Relief in five minutes Is watliiiK for you at nny dniK store. Theso large, fifty-cent cnseH contain enoiiKh "Papo's I)f;ipepsin' to usually liO'p the entire family free from stomach acidity nnd Its symptoms of indiniftion, d si-opsia, sourness, ifvcfl, h'-artbuin, and headache, for many months. It belongs In your home. - FOR SALE ' TWIN INDIAN MOTORCYCLE Electric Shop E L ft -S LEONARD WOOD Here's what each one of these kils conliiins: A package of Tuxedo toliueen nnd four books of eii,raretlo pn- pers. Three pouches of Hull Dur- hum tobiiceo and three books of papers. Two pnckaj,'es of Lucky Strike cigarettes, twenty eiRiir- ellcs in each paekuKe, A return poslul cnril adilress- ed lo the contributor on which the soldier will pen his nppreei- ution and trrutituilo for the Rift, "Gee, I Wish I Had a Smoke" That's what our boys are saying who are "over there" and fight ing for you so that this world may be a better place for you to live in. Will you supply your soldier friend with his favorite smoke and satisfy his longing? He is doing his bitwill you do yours? Sending tobacco to our boys is almost as important as rolling bandages or producing munitions, as far as their comfort is concerned. The Medford Mail Tribune Tobacco Fund has just been started, to supply our boys with their favorite smoke. WH1 you help to make it a success? This has been endorsed by the Government. Through the efforts of this paper, arrangements have been made with The American Tobacco Company to send 45c worth of Tobacco for 25c. Here is what they will get: 2 packages of Lucky Strike Cigarettes, retails at 20c 3 packages of Bull Durham Cigarettes, retails at 15c 3 books Bull Durham Cigarette Papers 1 tin of Tuxedo Tobacco, retails at 10c . 4 books of Tuxedo Cigarette Papers vf-t tui 45c . A return post card is enclosed in each package, so that every contributor will re ceive a personal acknowledment of his gift. You will treasure this message from the trenches. Everybody wants to give a little. Will you help make it a success by doing your bit? Contribute! Organize your club, your church, your town, your office, your factory and give the boys just a little comfort their favorite smoke. THE MEDEORD MAIL TRIBUNE TOBACCO FUND BY ail.SOX GARDNKR. WASIII.VGTON, Oct. 4. Olio of tho problems In any compulsory mili tary service Is tho "conscientious ob jector" tho man whoso conscience will not permit him to kill and who will accept any consequences rather thnn do so. A cortalu small percout agt is found In all countries. This problem is now up to tho sec retary ot war. Ill all tho 1G canton ments there are thoso who havo failed to ohoy the summons, or who do so under protest, declaring that they aro u n w i 1 1 i ii pc to become members of nny killliiR organization. Tho adjiitnnt ftcncral's forco is now rounding thorn up.' Tho first step is to make suro tho reluctant ones understand tho situa tion, tho law, their duty, nnd tho penalties. Thoso merely lagging will ho given a clianco to catch up. Argument nnd moral suasion will bo used. If this falls they will bo ar rostod and taken to tho camps, to bo dealt with according to tho fol lowing plan; First they will bo offened service In a non-combatant forco, in work necessary to an army in tho field. Tlio objector will bo assured ho will not bo exposed to actual combat or compelled to take part In actual kill ing. A cortalu perccutngo will ac copt. Another alternative which may be offered is that of military or engin eering work In the United States which will relievo others for duty at the front. This might be post duty, work in tht national forests or tbo care of government property. , If the conscientious objoctor Is so averso to war he Is unwilling to take a job which will relieve another man for the work of killing, ho must take the penalties meted out to war de serters. A desertor may be shot. It is not tho plan of Prosidont Wilson to havo hi in shot, but to havo him Im prisoned during the term ot the war. The government will probably set up a number of military prisons for tho special accommodation of the con scientious objectors, at hard labor, until the war ends. RED CROSS ASKED FOR $200,000 TO ,AID CHINA WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 American Minister Heinseh nt Peking China, today nskeil the lied Cross for $200, 00(1 to help cure for 400,000 desti tute Chinese in the Tien Tsin flood district, Much sufferiiiK exists, ho reported. Catarrhal Deafness May Be Overcome If you havo Catarrhal Deafnoss or hoad noises, go to Heath's Drug storo, llaskln's Drug Storo, Medford Pharmacy, West Side Pharmacy, or Strang's Drug Store and get 1 ounce ot Parniint (double strength), and add to It Vt pint of hot wator and 4 ounces of granulated sugar. Take 1 tiihlespoonful four times a day. This will ofton bring quick relict from tho dlstriBsing head noisos. Clogged nostrils should open, breath ing becomo easy and the mucous stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and Is pleasant to tnko. Any one who has Catarrhal Deafness or head noises should give this prescription a trial.
