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Newspaper Page Textr PAflTC RTX WEnroPvD irATTi tTiTTHtxtc, medford. on Knox, Thursday, junk 2n. iota HOUSTON ASKS CITIES TO HELP Efforts of Farmers in Increasing Yields Helping to Make Victory Certain and Residents of Towns Called Upon tu See That Bountiful Harvests Are Not Wasted. DUBUQUIC, la., Juno 20. Amer ican food stocks, increasing because of tho effort of furmorB, wore classed as an add. tonal guaranty of tho sue cosh fill outcome of the war by Secre tary of Agriculture Houston, In an address to day before the Iowa hank ors association. Along with hits pres entation of figures summarizing agri cultural accomplishment, he culled upon the residents of cities and towns - to soo that bountiful harvests prom ised do not waBte because of labor nbortage. Of tho war Itself ho said: "There is no way out of this grim business except thru It." "This war will not be won by a miraclo or by enchantment,' he udded. "There can lie no turning fmck, no faltering, no hesitation. We are determined to teach the lesson Chat law muni rule among nations as among1 Individuals and to establish ru a ran toe a for future peace and the prevention of a recurrence of such a calamity as this." As to the agricultural effort dur ing 1910, Secretary Houston mi'ut the American farmers hud responded no bly to the call of the ulied popula tions for food. Farmers planted 43,0(10,(100 neres more leading food crops in 1017 than in lUKI," he xiiid. "They greally in creased ihe numbers of livestock in spite of cxporttitioiiM. They increas ed the number of rnih-h cows by .'100, 00 of olher caltlc by nearly two mil lion, the number nl sheep, for t lie first lime in a generation and d bull by 1,.HMI,INMI, and of swine by nearly four million. t spite of cxportiffioi of horses and mules, they increased Ibo number by 4") 1,0110. The indica tions are that they will do better even this year. "We shall imt fail to win Ihe war because of food shortage and I need tint, point out to bankers the larc lcnrinr of this enormous pmdiM-tinn on the foundations ami machinery ol finance and credit. "These statements mean another thing. They mean difficulties of har vesting. II is a matter of pntrinlisii ami business for yon to omit no ef fort to help in the mutter of lahnr supply. This duty is of the most ur gent and impelling character in (his crisis. "I am convinced, be said, "that the people of Ihe nation are willing to pay the Herein rv I axes." Socrotary Houston said that "tax ation, especially on consumption, more partlcularlly on luxuries and olso on excessive profits, not only tendn ha mving. to chock investment In non-essential directions, hut also to keep down tho general level of lrlcos and to lessen the financial ob ligations of the nation. Taxation Aid Thrill I am convinced," he said, "that 1ho people of tho nation are willing to pay tho necessary taxes and that tho financiers of the nation ro agnize the necessity of sound finances. "Wo fight a nation that known no Jaw, oxcept Its own laws of necessity tnndfl In Prussia, exclusively Inter preted by her, ami to he changed by hor at will." ho paid In summing up tho causes of world conflict. 'T'rom this power Ihe order came to us In Feb.. t!U7. What course was t hero except one. 1 .if e is precious. Imt not at tho sacritbe of every thing that make it worth living. National peace ts desirable; but not t the cost of mcrything that makes n nation worth salng. We have dis covered the truth in .teffemon's as Hnrllon that tho tiee of liberty Is a lender plant and that as it grows morn and more it Ims to be watered Jn tho blood of patriots. We slmll not fall. We are aligned with the free forces of ihe world, and have bark of us ihe vonscieneo of civiliza tion." 1nt;rrH of oMiv.'nvtft, Atlto-lnloxication, hriulHCho, lassl tn do. Irrllnhillty, "iiliios,' fmUownosp blolchon, aro a m on it the rcsulta of. conHtlpfttlnn. If !on noftlortod tt may cniiflo plli-s, ulcoration of howols, ) appomllclt, norvnus prostration, pa-; ralysin. Don't delay treatment. Host remedy Is Koloy Cathartic Tablets, as many tnounHiids know from oxporl-J oni'O. Thoy not only do their work uroly, easily, gently, hut without in-1 Jury to stomach or fntotinal lining. Contain no hatd. forming element. I Bold everywhere. Adv.j HARVEST CROPS AUSTRIANEFFORT CAPO SILE IS IS LITERALLY 'Soldiers, Remember the Spoils We Got From the Italians Last Fall, the Sheep, Cows, Groceries," Says Or der Found On Prisoners "Think of the Bread You May Win." ITALIAN' ARMY ilKADQTAIi TKKS, June 111. (Itv the Associated Press.) That Austria's drive against Italy is positively "ft hunger offen sive,f has been proven by new orders and addresses found upon prisoners. These were sinned by officers rang ing from Field .Marshal Conrad Von lloeteudorff down to regimental commanders, tine which was issued to the commander of the famous regi ment bearing Ihe name of Archduke Charles, savs: "Soldiers, remember the spoils we got las fall from the Italians: The sheep, cows, sleers, warehouses full of good clothes and grocery stores full of wines, canned good, flour and sugar. Think of your family. Think of the while bread you may win for Prisoners Starving Tho correspondent lias isiled groups of hundreds of prisoners, all of whom are thin and weak. They said they had had little food for the past mouth and spoke with horror of the winter monlhs they bad passed. A sample of their black bread showed (hat it was made of rye straw and potatoes. Many of the prisoners have strong, well spiked shoes, but these they claim they made themselves or bought. Most of them have mere rags for shirts. The majority of the pris oners have money, hut it is either in paper bills or in iron coin. The most of them wear medals for Valor, some of them having two or three of them, hut these decorations are of base u'lal ami none are of yuld or silver. One is stamped with a likeness of Kmpress Zita and encircled with lau rel wreaths and is made of a zinc imposition. I lie prisoners part readily wilh these medals, saying they have no pride in them, for a few pi nnies of Italian money. Most of (lie captured men are young men and light haired ami generally have had teeth. I aired by Hunger The Kalian soldiers tell humorous stories of captures effected by per suading the Austrians that they will lie well fed. One Italian ofiicer who had been wounded ami picked up by a group of Austrians who intended to make him prisoner said: ! "Come wilh me anil jin will get, meat, wine and real bread." I Thereupon Ihe whole party went over to Ihe Italian line.. It is ;iid also Ihiit al the beginning of (he ol tensive Ihe Austrian. in the front line curb reeeied three ration of meal, one lor cadi day of the at tack until they reached the Italian "lores. They were so hungry, how ever, thai tliev ale all the first dav. GERMAN CRUISERS BOTTLED IIP AT ZEEBRUGGE LONDON, .hi no 2. -Twenty-one t.eriaan (lesiroyers. n largo numi'er of submarined and numerous auxlll ary craft are penned In the Hrugei canal docks us Ihe result of the re - cent lli ltish naval operations at Zee- brucso, the Ceiinan submarine base. Thomas .1. .MaeN'amarii. financial Hcrrolary of the admiralty, made iili - nituneeiuent In Ihe bouse of eoninions today to this effect, and said the op- orations wort' mm Hinvusshil than ! al first KtipiK.spil. 1 1 o iuli Its! that tho' (iiM'inan i-raft vin now tin snnjrt'l of constant ImhuMiik. i With MfMtfnrit trntlA la MAtlrnrri nm1 Page j HUNGER DRIVE Positively the World's Latest Attraction on Tour Present The Nicest Dramatic Spectacle on F.arth The Wanderer Staged by David Relaco 1 1 . 1 . t M IIHHCOIT, I'. UAV COMSTlH'K AMI Ml HSUIS f.V.ST L'lill IN (UMI AVV till IN It I,I,KT I'.'il lil l. I.IVK SHKKI r.! rates! A.i-Mir t';ist in lilMory of Anierlrsn StaKo. tueiihlins Nanee O Nell, James O'Neill, Charles luiltnn. Krederli k Lewis. Ilu New ton, .lean Itoitertsion, Lionel llrahsm, Klorenee Auer, Sydne Hertiert and a host of other star:. I'HH'KS: .Vie to 'J.H1. .Mnll Orden Nov. Tilt 1- Not a M..li..u I'l. lulv IMIMilt T AN I' NOTK: The prh'ea have lren o arrangeil na to provldo plenty of KtNKl eatft for e el- IhhI) S ptn-oe. REGAINED BY F (Continued From rage One.) Since Sunday the enemy has been held almost completely in check on tho Piave line and has made no gains on the mountain front while bis loss In prisoners alono has risen to nlno thousand. Repeated efforts to de bouch from tho west bank of tho river between Montello and San Dona 1I Piave have been repulsed Hanguin arily by the Italians and only around Capo Sile have the Austrians made any progress. Krom Capo Silo the Austrians have advanced to the Fossetta canal, which parallels the lowlands along the sea coast to Mostre, a suburb of Venice. Vienna claims that tho canal has been crossed at somo points southeast of Meolo, hut Rome reports that tho enemy advances have been repulsed. On Montello I Mat can Heavy fighting continues around tho Montello plateau. The Austrians have not yet gained control of this dominating height, nor havo they ap parently had any success in attempt ing to debouch on the lower ground at Sovllla, south of Nervesa. The waters of the Plavo have como to the air of tho strongly resisting Italians and the British official state ments on the fighting says that tho river has risen suddonly. Tho rlso has been sufficient to carry away many of tho bridges tho Austrians had thrown across the stream. Kmporor Charles, fearful that the Austrians themselves will not be able to emulate the Austro-German suc cess of last fall on the Isonzo lino personally Is urging his troops for ward. The emperor Is said to desire still greater efforts before calling on Germany for help. Meanwhilo Internal conditions in Austria, especially as regards food, aro causing trouble. The city coun cil of Vienna has protested against reduction of the bread ration and the labor organizations in tho Austrian capital call for tho "speediest general peace." Tho food supplies In Austria aro reported at tho lowest ebb sinco 1914. Lull on West Front The Kheims front again Is quiet The French maintain their positions. Klsowhere on tho western front there has been only minor raiding activity Fast of Chateau Thierry American patrols have crossed the Alamo In boats and beset enemy patrols in en counters. In addition to concentra ting a largo number of Germans, the raiders brought back prisoners, American bombing airplanes again havo bombarded Con flans, a railroad junction between Verdun and -Motz, dropping iJS bombs. Gorman aggression In tho I'krnino is beginning to reap tho whirlwind, according to reports from Moscow. A revolt on a largo scale has broken out in Kiev, tho Uurainian capital, I and there has been much street fight ing. Forty thousand armed peasants have risen and the revolt has spread to Ihe provinces of Tchernlgov and Poltavt. STOCK SWInULERS HAVE APPEARED IN OREGON SALLM, .lane 2a. fake salesmen of coriHiration stock have made their i appearance in Oregon, according to Corporation ('oinniisHioner Sehulder- i laiin, ami nave sueeeeueti in miiKing ;hies to business men in Portland and " j elsewhere. Their method is to stop 1 1 for a short time In each town visited. , 8(.l stock and finally get out of the slate before officers can apprehend ihcm. Worthless ol! and mining stock M Hilld to be mulled Into the slate ;nnd disposed of by agents. Some of toe agents represent companies that fintneily have boon on legal fooling. luit which arc imw Insolvent and Iii:i'MiiI hi-ix1 tn e nili thv t'(trxru tinn r'unmiswlonrr, rralilnn that imt n its to iiH-ratc wouM mt Uv KranttM it aiiplli-alinn wimv m.tilo to his of- iflto. SATURDAY NIGHT UNE 22nd E WASIIINdTON, dune L'O The nnnv casualty list touav coniaincu 7'i names divided us follows: Killed ii action 17; died of wounds, nine; diod nl' iiirpliini! iioeident, two; died lisouse, seven; died of accident lihd oilier causes, one: wounded se verely, wounded decree undeter mined, four; missing in action, one. The lit includes Private Harry lie.rrack, Townsend, Mont., killed in udion; Lieutenant K. T. Kriekson, !.' instonj Mont., severely wounded. Killed 111 Action Lieutenants Henry L. Kildy, Now Lritain, Conn.; JudsoYi I'. (iallowav. N'ewburli, X. H. ; Corporals John C. Lrown, Atlanta, Kns.; (ieore I). Dole, New Haven, Conn.; John II. Owen, Malloon, Wis.; Wagoner John T. (nssidy, Providence, If. I.! Me chanic Kay A. Hanson, Shell l,ake, Wis.; Privates Harry liarraek, 'lownsend, Mont.; 1'iitrick liartrel elle, liaekoo, X. I).: Hiram y. Cox, I'airmonnt, hid.; William fialliiiiher, Londonderry, Ireland; Fred H. Jen kins, Huntsville, Ky.: prank Just, Penn Van, N. II.; Joseph L. McAvoy. ( liii-.-ipi; Joseph ,11. Keshan, Pitts field, Mass.;' John Slevenson, Clii c:::o; Marvin Williams, Collinsville, Ala. Ilifil of Wounds LiciilcunuL Calvin L. Capps, l,u cama, N. C.t Meehunie Jim Arnold, Pelle Itucklc, Tenn.; Privates lfeulie.i W. Itiesceker, Mondovi, Wis.; Harry T. Pranking, Kirksville, Mo.; Anto nio (Irassi, Mo.zauo, Italy; Clarence St. John, Cleveland, Ohio; Dale L. Scott, Hinard Mills, Ohio; Walter Stehnaszek, Smith Chicago, Ills.; Sergeant f'.dwnrd A. Tenbioeek. Springfield, Mass. Died of Dlsenso Major Kdwanl Shonlts, Alexandria, Va. ; Corporal Kdwanl Lowry, Prince ton, Ky.; Pireman Juan Diaz, t'olon i.i, Spain; Privates Pcrev IScrgin. Lisl N. II.; Percy E. Cobb, Attle- boro, Mass.; William Hill, liochcporl. Mo.; Holier! A. Marry, Jr., liiaintree, Mass. Died in airplane accident Lieu tiiiant Joe (1. Trees, Pittsburg. Pa. Sergeant Prank Lnnis, Valley Falls, II. I. Died of accident and oilier causes Private Thomas Payne, Dayton, Ohio. A A. I'. A. M. Regular eonimunicat i o n Moil ford Lodge 1011, Friday ovenlng. June 21. llusincss of im portance. L. E. WILLIAMS, Secy. S. C. Itartram, supervisor of the I'mp'iua national forest, is spending several days here on business and was in conference today with Hugh H. Itankln, supervisor of tho Crater national forest. illllllllllllllllll "vTne anm3t talk bont One foo wiflrttnip yTify. El If YOU ara antragad if YOU ara about to ba married if "3'S. f . kyiJil YOU hare children if YOO bve vow home if YOU want s$A5)fcVi fA&jf $pv!i fruh YOU ought to know YOU owe it as a duty to wj3 c lHli jj pretf and Close YOU are snteraateo is to see that Thought V j In it patnoa hmnor lore taart smiies and heart sntarest are lrrL''fJv ! JiyVy I blended mto a clean wholesoma and arnertauning drama of Ho aaMy Bl lova and hosna. 1 M$$&S A True Picture of Life MffPX I! r?3 ytlSk wiQ weave tpcl) over voo because it is V IB gbiV. 90 xtrsordinarv to tratght rrom 4 Lll - 1 STARTS TONIGHT - ENDS SATURDAY J liiiinnniin j -.laniiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiil PRICES FOR FiR : FIXED AT $26 " PER 1000 FEET PORTLAND, June 20. Prices on Douglas fir lumber, both for govern ment use and for the trade, have been established by tho price fixing com- mittco of tho war industries board at a basis of $20 per 1000 feci in car load lots, according to telegraphic ad vices just received from Washington, D. C, by local lumber manufacturers. This price is a net advanco of ap proximately 75 cents per 1000 over the present government price and is based on the comprehensive cost data covering more than 30 typical fir pro ducing mills of Oregon and Washing ton, prepared by the West Coast Lum bermen's association. The cost re port was presented to tho govern ment committee by representatives of tho West Coast association at a series of conferences recently held at Wash ington. Whllo tho new price schedule nom inally provides for an increase of J 1.75 per 1000 feet, the committee advanced the price of logs to such an extent that the mills are roqulred to pay $1 per 1000 more for logs than under tho old schedule, leaving them tho narrow margin of 75 cents per 10110 to absorb all their other extra expenses. Mills Were I'ropareil Tho new scale was effective at mid night Saturday, June 15. The gov ernment fixed maximum prices only and no minimum schedule is provid ed. The detailed schedule of prices, covering each Item of fir lumber manufactured, is now being prepared. Government experts estimate that the average will be $26 per 1000. As ship timbers and airplane stock are produced under a special price ar rangement they are not covered In the new order, nor is the price on those Items included In the average of $20. PRESIDENT WILSON NOT FIRM FOR PROHIBITION WASHINGTON, Juno 20. Presi dent Wilson Is understood to have de clined today to Interpose active oppo sition, for the present, at loast, to tho Jones amendment to the $11,- 000,000 agricultural bill providing for absolution during tho war. Tho president is said to have taken tho position that, while ho would havo preferred handling tho prohibition question by separate legislation, he would not, at this time, intorfore in tho matter, at least so long as it does not hold up final enactment of tho emergency agricultural bill or other necessary legislation. Should it interfere with such legis lation, the president might stop in and ask that the amendment bo elimi nated. with Medford trade la Mertford made. ' vfcYV Hwuin to the core, it characters go through Um drama lit fjT I M F CAPTAIN PERIS LONDON, June 20. German l'-lionts are unequal to the warfurt against them is the virtual admission of Captain Persius, the naval critic al' the Perliner Tageblatt, says a liolerdam dispatch to the Daily Tele graph. Captain Perius writes: "F.vcry layman knows that U-hont lesses are unavoidable owing to the continually increasing sharpness and j efficiency of the defense measures of the enemy which perhaps will fur ther increase as the war progresses. "It is scarcely to he denied that our enemies are bulb carrying on Ihe war and living and that it will he possible for tlieni.o defend themselves against tonnage needs for a long time at any rate. From the beginning of the 1-boat war it was a mistake, often eommitlcd by us, to underestimate the resources of our enemies." CHlCAilO. Juno. 'JO. A g the It st "shots" taken by the government prisoners was the introduction of let -ttrs written by W. I). Haywood, gen eial secretarv of the I. W. W., design ed to show that his was the directing hand in the organziiition, and an I. W. W. dictionar- of military terms. Among the hitter's "definitions" i.re the following: "llarharians Nations not Jhe al lies. "Congress Wood row Wilson, "Civilization Instead of Clod, wo tl.e I rust. "I Inns--Devilled patriots of cen tral F.urope, "Humanity The Ireachery of Ihe government. "Justice Straight and suecossf'il shooting ut human targets. "Kaiser The ambition of the "resident. "Patriotism Hatred loward your neighbors. ' "Kegi-lrution The funeral pr etssion of liberty. "Victory Ten million men hilled." Much of the government's cumula tive evidence has been of Ihe docu iiienlarv kind to show that the 1. W, W. imposed conscription and the war and coiiunitlcd acts of sabotage Ihul irtcrfcrcd with war work. CHICHESTER S PILLS Vy--. TUB JJIAIIONI llRANIt. A I.ftdlral Auk jour "run C'hl.rhr.trr Dlimand III In II cd and Hold v in, tealcM WHO uiue TnLo no olhrr. Itu iimiDtat- Aikf-rf rirr.i IMAJlU.-tH llltAI I" J 1,1,1, liif veankn-twrm Bcit.Sreit,Alwvj,RelMl SOLD b f DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE rTnu' V riiKr.Tritn Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local application!. as Iriey cannot reach lh diseased porllon ol the ear. There la on'y one way to cure catarrhal dfatneae. ard that la by a conatltutlonal remedy, catarrhal Deafness la cauaed by an In flamed condition o( to !"uc"". , "n."'. the Euitachlan Tune. When Ihia tuba la inllamed you have a rumbling Bound or Ira pcifct hearln.. and when II la allr.lr . closed. Deafneae Ii the result. Unless the Inflammation can be reduced .and this tube reetored to lta normal condition, bearlnr will be destroyed forever. Many eases or dealnesa are cauied by catarrh, which la an Inflamed condition of the mucoua eur facee Hall's Catarrh Medicine acta thru the blood on the mucoua aurfacea of the ,yweIn'wlU Klve One Hundred Dollar, for any caae of Catarrhal Peafneaa that cannot be cured by Hall'e Catarrh Medicine. Cir culars free. All Druggists. 70c y. J. CUENET CO., Toledo. O. iBlt National Partners TIII2SH aro 'Peoplo on tho one hand; Government on the other. Just now the enterprise at hand is WIN NING THIS WAR. and it re quires fitting lives and work to the task. If YOUR place is In tho ranks of tho SAV ERS instead of soldiers, save as loyally as you would fight. Consider the First National Bank your helpmate- Wm. G. TalL -President Oris Crawford.. Cashier FIRST NATIONAL BANK We Have Juft Received The Latest In Ladies' Colored Summer Umberellas MARTIN J. 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