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PAGE THREE HUN SOLDIERS WRITE LETTERS AT THE PAGE THEATER TOMORROW AND THURSDAY PLANS up war activities huvo Increased tho number of supporters of the admin istration and have done much to put the presidential campaign in the background. The main significance In ' the Roosevelt phenomena today Is the fact that the republican party Is be ginning tu function us a nartv of op position, and Is looking to him for leadership.. Whatever leadership is exercised In the republican party will be exercised by Theodoro Rooso velt and Whatever candidate is cho sen In 1920 will be. chosen by Roose velt's ndvico and consent. lkwcrlptlre "They sent the marine reporter in the absence ot the society editor to TO BE CANDIDATE wrlto up the wedding of tho heiress to a foreign nobleman, and lipw do you suppose he bended It?" , Vv "How?" s ''; " Tied Up to Her Peer." " ;'-. El MTCPFOTtD MATL TRTBTTNK MKDFOKT). ORF.fJOX. TUESDAY, JULY flO, mis AMSTERDAM, July 31. Cults of all kinds, most of them based on sex 'liol degeneracy, are flourishing In Germany. The latest scandal of this hind to be exposed Is that of an or ganization which professes to get let ters from Heaven written by German soldiers who have died In battle, seeking to corrupt an already demor alized soldiery. v ; One of these published In the "Volksfreund" of Brunswick reads as follows: VDear parents, brothers and sisters: ' . "This letter 1 am writing to you from Heaven. Wihen I was still liv ing on earth I often wrote you from the trenches, "Things are ull right.' Now, however, I see that things were not all right. 'j, "Every day I thank the sweet Mother of Clod on my knees for hav ing allowed the .fatal bullet to pierce lay bosom so that I could bo trans planted to this .lovely place. Ah! you Bhould have witnessed the fervor with which the Holy Virgin embrac ed me on my arrivaK after 1 had told 'Lor what doughty blows I had struck , for Germany. "All the same, I am rather con- rented about you. 'Many a rumor Is , circulating around the throne of ' Mary which the sweet Mother . of Cod does not like it all. Nor do they please us soldiers here either. Wo ! hear that some of you are whining : and murmuring because you are not getting as much bread to eat as for-' merly. Worse thai) that, the angels .tell us that down below on earth j there are many who still revej in lux uries and Indulge in unmentionable excesses. " .', ;' "Here In Uleaven the angels and saints call such people traitors to the fatherland, who are drawing the wrath of God on the land. ! ! ', ": '"My dear parents, 1 spoke to the Virgin about you, and told her howl good yon were.' She kissed me pas sionately and called me a .dutiful son. This is written to you in Heav-' en by your son and brother." . , V SL JUUANELTlN6E.i ?5i JULIAN ELTlNGEzn. The Countess Chatming CpammountQikhuv AIRPLANE FRIGHTENS" v SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES S1EEL TRUST RAISES WAGES 10 PER CENT NEW YORK, July 30. The Unit ed States Steel corporation today de- j clared Its usual quarterly dividend of ( 1 Vt per cent, usual extra dividend of ' three per cent, on the common stork, ' together with the regular . 1 per cent on the preferred. Total earnings of the United Stales Steel corporation for the quarter j ended June 30 last were $02,557,-! 391 compared with fr6,'9Cl,424 at j the close of the previous quarter, ac- ! "cording to the quarterly report. j These figures were reached after' appropriating for Income and war ! profit taxes, the sum of $90,71 6,2.r0. 1 - Net Income for the quarter totalled ' $r.2,399,493, compared with $48,- j 449,817 the previous quarter. Stir- I plus amounted to $19,017,375 com-' pared with $15,032,600. the previous quarter. The allowance for taxes included $58,716,250 for the current quaiter on the basis of exisffng tax laws airl $32,000,000 on account of additional taxes which may be chargeable tor the first six months Under proposed legislation.1""' -" '-' GERMANS COUNT WITH THE AMERICAN ARM If ON THE AISNE-M ARNE FRONT, July 30. ('By the Associated Press.) Brought to an American dressing station on the banks of the Ourcq, a wounded German captain kept re peating, "one, two three," monoton ously. Inquiry to n nurse elicited this explanation: "Oh, all those German officers do that." "You see" said the nurse, who was administering ether, preliminary to an operation upon the German offi cer, "an average person talks when under the anaesthetic. It Is llko talk ing In your sleep. The Germans know this and every officer we get goes under the ether while counting. The result is that Instead of talking and j giving Information., they keep right oo counting." ") COST OF WAR TO ' '! LONDON, July HO. A Jnlinnnnes liurjr dispatch says Mujor Miller rc . ceotly mudo tin 800-mile airplane fliplit over Swaziland which threw 1'I0,000 natives-into a panic. The na tives hid in the brush or scuttled for their kraals. "Vhite man," said one, "can have Swaziland now. Only thins; he' cannot do is raise the dead, and that will come in time." THE BRASS HORN HAD AN EXTRA BIG, LOAD AMSTERDAM, July III). A Merlin hand pave a concert ut Werder, a town near Berlin fumed for its cherry harvest, the other day. After the concert the musicians were all arrest ed for tryinp; to take cherries away roncenled in their instruments. TRAINING COURSE FOR OFFICERS IN MED FORD Alan Bracklnreed is busy arrang ing, for a military course in Med ford under tho auspices of the Uni versity of Oregon. This will be in the nature of an officers' training on the extension plan so that citizens of Medford mav instruct themselves in military drill and science without leaving home. The Idea has proved to be a very popular one, and a large enrollment hos already been secured. F. iNewport, former leader of the home guards, will probably have charge of military drill, while the university will arrange the courses of study. Meetings will probably be held two or three times a week. LONDON, July 30. The largest appropriation demanded since the be- i ginning of the war will be submitted I to the house of -commons Thursday. ' says the Dally Telegraph. The credit ! to be asked will be 700,000,000 ! pounds. The previous highest was j 650,0(10.000 pounds n year ago. The new appropriation Is required to .finnnce the war until the end of Oc , tober. 1 I R0UMANIA EXCHANGES FOOD FOR CHEMICALS With Medfnrrt trnftm Is Medrnrrt mud HKKN'K, July :il. Knumnnin is ne gotiating with (feminity for the ex change of chemical preparations and iitTier medical supplies for its food crops. Kutire villages are beinir deci mated by dicusr owin to shortage of chemicals. By Gilson Gardner. WASHINGTON, July 30. The prominent part played by former President Roosevelt nl tho recent New York state convention hus start ed Inquiries as to whether Roosevelt Is to figure, again us a candidate. ' It Is my guess that he will rixure agutn, probably as a republican presi dential candidate in 1920. Col. Roosevelt's attitude toward the presidential situation was set forth In an Interview I hud. with him several weeks ago. At thut time he stated frankly that he was not Interested in the presiden tial office, but Is Interested in for warding certain policies which ho re gards as Important. Win the War Xov Tho winning of the war Is, of course, the first of these. He believes that It Is no time to think In political terms. His atti tude Is best expressed In his own words delivered at the recent Sara toga convention, where he said: "Everything we do now and every thing we say must help win the war. The president has said, 'Politics Is adjourned.' He U certainly right, in so far as politics is to lie used for personal ends or party triumph. "But popular govenment, even In war, must be carried on by parties. Party organization or public opinion may be the best way to secure needed government action. Thut is the present case. "The nation needs tho republican party to give popular expression to tin nfflrmutive aggressive war policy. Its success at the polls In November will spur the administration to adopt Vliv. t I 3 J' ll ' 1 Htl II cuiiKi ess win en- y net legislation to Initiate and carry tt nn. "We are not now concerned with tho national election of 1920. That may take care of Itself. Its outcome will depend on circumstances which one cannot now foresee. Our present task, as patriots and republicans, Is to help tho present administration to organize the potential force of this country into a knockout blow to William Hohcnzollorn and his com pliant German people." Couldn't Win Today If the national presidential con vention wore to be held tomorrow It 1s my belief that Col. Roosevelt would decline to he a candidate against Woodrow Wilson. While there has "been some criticism of the adminis tration's handling of the war and war preparations. It Is a fuct recpg nlzed by all politicians that the coun try as a whole Is quite solidly behind President Wilson, and any candidate, even as popular a one ns Col. Roose velt, would make poor headway against Wilson. The spirit In which tho adminis tration has taken criticism Is the evi dent willingness of tho secretary of "war and others to correct any short comings which might bo pointed out, and the strong efforts made to speed Profits and Prices Profits may be considered from two angles: i J ht Their effect on prices; 2nd As a return to investors. When profits are small as com pared with sales, they have little effect on prices. Swift & Company's profits are only a fraction of a cent per pound on all products sold, and if eliminated entirely would have practically no -effect on prices. Swift & Company paid 10 per cent dividends to over 20,000 stock holders out of its 1917 profits. It also had to build extensions and im provements out of profits; to finance large stocks of goods made necessary by unprecedented re quirements of the United- States and Allied Governments; and to provide protection against the day of declining markets. Is it fair to call this profiteering? Swift & Company, U.S. A. DEMONSTRATION OF y y t t t t t t y t t t t y t t y t t t t X t X y Samson Sieve -Grip Tractor and Killefer Sub-Soil Plow On the H. C. Christofferson farm, three-fourth 3A miles East of Talent, on Wednesday,, July 31st f.-..y t . y y . y y ,y ! :. 'T :'f A? . V Demonstration will be held throughout day. Owing to the shortage of labor and feed, a tractor is an economical proposition and a necessity on the farm. Plowing so many years at a certain depth forms a plow sole- This is broken up by the KILLEFER SUB-SOIL PLOW and permits the moisture to penetrate the soiLy y At y t t t 2 and increase the yield. Come and see for yourself what we are able to do with these time and labor saving equipments. TREICHLER-PEIRSON, Inc. Agents for Jackson and Josephine Counties ':t ry t