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Newspaper Page Textnn-miv. i M ii r ! 1 i i 'l'AUir'l'lLUEM' OHAill'S LEADERSHIP M If WAR PROGRAM Enormous War Bills Put Thru by Coalition of Democrats and Repub licans, Regardless of Party '' Chamberlain Becomes Leader of t . Senate Thru Competence. lj r: BY BIL30N GARDNER ..'- .WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. The ;f; enormous war program carried out by ( j the war congress was made possible liy non-partisan action, and democrats voted Republicans together for necessary measures. The nominal leadership fell to the democrats who are in the majority. In the house the great money bills were framed by Claude Kttchin of the ways and means committee, while in the senate F. M. Simmons of North Carolina presided over the committee, , aided by Boise Penrose, representing the republicans. In the house Julius Kahn of California aided Kitchin. When the bill to create the select 'IVe army was in debate Kahn acted "as spokesman for the "war depart- meiit. The prominence of Kahn was "'due' to two things his position as ; Senior republican member of the mill. tnry affairs committee, and the fact that James R. Mann, titular leader of the house republicans, had little real sympathy with the war program. Krpiihlicniis Assist. Democratic memberB of the house committee on military affairs were also tinged with pacifism and several opposed the declaration of war. So ; S. Hubert Dent, Jr., of Alabama, chairman of the military affairs com mittee, Is not heard of In the connec tion with this legislation generally spoken of as the Kahn bill. In the senate there was perfectly " good team work on army legislation between George B. Chamberlain of Oregon, democratic member of the military committee, and Francis E. Warren, republican senior member. Warren is futhor-ln-law to Pershing iind has for years been beloved of . the regular army. Chamberlain was ' In full accord with the administra tion's war plans. Chamberlain headed a subcommit ' tee which conducted hearings on con scription which wero completed long before war was declared. In co-op-. oration with Brigadier-General Crow dor, law oUcor in the war depart ment, the Oregon senator hnd mapped out every detull of the sclcctivo serv ice law, including the lottory draft tho local civilian boards of selection and the construction of the 16 canton ment camps. When the moment came for action It was only necessary to present the perfected bill. ' Clinmliei'lalii the Louder. In handling army legislation Cham- Aborlaln showed his competence and S?u became administration spokesman . on' tho democratic side. Senators lodgo and Penroso on tho republican side gavo unvarying support, and the -only opposition which developed camo ;. from La Follette, Norris, Konyon, f Borah, Cummins and Hiram Johnson of California, who wero suported by a group of democrats Including Var daman, Reed, Kirby, llaidwick and ..Stone of Missouri. Jlost of the opposition was centered on the taxation program and the food control bill, tho thcrewas a bitter fight . In the house over the compulsory fea ture of the army bill. Champ Clark Claude Kitchin. William E. Mason of Illinois and Robert Crosses of Ohio . were opposed to giving up the historic volunteer plan, but wore overridden f ' hy a big majority from both parties who supoi tcd everything recommend cd by President Wilson, on tho theory 'that he ought to be given every aid in prosecuting the war to a successful conclusion, and held strictly to ac count for any failure. BANDIT RAID UPON RIO GRANDE VILLAGE MISSION'. Tex., Oil. 1(1. Swm inirly reliable report hnvp j 1 1 t reaeh ocl hen- nf u liniiilit rniil nt (Iriinaciw, ii Mexican village on the Hio (irnnile, six miles southeast of Mission. Xntli inir ennecrning i-nsmillit-a hits heen learned here. , The 1 1 rititr euulU be plainly lit-iinl lit Mmlern City. flip Wliolo Xelglilmrhooil Knows. Mrs. Anna Pelzor, 2."26 Jefferson St., So. Omaha, Neb., writes: "I can recommend Foley's Honey and Tar as a sure euro for coughs and colds. It cured my daughter of a bad cold. My neighbor, Mrs. BenBon, cured herself and her whole family with Foley's Honey and Tar, and everyone In our neighborhood speaks highly of It." This reliable family remedy masters voup. It clears the air passages and rases the gauging, strangling fight for breath. Sold every wboro. WINTER PALACE ELD'S BIGGEST Gigantic Building Crowning Folly of Monarchy Several City Blocks Long, Housed 6000 People and 3003 Once Danced In Its Ball Room Roof a Gallery of Statues. (Uy Churles Edward lEussell.) Tho human race must certainly have n mixture ox insanity , in Us make-up, or it would never tolerate sik-Ii an institution as monarchy The kins; business is at all times a protesipie and monstrous absurdity but m the o.-.s-c c K::;:s:a it was :ust one long? delirium. Take tho winter piilueo at Pctro- grad, the place where' we wero quar tered, for one symbol of this' mad man's droam. There never was a crazier thing in all tho works of man's hands, and it exactly express ed the institution it sheltered. It is the largest permanent buildimr in Europe. William G. Sheplianl, correspondent of the United Press, made careful and repented calcula tions while we were there and came to t tie conclusion that from I lie en trance we used to my room was ex actly onc-qiinrter of a mile. I wasn't as far away from the entrance us sonic others of the erew. A Bewildering Pile. The vast, bewildering pile is built along the left bank of the Neva, and when you stand ut one end of it and look to the other it seems to stretch into an infinity of space. Shepherd asked to have a trolley line built in it for (he accommodation of visitors, but this was never done. On the city side, the palace fronts a huge square of which it makes one side, and the war and foreign offices built like a crescent with an arch be tween them, make tho other. These buildings, palace included, are colored n warm red. The winter palace was begun by Catherine II, sometimes called the Great, and was about a hundred years in building. When the whole imperial machine was going it used to house (iOOO persons) and was the largest madhouse in the world. Three thousand persons arc said to have. iillended one ball held in the largest of its three ball rooms. I he thing is three stones high, and the top all tho way around is adorn cd (that is what (hey call jt) with i crowd of slatucs. Nobody knows now whom lliey are statues or, and it makes no difference, because you would have to go up to the roof to get a good view of them and the joy of it wouldn't be enough to pay. From the ground you can just-make out if you look bard that thov are .-tallies. and yet they are said to be ten feet in height. The late czar, now Mr. Nieholai HoniiinolT, a private cilizcii pone int. deserved retirement, used lo keep i herd of cows on (he roof of tho p:il ace. This is the best thing he did and the only sensible use the building ;i ever put to before the revolution. . Also, on the roof nre a great many stands for machine guns and hawlv places where soldiers could hide and shoot down people in the square Ik tieath. The gentlemen that planned the huge castle overlooked no bets o this kind, und January, 1!)0.j, provei that they were .wise for their own purposes. Two ' hundred thousand people came into the. square then ask for bread and the soldiers on the roofs gave them bullets instead and killed ."lOIIO of thorn. Connected With Troops. ino gancrics, one above anil one under Hie ground, connect the palm with the barracks of the impe criul guard, close nt hand. A single alarm would bring 10,(1(10 armed men swarming into the place. The czars knew what their people thought of them und purposed to take no chances. Wise czars! The interior of this monstrosity i an endless maze ot pnssnges and suites, corridors anil stairways, pas sages and doors, until the mind get tired of trying to follow them mid wants lo sit down and ret. Then is one man Hint knows his wav all about the puzzling place, but h knows nothing else, so that docsii fount, lie couldn't very well know anything else. For the' first three days T had t have n guide to find my quarters and was then able to dispense with him only because I had memorized n scr its of landmarks and headlands bv which to steer, like this: (itililc is Necessary. (lo to the top of great staircase and turn lo left; pass under first arch, turn lo rijjht, oon second pair or folding door and keep straigl nhond ncrnss the short gallery with Ihc big windows mid the shakv floor SANE ASYLUM 'NofE Indivisible "polandsought Minister of Foreign Affairs Declares Russian Policy Emperors of Ger- 1 many and Austro-Hungary Appoint Members of Council of Regency for New Polish State. l'ETROGKAD, On. 1 8. 51. I. Ter- estehenko, minister of ; torcign af fairs, nt a meeting lust night, in ob servance of the lunth anniversary of the death of Kosciuszko, the Polish patriot, declared it was the convic tion of the entente powers that "any peace should recognize the indepen dence of an indivisible Poland." This differs from the declaration issued by the provisional Hussion government last March, 'in which it urged that Poland should be given niitonomv under' nominal Russian uidancc. American Ambassador Francis drew a parallel between tho American ind Russian revolutions, suying that iVmericn's problems had been solved and her issues settled, so would Rus sia's problems be solved by the so ber second thought of intelligent nnd patriotic citizens. Itcgcnts Alumlntcd. AMSTERDAM', Oct. l(i Arch bishop Alexander von I.aeksoki of Warsaw, Prince I.uboniinsky, mayor of Warsaw, and Josef Ilonostrowski have been appointed members of the ouncil of regency of the new Polish state by the emperors of (iennany and Auslro-llungnry, according to a l'lcgram from Berlin. Emperor Wil liam of lierniany has sent the follow ing message lo General Von liescler, the governor-general of Poland: . I have found it advisiible, in agreement with my illustrious ally, the emperor of Austria-Hungary, and in the spirit of article 1 of the decree of September 17, 11117, to inslall as members of Hie council of regency of the kingdom of Polnnd, Iho nreh- bishoi) of Warsaw, Alexander von Lneksoki; the mayor of Warsaw Prince' Lubomirskv, nnd the landed proprietor, Josef Ilonostrowski." The emoeror requested General Von Rcsolcr to carry out Jhe decree in conjunction . with Count,. ry.ap tycki, the Austrian governor-general thrii the double llooiv at end and, set a watch for the big clothes press; at i,.n,... i,,,.,, I,. i iiwni li.n then right, and watch for the door that bus thu small paintings hull: around it; thru that, turn to left, then right, left thru the low arch to the long corridor, down that and then it's the third door on the left. I took a lieutenant in tho British army twice over this course and ex plained lo him nil the marks, bear- s and .soundings, but when he at tempted lo make it ulonc he got tun gled up among the shoals anil had to sit down ajtd wait until someone came ng with n licensed pilol. Other wise, I suppose be would be there yet. At Staggering Cost. All this glgunlic establishment. created at a stagirering cost and maintained with a river of money wrung from the toil of a hundred mil lion peasants, the whole immense pile filled with tile bewildering extrava gances I uin to tell you about later, existed for just one purpose. It was lo shelter a ruler that had no right to rule, shelter him und the army of servants and parasites flittcrcnt degrees that waited upon him, while he dwelt in ceaseless tor ror of ipssassination by the people upon whose backs be rode. Compared with this idea, the wild lest notion (but ever cnlered a poor stricken brain nt Ward's Island or .Malteawan, Kankakee or Mt. Pleas ant. .eems sweet and reasonable. SHINE IN EVERY DROP" Black Silk Stove Polish stt1nft. Itdnca nit dry twit; curt h wrt to lh I ait dnp; liquid and pn(e I One quality; aWiliitely pn I WMt; nnrl.mt onl fl, Yuu I Bt your monaya worJi. Black Silk Stove Polish It rwt otily rror rwni'v-!, hn H HM a brlVI ant. oilkv lu-tre llnti'.ir in! Itr r.btj.("-i if It art ftfhiT Jftlnh. tll.v k tiuK .Slnvr I '(-h (l- ri'rt tt;tt fff ht4 (niir ii:ir a V njr nlnsry poiWi so It yuu ..ne, wort tii.iJ mo-c)-. Pnn I lorjrM wi.cn yJ ,1 r?'iv in-ii'h.t ur to .k for i:!nk Stlk. If itli-n't lln- lx t '(Mfh yn rvr iimI- ..ur dealer will refund your money. Black Si'lc Sc Potliti Wof'.ii, Sterling, Illinois. If is riUrSi S:::i AirPrytuB tm I .Llirti pt.' r g i..ir, BtoTf pr, .ir.il aitto mibfln Lir tl i. 1'rwvsnU r..i-.)-ir. T.f. Ih fur M,v. it.im kc!,l;n. v.-ra or t j. It M'irki n i. -My, r m'k and I'-ave a lw i Urt. ilt Irut, I. h.-n no e ijut loruwun atitorcbbllca. 1 (MLl IS EMS SCHOOLS ADOPT LOWER KLAMATH THRIFT TRAINING LAKE UNDER WAY The Cent ml Point schools, have adopted a new savings plan to stimu late thrift among school children. As outlined by Superintendent E. It. Stanley, the plan is as follows: Hovs and girls in the sixth, seventh nnd eighth grades will bring Hie money which thov earn, or anv amount they can rsare, aud deposit- it ,at tfic school. When any pupil's total de posit amounts to as much as 1 the child will be allowed to go to the local bank, during solum! .hours, and (le posit it. At tho time of the first deposit the bank will loan the pupil a neat little savings bank which he mnv keen 'as long as he has an ac- ount with Ihei bank. Interest will be paid at tho rate of 4 per cent. Nearly all tho tmpils in the upper rades work more or less nnd earn money ol their own, and there is no reason why their thrift should not be judged by their savings. While the total amount of money saved may not be grent, it will be a start on a pol icy which, if followed thru life, will make independent men nnd women out of persons who might otherwise work for n lifetime without saving up money to buy the comforts of life. An early beginning in habits of thrift lias made most of our successful business men wluit they nre. Parents should co-opernto with the school in encouraging their boys and iris to put their money where it will earn something while it is being sav ed. After all, the interest is not so important ns the acquiring of the saving habit. Any adult knows how much harder it is to keep a dollar in lus pocket than in the bank; the same is true of children, even to a greater extent. Train them to snve and when they nre old they will bo independent; tench them to save the dimes nnd iho dollars will take cure of themselves. Later in the year the eighth grade pupils will begin the keeping ot a sim ple set of accounts, in which eiich pu pil's receipts and expenditure are re corded in detail. This work is plan ncd to teach tlie value of keeping ne counts in any business or occupa tion. IVcn the fanner ' in modern times finds accounting indispensiblc THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT POSTUM AS A HEALTH IMPROVEMENT OVER iA COFfEE 9 BUICK Power Auto Co. WESTON'S Camera Shop 208 East Main Street, Medford . ' The Only Exclusive Commercial Photographer in Southern Oregon. Negatives Made any time oi place by appointment. Phone 147 -J. Well do the rest. J. B. PALMER. j lHSTMT.P0STUl 1 ' I POSTUH Q ' What Is believed to have been the final wind-up of all necessary logal preparation for the reclamation of the marsh lnnds of the Lower Klamath lake has now been completed, and tho lumber is now on the ground tor the closing of the gates at the Kla inath strait, which will eventually re claim a tract ot over 54,000 acres of the richest soil In this part of the state. Lower Klamath lake is supplied with water from the Klamath river thru the Klamath strait, and the In stallation of gates at the Southern Pacific strait crossing will divert the water on down the river and reclaim I the marshes. The installation of the se gates is a simple proposition, and could have been accomplished years ago except for legal complications which havo handicapped In one way and another the directors of the Klamath drain age district, who have. worked tire lessly to accomplish it. The Kla math drainage district tracts comprise about 20,600 acres of the marshes. There Is also considerable govern ment land there, in addition to a na tional bird reserve. The marsh land reclamation Is one of the projects em braced in the United States reclama tion project, and considerable work has been done by the service In the preparation of this move. There will be a charge of about $5.5Q por acre against all the lands of the district for Its drainage. Altho the final election ot mem bers of tftc drainage district does not come until the 31st of this month, the result is a foregone conclusion, and the gates are now bolng Installed by the officials 'to stop the fall rains Deafness Cannot lie Cured by local npplli'atloitfl. " tlipy rnnnot rcurh tho dleacd lwHion of tho far. TIhth Ut onlr " . ,t -ml tliat In hv constitution al romedlt'ii. Deafm-ns in raiiard bj- an Inlliwneil ronrtHloii of thf miifoua lining of tho hntnch1ati (Tube. When thla tiibo l Inflnmi'd you hnvo a ruuiblinir sound or liun-rprt hearing, and when It In entirely elowd 11,'iuftienB la the reault, and unless the inflnmnintkra can he taken out and this tnbo restored to He nornnil condltloii, bear-i..- m (, itnuirnvi-il fnrnvt'r: nine cases out.ol ten nre cruised br Tatarrh. which I nothlnji but . We will Rive nun Hundred Hollars for nny ease of Dpitfnewt (caUKed by cntnrrh) 1 hut cannot he cv-:ed hy Hall'a Cutarru Cure. Bend foe clrcu Ion, free. CHENKY Ct CO., Toledo, O. ' Kohl by DruBKlsta, 7r,c. Take Uall" FnniUy I'llla for eonaflimtion. Judge Sam Garland Hon. W. S. U'Ren will address the people of Medford and Vicinity TUESDAY OCT. 16 at 7:30 The same speakers will make dresses as follows: CENTRAL POINT, Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. GOLD HILL, Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. ASHLAND, Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. A good program and a large crowd expected. This will be the formal opening of the subscription campaign to raise Medford's quota of the Liberty Loan Bonds. No bonds wiil be sold and no collection will be taken at this meeting. . from flooding tho lands, on which the wnter is unusually low. It is claimed thiit the land which will eventually be reclaimed by this Sure Mom.we found your boy. He is hero now eating Kmmbles:9 Jshealltight?' surcyou ought to yQ IJ7tK.T,CF.U. IN CASE OF FIRE To Give the Alarm Call 50 Medford Fire Dep't. To Insure Yoar Property CALL 123 McCurdy Insurance Agency Medford National Bank Building . " ' '"' Some folks prefer to do the latter first and stop yvll bo capable -of euDorting as lurgo-ar population as is now In Kla math' county.--Klaiuath Fulls Her- uld.. - 4 ! ;.- rr- ' ,. ,"-. 1 11 MM ill i ad-