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"PAOTC FIVE I Which is easier OF ALLIES NOW I MEDFORD MATL TRTBDNTJ, MEDFOTCD, ORMfiOX. . THURSDAY. JUN'K 27. 1018 SAN . FRANCISCO, Juno 27. "Keen men intent on vktory." That Is the Imperative need ol the allies Just now according to E. O. McCor mlck. vice president of the Southern Pacific who has Just returned from an American mission to KiiKland, ire land, Scotland and Franco, where ho represented the railway Interests of the United States. McCormlck and others of the com mittee, which was Invltod by tho Brit ish government to confer with Eng lish and (French leaders toured the English labor halls, visited the great llJUt.l'Hl l.fcuv. UBI'D, I IOIIVU U1U UUl. industrial centers, wore received by murder. WASHINGTON, Juno 27. Repri sals against Gorman prisoners of war In the United Stutes aro threatened by Socrotnry of State Lansing as a result of Berlin's demand for the lib eration of Franz von Itlntelen, arch spy. jftVhnt will America's reprisals moan? j Tho treatment Germany has ac corded her prisoners of war since tho war began Is notorious. It can tie summed up In one brief sentence: Hundreds of tbem havo died of starvation, delHioruto torture und King George, dined by Gonoral Porsh lng, went 'within a few miles of tho firing line on tho wostorn front, slept nndorground at Verdun, saw tho grand fleet and got a realistic taste of both submarine warfaro and air raids. A proposed International labor con ference In which the Germanic alllos woro seeking representation -was abandoned after the labor lcadors of 'the American mission had flatly de clared: Ciermnns Arc Burred "Never will American labor sit down to a conference with German labor so long as there is a slnglo German soldier on the soil of Bel gium or France." "Men are more needed' now than supplies" said McCormlck, "and tho number wo are sending over is only limited by available ship spaco. Our great duty is to give to the govern ment all tho man power it needs tor we may have to have five million men over there to make our presence de cisive." McCormlck said tho British army is standing like a stone wall and the fighting ability of the French is ono of the most marvelous things in the whole -war. The Americans have made a splendid impression and are fhoorod wherever they appear. "American railroad engineers are building the largest railroad yard In the world, equipped with 222 miles of track." Building Hallway , "It Is told that It became necessary to build a certain line of railway in France recently In a hurry. English railway engineers looked at the map and figured it would take six weks; French englneors looked at tho map and guessed four weeks; American onglneors Insisted on going over the ground and said ten days providing the men and material demanded could .be had, which was promised. "The Amoricans were back In eight days Baying 'It may not look pretty but the line is ready and will take the hoavlost equipment you have.' "Everyone Is hoping, of course, for the collapse of tho central empires as the rosult of Internal stress but the allies are taking no chances. With Amorlca's help, they plan to crush tho Prussian military mncliltio and win a victorious pcaco as soon as possfhlo. To this end every outiro of man power will count. "The Atlantic and Pacific const, the middle west, are no longer divid ed by mountains, prairies or politics. They constitute ono country, ono poo plo, ono creed, ono thought, ono twin aim to win this war and make It impossible to ever have another. "Evory loyal American would foci as proud as I did at tho enthusiasm provoked at even tho mention of President Wilson's name. We wit nessed ono exhibition of this in the French chamber of deputies that every member of our party will al ways remember.'' 1'OltTl.ANI), Ore, June 27. All DUBLIN, Muy 30. (Correspon- iiorsniis who mi uive information in. denco of tho Associated Press) "Ire- On the other hand, what kind of treatment havo German prisoners In America r:cclvcd? Treiited as (iuoMs Tho general public is not porniltted to visit the Internment camps, so tho gonoral public does not know. If it knew that America treats Its prison ers more as guests, that they are more comfortablo, In fact, than our own soldiers In tho cantonments and camps, it is likely tho question would bo raised: Why wait .for Germany to murder American prisoners as she has mur dered those of our allies? Why not begin a policy of reprisals now? "Reprisals" do not mean that America will torture, starve and mur der her prisoners of war as Germany has done. Americans are not Huns. They do mean that the German prisoners in this country will be de prived of the comforts and luxuries they have enjoyod In their Idleness and will be made to go to work. 5(MM) Huns Interned A summary of tho prisoner situa tion shows the following facts: T total of 349 American frisonors have been located In German prison camps. Of this number 133 are sol diers and 2 1 0 are civilians and sailors taken from American morchant ships. About 5000 Gormans aro Interned In this country. Of this vast nunvber, all but about 1000, who are 'being used in cultivat ing gardens, are living in luxurious idleness. . - . While Germany's citizens In this country are living pleasant, easy lives how are our men in Germany faring? Germany, of course, is not permit ting them to tell. But there is no guaranteo that Americans faro any better thun British, Kronen, Russian, Belgian and Serbian prisoners who havo been worked, starved and tor tured to death, in many enscs killed by the shells and bullets of their com rades while working behind the Ger man lines. Killed for Trifles In Germany British prisoners havo been killed for not stopping con versation when ordorcd to, for resent ing insults by Gorman officers, for refusing to load German guns with ammunition Intended for thoir com rades, and for other brutal causes. They havo been beaten while wound ed, operated on without anesthetics, forced to tho hardest kind of manual labor without tho proper food or rest, and, In general, subjected to Inhuman treatment such as only Gormans know how to apply. regiinl to any ilrult registrant whose stains is affected by the work or light regulations, which become effec tive July 1, are particularly request ed by the war department to do so. Ill fact, the regulations mnliu it tho duly of all citizens to report at once all facts which limy come to their knowledge concerning registrants who are idle, or who are engaged in a non productvo occupation or employment. This report should be made to tho nearest local draft board. Persons writiii" or giving Ibis in formation in person need linve no feari their mimes will lie revealed, ior the inl'oriiinlion will he regarded in this sense as slriclly confidential. Voder Hie henil of "idlers," who will receive scant consiilei'iilion from the local boards in their re-elassil'i-calioii of such registrants who decline lo enter a useful occupation or em ployment, (he government lists such occupations as "gamblers of all (In scription und employes of race tracks and bucket shops, nnd fortune tellers, clairvoynnls, palmists and the like." And here are the regulations defin ing non productive occupations or employment laud is not pro-Gormau," declare all the Irish leaders, but there is a con siderable element in Dublin, Cork, and othor Irish cities, that is ready to cry "Up tho Hun" at evory oppor tunity. During the week following tho ar rest of Do Valera ana uie o:nor Sinn Fein leaders, the strains of the "Watch on the Rhino" were frequent ly hoard on Dublin streets, sung by small crowds of Sinn Fein sympathiz ers. It has been frequently recorded that Irish hodlums at tho moving pic ture theaters have hissed pictures of British and American soldiers and sailors, and a lotter in a Dublin news paper this week, states that a moving picturo uudlenco cheered a picture of the medal cant by tho Germans to commemorate tho sinking of the L.U- sltania. tlieer Hun IViosiiorK. Ono of tho most re.narkablo scenes which tho Associated Press correspon dent witnessed in Dublin was the enthusiastic cheering of a shipload of German interned prisoners,1 who were being taken from a camp in Ireland to a camp on tho isle of Man. A crowd of several hundred persons, mostly Tl,,. i.mitbivmmif nr f.ima m-nt ..f miv iililc-liotlirH mrfdtrant oH wiring Sinn Fein colors and waving milium- in nv of tho folio? Slnn Koin "a8- stood on 1,16 u m-mpHtinns or employments is no('mI Sinn Fein "Soldiers' siiflM.ii.nl I v ..ffrHivt.. in It... nrpsenl " io me aoparuns pribonem. emergency ,( justify tho postpone men of his ciill into militiiry orviee, ' notwithstiindiiij; lie may liuve n lille order mimher nnd iiolwithstiindinj; he limy have heen pi need in Class II, Til 4ir IV, on the ground of depeni dency; and nil registrants cniied as follows are to he considered by local and district 1 oards ns engaged in non-productive occupations or em ployments : "1'eisuns enijaired in the serving of food and drink, or either, in public places, including hotels ami socfctl cliihs. ''1'asscncr elevator operators nnd attendants, and door men, loot men, cnrqiai:c openers and other attend ants in clubs, holds, stores, apart ment houses, ol 1 ice buildings and bathhouses. .TRADE ACCEPTANCE I.OXIXl.V. .lime 27. The trade ac ceptances which are doing so much In America today lo rcinovo the old "lack of capital" difficulty were based to a great extent on the older International accentances. But the way In which they have served Ainer. lean business at homo suggests that jircat Improvement can be made In American sales abroad by similar moans. It appear to be the belief of the American chamber of commerce liore that so long as American manu facturers feel that they mint demand including ushers and . Many of the members of tho crowd wore relatives liy marriago ot,'tho lu torned aliens. The prisoners wore practically the entire population of a camp estab lished early In the war at Oldeastle, Ireland for Gorman civilian prison ers. Thoy wore 450 In numbor, and wore embarked from a Dublin dock on a Sunday morning. From an early hour their Irish friends began gath ering along .both sides of the river. A strong military force was present and took complete possession of the quay alongside which the steamer was berthed. , HngM;it f ('erninns Before tho special train carrying tho prisoners arrived at tho dock there appeared a freight train of ten fears, containing tho ' baggage" of tho olhcr iitlendiiuts, engaged and occu pied in and in connection with games, sporls and amusements, e.vcpliiig ac tual performers in Jcgitiuiiitc con certs, uperus.or lliciitrical perform ances. "Persons employed in domestic ser vice. "Sales clerks and other clerks em ployed in stores uud other mercantile establishments.'' E WWSmNC.TOX. June. 27. To pro vldo puro drinking water for Amer ican soldiers In tho trenches nnd at other places whero permanent water works havo not been established, mo bile, water trains have been const nit-t-etl and are operating la France under tho jurisdiction of the army medical department. A statement today by tho Burgon-Keneral Rays each train has a filtration plant and enrries an expert chemist, bacteriologist and pnmprnn n. LONDON, June 'J 7. The war has. revealed to seient i-ts another new dieae. It's incsenecphalilis. Its common or garden name is "in flammation of the brain.'' lint .jiif-t heeause you know mmiic one is a "nut is no sijMi In- lias nic-ciiecphiilile- it i-n't that kind of a dUene. Although it. nffeets the brain, it re- from a number of en u--.es Mich as rood poisoning, pis poisoning, bodily injury, alcoholism, or the reaction from various levels, particularly in fluenza. The new disease is so similar in -ymptoius and e;iu-es to holnliMii, 11 nerve disease due tu uaeooked food which lias al te'-ted many soldiers and i ilians that many phy-icijins thou;:t it was identical until recently. It, symptoms seem to be drnitsj nes mid lack of ne nf the leg-, and very frequently is fatal. The investigations now being ear ned on mav reveal some microbe n the cause ol the di-ciise. 10 CROSS ATLANTIC NKW YOUK, June 27. Signer (V pronl, the Italian ulrplaiin Inventor, already has a machine capable of flying across the Atlantic, and is cash against goods In .New York there ready to send It lo this country, or to will 'be serious weakness in American foreign business. The American chamber of com merce is making a detailed atudy of the terms at present demanded by American firms doing business with Rngland. It Intends to propose plan for extending tho advantages of American trade acceptances to all American firms willing to export. build one here, according to hi plans, tho executive committee of ie Aero Club of America, was advised tonight by Lieutenant lUilloni of the Hoyal Italian Flying corps. Hundreds of aviators, lie declared, would wil lingly undertake the Initial flight. ,The plan. It was stated after the mooting, will he laid berore the pro per government officials. M-;W YOKK, June 2 7. ir. K. W. Buckley, supreme physician, .lames J. Metlraw, supremo director and Lawrenco O'.Murray, deputy oversea commissioner of tho Knights of Co lumbus, have arrived In France to supervise expansion of the organiza tion's war activities. A cablegram received today told also of tho arrival at headquarters In Pails of a large party of Knights of Columbus chap lains, secretrles nd other workers. Officers of 1ho organization an nounced that approximately $.",(I0H, 000 had heen appropriated to dato In furthering war relief prnjert here and abroad. Gormans. This amounted to ten ear- loads of tho most unusual bnggage that was ever handled on tho bank of the Hlver LI f fey. "fhere were pianos, doulilo-liass vlolins,Sind tho whole net of Instruments for the camp band; thero wero sailors' ueu. trunks of great variety; thero was a grandfath er clock of huge proportions, nnd a complete sot of theatrical "proper ties" and stage scenory, which told I of entcrtninmcnts past or for future production. Khaki-clad dockmcn porsplrod over tho job of arranging these mountains of! baggage into slings, hoisting them on board tho stoamer. and stowing tho stuff away In tho hold. Tho train wilh tho Uoriuan and Austrian travellers arrived In Die station across the road from the rlvor and was cheered by the crowd out sido the gates. Ilaudkerchlefs were waved by the women, and the prison ers waved back on: of the truln win dows. (eriiian Tunc- Played Several Union the crowd made ll rush towards tho quayside, hut the military and police allowed no en trance to tho dock sheds and the crowd of onlookers finally took up positions on lop of lumber plica lower down the river wall, where the boat could bo seen and cheered as II start ed down the river. Sinn Fein scarfs and ribbons were worn by most of the women In lb" crowd. A similar crowd quickly col lected on the south wall, across tho river, where the men and women sang over and over II. e Sinn Felti song, and cheered themselves hoarse as tho departees wero brought onto the decks of the slcamer. Then suddenly tho strains of a l.niKH band, playing a medley or Her man airs, floated out on the water. It was tho aliens' rump band In ac tion. As they played, the bout sti.rl od. cheers were raised again, the .slciimor gained headway, Hi" cheer ing died down anil tho crowds began 1. 1 disperse. The .soldiers and pollie on Hie do. ks filed ..ai k to their iar racl,s and the fextivltle were over. Says It Acted Like a Charm Coughs, colds, sore throat or bron chial troubles which persist at till tlmo of tho year usually are of an on. stlnalo character. That Is all the more reason why a truly reliable remedy like Foley's Honey and Tur Com pound should bo used. Mrs. II.Marga retBmalo, Bishop, Calif., writes: "Fo ley's Honey and Tar Is a grand reme dy; more than is claimed for It. I was suffering from, a cold last week and used tho medicine and It acted like a charm.'' Contains no opiates. Sold ever;, where. AJv, I 6 Bl At your own grocer in the red and green I I wrapper. i- i - n To spend hours on wash day, boiling and rubbing dirt out of clothes? Or to let Fels-Naptha wash them in water of comfortable temper ature, while you attend to some thing else? No boiling, no hard rubbing is necessary. Wash the Fels-Naptha way. IiY-sensible. FeU-Nnplhn keeps white clothes white vrfefa. Mil The War-Time Value of Good Tires Your cat' is a vital war-time neces sity if you make it contribute to war work and war service. Make it give the limit of service. But don't add one extra dollar to your driving expenses. War-times make economy imper ative. Practice it in operating your car or truck. Keep down your tire costs. Use good tires United States Tires. Increasing thousands are recog nizing the war-time value of United States Tires. They are getting away from hap hazard tire buying. . They are buying mileage choos ing tires that give most miles per dollar. United States Tires offer supreme dependability and unapproached economy. both absolute essentials today. There are five different types of United States Tires one for every possible need. The nearest United States Sales and Service Depot dealer will tell you which ones vill serve you best. United States Tires are Good Tires am Pi I 'Royal Cord' one of the five i s r ' I ? is 4 r Vs'1' . 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