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BIX MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1918 HUNS FORCING NEUTRALSTATES INTO CONFLICT Holland and Norway Face Crisis Over Sinkinfl of Tlier Ships By Kaiser's U-Boats -Switzerland De ties Berlin On Coal Question, De manding Return of Cars. (I)y Newnpapor EntcrprlBe Abbr.) LONDO.V, liny 27. Once more Gorman rntliloBBiiosB In disregarding the rights of smaller nations Is forc ing throo neutral countries to tlio brink of wur. Thoy aro Ilollnnd, IXorwny and Bwltzorlimd. Tlio Dul 'U' crlHlB, recently regard ed as settled thru concessions made by tho Dutch to ilorlln's deniandfl for railways thru tho little country, haB been reoponod by tho submarine war fare. , Tho Dutch government has sent a naval convoy to protect a small flcot of merchant vessels on their Journoy lo east India. In so doing It lias act ed within Its rights under Interna tional law. 1 Tho warships In tho convoy have been Instructd to ralst any piratical ulompt lo interfere with he mer chant ships. If a German submarine is encountered, thore Is llkoly to bo a battld, and If there is a batllo there win he war. . . .. Sink Norwegian Ships. Norway uIko Is facing war over tho tJ-boat question."" Tfio kalsor's divers have renewed their unrestricted war fare on tho Norwegian fishing vos sols in the North sea and the 'Arctic ocean.. Norway has stood for a lot of this sort, of Iblng, hut thero will come an end to lis putlnnco. If Norway goes to war It probably will mean Sweden will cast hor lot with tho allies aluo. Klvo Norwegian vessels have boon torlioUo'jd and sunk. Fishermen saved from them report Hint tho U-boat commander told them he was undur orders to sink every ship ho mot, par ticularly 'Norwegian vessels. The Irony of this Is In Iho fact that' those vory vossels have been supply ing Ourmauy Willi fish lo out. As for Switzerland, a crisis exists between Merlin and Heme over the coal question. It is almllnr to the recent controversy which nearly forcod Holland Into the war. Hold SwIsh l Yclgli) ('ins. Following tho German threat to stop Bending coal to Switzerland, the directors of tho Swiss federated rail roads demanded Iho return of 4001) Clwlns freight cars now In Germany. Hut Germany needs freight cars for troop movements. They have not yet been relumed. I ill tho meantime tlio Swiss have (reached an agreement with Iho allies whereby the latter will supply thorn N,".. Olio tons or coal a inoulh for flit) a ton. This was a stroke of allied diplomacy. It relieves the Swiss of nuy immediate necessity for agreeing to tho German demands. Hut when llltle nations don't agree to German ileiiiand.i, I be kuiscr sends iMackensen lo crush them. Another nation which Is having ar. Kunionls with Germany Over Iho sub marine question Is Spain. The Span ish situation, however, has not yet reached the stago ot a crisis. DIED. JO.N'KS Died at Ills bile residence on Sunset si rent Sunday uiorulim. May 20, aged 77 years, K. .tones, a native of Indiana. He leaves lo mourn Ills loss lila aged wile, their five chil dren having paM'd away, the hut of whom was .Mrs. S. K. Adams who died a few months ago. Mr. and Mrn. Jones had been resi dents of .Mm Ilnid for nearly four years. Tho deceased volunteered In 1SS2, was a prhale under Hubert It Scott and was a member of a mili tary band, lie was with Sherman on Ills march to the sen and was in I' 1 bullies. He was honorably discharged at Washington In 1 Mi.",. Mr. .lours was a carriage maker by trade and was engaged In thai trade for a number of years at Hub lln, lull., ami later at Topeka, Kas Ho then carried on a hardware lni.il liess for over :i veal's. The last place In which ho oas enn.igcd III business Was ul Merlin, (ire. Tho runenil will be al 1' o'clock Tuesday from the Weeks Mcl'.owan company's chapel. The services will lie conducted by Hi v. Hr. J. (' Unl it n . The .Mm nnli lodge and G. It. Interment will lie In the St'cnlral l'olnl cemetery. ' I 'A HIS. May LT. ( .i.tuiii.He 1 llin, it is iinnoiineeil, lie- on In- lwr:i lielh uerint victory. The rni'lnin wn n partner (if tile bite I'tiptaiu Gtiv licnicr, Iho I'limiMis French in c. $17,413 RAISED FOR RED CROSS IN RECENT Quota of $10,000 Nearly Doubled Me'Jford Subscribes $11,122 and Country Districts $6,291, Nearly Double Last Year's Effort Lake Creek Leads County. Itepoi't of Secretaries. DRIVE 4 .Mcdford M,rj2,(IO Hullo Fulls 12..i0 Unci, , H2.IIII Anliocli 171.7.") (iriirin Creek 'iVLVt I.nke Creek 7."ill.llll Ccnlral I'oiifl (iHII.IKI Sterling 7-1.00 Welkins H:i.")() JiiekKoiivilli! .1, 100.00 Oak (Irnve 'J'2'2..r0 Table Kock 7fl.!0 Kojine Hiver -17U.10 Gold Hill and Sams Valley -1 IS.Oli I'rospecl 175 "(l 4 Applcgale KU.IIO Tub. , V2I.II0 Kagle I Vint - 7."iO.OI.I f Total : 17, 1 11 Li Jackson county north lias ovor-sub-scrlbed her quota for the Ilea cross Bccond war fund 7g per cent. With a quota assigned this district of $ 10, 000 Campaign Manager Daniels has received roports from tlio various tennis thruont tne .Modford district this afternoon totalling $ I 7,4 1:1511. Of this ii 1 1 1 1 1 ii t (lie outlying dis tricts have subscri-jeu $11,2111. oil, u splendid increase over 'he ciunlrv subscription of $.'1,111 1. IS collected during Hie first Itcd Cross drive lasl June, while .Med lord bus subscribed $11,122.0(1 a' decrease of Hie sub' mi riplion of n yenr ago uttioiiuting'lo $1 l,!IO!l.(iO. The above comparison n.ay be part ly explained by the fact that during llie piit year u number of new aux iliaries to the local Mcdford chapter lime been organized which lias given support and enthusiasm lo Hie eiiui paigu in Hie country while a nuiiiticr of llie largest subscribers of lasl year's fund have lel'l Mcdford during Hie pusl year in nddilioii to llie loss in men occasioned by the large enlist ment in the eounlry's service. Con sidering (lie conditions throughout Hie county occasioned by Hie war the patriotic response of the peopleif northern .Inckson county to the ap peal for Hie lied Cross mav be con sidered worthy of the highest praise. CouiKcy's l-'lrtc Showing. Splendid work has been dono by nIL the country teams which in most cases bavo been marie up of tho pa triotic, workers of last year's cam paign, but to Lake Creek the greatest honor Is probably due owing to a subscrlpllon In Hi la small district of $7.'i0. Captained by Herman Meyer Sr. or l.ake Creek, Iho team combed every fool of territory assigned theni with splendid results and the large subscription is probably duo to the fact that Mr. Meyer classified the population of Hie district to deter mine what each man should pay and made bis campaign to tho subscriber with a definite amount estimated as bis donation at the time of solicita tion. The Mediord poslofflco force lias repealed Its splendid offering of n I year ago by signing pledges for one I per cent of every employe's salary pai able inoiithly as a minimum basis. I'or Instance one employe whose yearly salary Is Jtlllil Insisted on signing a pledge for J'J.voO, a won derful example of palriotlsm Tor many to emulate In the future Till ill lo lb' Swelled. During the coining week as com plete repoTts are received no doubt many stories of generosity and solf denlat lo help (he great cause of the lied Cross In JacksiM county will he lold. At present headquarters can only offer the flmires i-hown. .Med ford was originally assigned a quota of J'.hmio for llie campaign with the I'hoeiiK district In this territory Inn owing to a complaint of Ashland (bat the quota of $iluoo fur that dls ;rlcl was lo large Medtord has given Ashland the Phoenix terriMry, as sumed f l iinii additional burden and ever-Hubscribcd the enlarged quota 7 T per cent. WASHINGTON, Ma IT.-- The war department today Issued a warning lo all youlbs attaining the ages of 21 on or before June that they mut present llieinsolve tor registration on that day. No excuses will he lol- eraioil, the i"ci artmcnt said, except when the person Is actually In Ihr military or naval scrvpe. WHERE HUNS MASS AGAINST MEN FOR ITALY. - VJi I KS J llSlefiiw "T7 .. m. JLLSMI rk.-SEA The cross showtt ivlioro tlio Aiistrians aro mussing troops and uii- plliw in the Trent I no for il new di'Rvo against Italy. Tills couccnliatlon would liullcjlto Unit n hibiv directly south is contemplated. Tile present liattlo lino (solid black line), extends thru a- mountainous country in tills district. If llie Huns could drive tlio Itnllaiw out of tlio mountains intJi tlio plains below, tho whole Italian line would have to fall back, probably to tlio line of the A.llge river (dotted line) which would menu Hie osh of Venice. . (Continued From Tage One.) credit 'by their very abundance, can prevent inflation and keep our indus trial system free of speculation and waste. We shall naturally turn, therefore, I suppoce to war profits and incomes of the calendar year 19 18. It would bo manifestly unfair to wait until the early months of 1019 to Bay what they aro to bo. It might bo difficult, I should Imagine, lo run the mill with waler that had already gone over the wheel. ".Moreover, taxes of that sort will not ho paid until the June of next year, and the treasury must antici pate them, it must use the money Ihey are lo produce before It Is due-, It must Bell Bhort time certificates of Indebtedness. Itlg II I Issue In rail. "Ill tho autumn a much larger sale of long time bonds must bo effected than has yet been attempted. What aro tho bankers to think of tho cer tificates if they do not certainly. know whero tho money is 'to como from which Is to lake them up? And how will Investors take tliun up? And how aro investors lo approach the purchase, of bonds with any sort of confidence fir knowledge of th'Jlr af fairs If they do not know what taxes they aro to pay and what economios and adjustments of tholr 'business they must effect? I cannot assure tho country of n successful adminis tration of the treasury in 1918 If tho question of further taxation Is to bo left undecided until 1111!). "Tho consideration that dominates every oilier now, anil makes every oilier seem trivial and negligible, is the whining of the wnr. We are not only In the midst of the war; we ure at. tho very peak and cilHs of It. Hun dreds of thousands of our men, car rying our hearts with them and our fortunes, are In tho field and ships aro crowding faster and faster to the ports of l'r.iin-0 and Kngland with regiment alter regiment, thousands after thousands, to Join thoiu'untll tho enemy shall be beaten and brought lo a reckoning with man kind. There can be no pause or In termission. Tho great enterprise, must on tho contrary bo pushed with greater and greater energy. The vol ume or our might must continually mil rapidly be augmented until there .an be no question of resisting it. "It that Is to be accomplished, gen- elemen, money must sustain it lo the utmost. Our fliianclul program must no more be left In doubt, or suffered to Interfere with our program for making millions ot men ready. These others are not programs, Indeed, but mere plans upon paper, unless there Is to be nn unquestionable gtippl of money. Politics Is Ailioiirucd. "Thai Is the situation, and It Is tho situation which creates the duly, no choice or preference ot ours. There Is only one way to meet that duly. We must meet It without selfish ness or fear of consequences. Poli tics is adjourned. The elections w ill go to those who think the least of It To those who go to the consllluen cles without explanation or excuses. wlih a plain record of duly faith fully and disinterestedly performed 1, for one. am, always confident Hint the people of this country will give a Just verdict upon the service of the men who net for (hem when the facts are such that no man can ill guise or conceal them. There Is no danger ot deceit now. An Intense and pitiless Ughl beats upon every man and ci.ery action In Ibis tragic plot of war that Is now upon the stage. If lobbusts hury to Wanning- NEW DRIVE AGAINST OvV t sf.d ADBIATIV ton to atompt to ;urn whatl you do in the nmtW of taxation to their pro tection and advantage, the light will beat also upon them. There is abund ant fuel for the light in tho records of the treasury with regard to prof its of every sort. The profiteering that cannot be got at by the restraints of conscience and love of country can bo got at by taxation. There Is such profiteering now and the informa tion with regard to it is available and indisputable. Crisis in Worlds History. "I am advising you to act upon this matter of taxation now, gentle men, not because I do not know that you can see and interpret the facts and the duty they Impose just as well and with as clear a perception of tlio obligations involved as I can, but because there is a certain solemn satisfaction in sharing with you the responslbilties at such a time. The world never stood in such a crisis before. Men never before had so clear a vision of duty. "I know Hint you will berinbe the work to lie done lit1 re by us no more than the men liejintilf-'c us theirs who lie in the trenches and sally forth to their uVnth. There is u stimulation i.'oinriieship knittiii" us nil together. And this tusk to which J invite your immediate consideration will be per- lormeil under favornhle eimim- sanees ii' yon consider only what the noun try is thinking and fxtpediiig and cure nothing; at nil I'or what heinir Mini mid believed in the lobbies, of Washington hotels, where the at mosphere seems to make it possible to believe what is believed nowhere else. Spirit of Xatioii Rising. Have youiot felt the spirit of the nation rise and its thought become a single ami common tboiiirht siiwe these eventful days came in which we have been sending our boys to the other side? I think you mut have cud that thought, as T do, to menu this, that the people' of this country ire not only united in the resolute purpose lo win this war, hut lire reaily and willing to bear any burden ind undergo any sacrifice that it may la necessary I'or them to bear in or- icr lo win it. We need not he afraid To tax them, if we .jax justly. They know that (he war miisr be paid tor, and thai it is (hey who must pay for it aint if the harden i justly distrib uted and (he sacrifice made a com mon sacrilicc I'nun which none es- apes who ran hear it at all, they will 'arry it cheerfully and with a sort of olenm pride. "I have always been proud to be in American and was never more proud Hum now, when all that we have said and all that we have fore- it about our people is coming true. The real days have come when the only thing that they ask for or ad mire is duty, u really and adequately done: when their only wish for Amer ica i that w nmv share freedom she ujoy.s; when a great compelling sym pathy swells up in our hearls for men verywhere who suffer and are op- pned and when they .see 11 last the high uses for which their wealth has been piled up and their mighty power accumulated and, counting neithe blood nor treasure now that the final day of opportunity has come, rejoiee t( spend and to he spent throuuh a long nidi! oi' MifOnug and trvmr in order Hint they mid men everywhere may see the .lawn a dav of right eousness ;in! justice mid iH-uee. Shall we grow uenrv when they hid - act'" si UP 25 PERCENT (Continued from page one.) of per eentnge additions, ure order ed for coal, coke, lumber, ore, stone, grain, cotton, livestock, meats, Rtigar, bullion and other commodities. 1'reservo Differentials. Kxisting differentials and rate re lation.ships between various localities are to be preserved ho far as possible but many readustments will have to be made later. All rates aro subject to review and correction by the inter state commerce commission. In announcing that the rate in creases are required by public inter est, Director General McAdoo refer red to the $:tOO,)00,000 or more added to the payrolls of railroad labor un der an order published today, tojthe rapidly rising cost of coal whicll Jie estimated this yenr alone at $l(i(), 1100,01)0 'more than last year, and to higher cost of every other materia! entering into railroad transportation. Operating expenses, lie estimates, would be between $8:10,000,000 and $8u0,000,onn greater this yaar than the $2,832,000,000 figure of last year. No pall of the increased rates is on account of the program of nearly a billion dollars of improvements, ad ditions and new equipment this year, he explained. A-ik Public SuMrt. "It is earnestly hoted," Paid the director general, "that all citizens affected directly or indirectly by this ii. crease of rates will support the gen cral principle of such increase as an unavoidable wnr measure and accept the additional burden in the same spirit of self saerifice. in .which they have accepted other inconveniences mid burdens and the grevious ,per sonal losses which are parts of the price that he, nation is patriotically paying for world liberty, Mr. McAdoo called attention to the fact that "there is no way in which the present increases will inure to private profit." , "If they turn out , to be more than are needed to meet the grave public vxigency, he added, "they will prompt ly he readusted so as to prevent any unnecessary burden upon the public, but pending such readustment, the excess, if any, will be for the benefit of the people of the United States as a whole, and not lor the benetif of the private railroad owners of my of them. "To the extent that savings can be ef fected am! lo the extent (hat re duced prices for the things the rail roads nitUt buy cuji be realized, it will be the purpose of !hc director general to make from time lo time ap propriate reductions.'' Intranstate Hates. The provision that intrastate rates shall be i-hoVished wherever substitute interstate rates between the same points exist and that all "I SUFFERED SEVEN YEARS" Was Eventually ' Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound. Philadelphia, Pa. "I Buffered for seven lung years with a lame back. irregularities ana pain. I .had ona physician after an other but they did me no good. I rend about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound and gave ita trial and in a short time I felt benefited and a m now feeling fine, and without weak- : l iu.-n!i ui imiii. maujr I of my friends have U also taken Lydia E. rmKnam a v e Ra table Compound and been he ned bv it." Mrs. Margaret Ness, ImG E. Hrucard St, Philadelphia., Pa. Women who sutfer from displace ments, irregularities, inflammation, ulceration, backache, sideache, head aches or "the blues" r.hould not rest until they have given this famous root rind herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trml. If complications exist, write Lydia E. Ptr.khom Medicine Co , Lynn, Mass., for special suggestions. The result of its long experience Is at your service. We expect to supply at now low rule local coal oi first-class Qual ity, free from sin p. 1 For Informatloi (Warding de livery and prices upplj1 to Cokcr ButteCoii M'g Co. Itooiii 12011, riwt j Clonal Hunk lll.l. 1'. II. Cokl, l'rcs. Phone t2 I 1 W III COAL I 1 iV shall be raised to a standard national level, develoiiH the first definite con-1 tiiet between power of the federal railroad administration and of the slate railroad and public utilities commissions, which heretofore have claimed exclusive jurisdiction over intrastate ni.tcs. Itailroail rate agents, will file tariffs containing the new rates with state commissions us well as with tho interstate commerce commission, but state commissions are permitted no review under the railroad act. Air. McAdoo announced that he ex pects the interstate commerce conir mission to review many of the new schedules on the complaint of ship pers or other commercial interests imd changes yill he made on the 'com; mission's recommendations. This is necessary to readjust the nation-wide fabric of complicated rates", each in terdependent on score of others and so delicately adjusted in hundreds of of thousands of eases that a change of n cent or two causes distinct in dividual and commercial disturb ances. The commission probably will be busy for months hearing com plaints and protests. Inceptions lo Order. Passenger fares in some, sparsely settled regins now more than three tents will not be reduced. Although .existing excursion and tourist fares the abolished, the order permits the re-establisliment of round trip tour ist fares somewhat lower than the three cent rate. Exceptions to the three cent rate are 1 made for soldiers and sailors, who may travel at one cent a mile when on furlough at -their own ex pense and for persons attending the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Kepublic at Portland, Ore., and the United Confederate Veterans reunion at TuUa, Okln. Both these -organizations are permit ted rates of one cent a mile and for various state meetings of the vet erans two cents. will be charged. Children- under five years of age will be carried free as' at present and those between five and twelve will be charged half of tho new higher fare. PAGE THEATRE ONE NIGHT ONLY TUESDAY, JUNE 4 A. H. WOODS PRESENTS THE BIJOU THEATRE N.- V. SUCCESS ii ary's By Mary lully A FAST FROLIC "Mary's Ankle" a Peach. FriGes 50g, 75g, $1.00, $1.50 PERFORMING 20--ELEPHAMTS--20 HIPPOPOTOMUS The Blood'Swtatmg Behemoth Among the Wiid Beasts in tht MENAGERIE DlK 1 il THE RAINBOW PROCESSIONAL EXTRAVAGANZA SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE. ATHLETES. CHAM PION RIDERS, DANCERS AND CHORKS GIRLS OIIMDICr M0ST MARVELOUS OUllKIOL LOOKING PIECE OF HORSEFLESH IN EXISTENCE 40-CL0WNS-40 M A K K YOU LAUGH GORILLA LIVE GIANT ADULT THE WAR TANK tV HALF HAN '. BIG PARADES IN ONE PERFORMANCES !;!! irt? Orn' Oa Hour Eil!f. I "j,or f i n. 4 fvtf 8IN.HI6H b J ! JTJ WITH J&l i dZ HANDS UP CHEERFUL WORDS For Many JUilfmil Household. To have the pains anil aches o a bad back removed to , be entirely fro., from annoying, dangerous urln- ,nnp,inr Is enough to make any kidney sufferer grateful. The follow ing advice of: one who lias suiierea will prove helpful to hundreds ot Medford readers. Mrs. Ida Kenworthy, 508 S. Grape St., Medford, says: "1 have taken Doan's Kidney Pills when 1 have no ticed my kidneys haven't been acting as they should and they have never failed to do mo good. I also give -Doan's Kidney Pills to one of my Krunrichildren who Is often both ered with weak kidneys and they are very beneficial." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Kenworthy had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. ' Adv. "Bill" Famum is Coming "3T1ic3irin!cftfcd'i(ent Gnt." TONIGHT TOMORROW Gladys Brockwell IX "Her One Mistake" WED. and TIIUR. NORMA tai,m.ik;k A)XD KlfiENK O'lHtlKN IN "1)1.; LUXE ANNIE" Ankle IN THREE VIEWS . Bright, Clean and Snappy. San Franciiro Chronicle - Seat Sale Saturday, June I Medford One Day Only Saturday June 8