Medford mail tribune., August 07, 1918, Page 3, Image 3

"MTCDFOTID MATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
Ol.'IXiOy. AVKDXKSDAV. Al'dl'ST 7. IMS
PAGE THREE "'
LOXDOX, KnBliml, Ar.jr. 7. Writ
ing in the Kvcninjr Stnniluril, Sir
Coniiii Doyle, who has developed from
u novelist into u militiiry eritio, de
clares Hint the retreat of the liritish
Kifth nrmy from St. Quentin when
the Germans bopm their ureal drive
on March 21, was not a disaster, lait
one of the most honorable episodes
of the war.
His article completely reverses the
generally accepted thory that the re
tirement of General Gondii's forces
was n disgraceful flight, General
Guue,h has been suspended and is now
under chariies lor liciiij? responsibh'
for it, but Doyle defends his course
and calls upon the war office to pub
lish a connected narrative of the bat
tle ami destroy tho legend that the
British line was broken in the great
battle.
Jtnsslaii Uospon.siblo.
' ''It is not true," says Sir Arthur,
"that the line was broken, save in the
sense that when n division or corps
is turned at the flanks some readjust
ment is needed to reform the line. The
miracle is that under the most exact
ing circumstances the line was never
broken, and there was never n time
when the Germans saw open country
before them and could push on where
they would.
"History will ask who is responsi
ble for the fact that the Hritish line
was pushed back from St. Quentin to
Alliert in 10 days.' It was not the sol
diers. It was not the politicians. The
only people to blame are the idiots
and traitors of Ilrcst-Litovsk, who,
by their defection, send n tidal wave
of a million men rolling across Eu
rope. Where that wave strack it was
bound to wash something away. It
swept the Kritish line bnck for 20
miles or more, but was never able to
'bruuk it.
ltetnvit h Great Kent,
"When we (tot our true perspective,
the retreat from St. Quentin will rank
with the retreat from Mods ns one of
the most remarkable military feats of
the war.
"The evening of March 21 saw the
Hritis.li Fifth army up in the air and
in deadly peril from enuses over
which it had absolulely no control.
Tho evening of March 28 found the
same army, worn and weary, but re
inforced and firm, stronulv buttressed
upon its supports and presenting an
unbroken front to the Germans.
"When one knows these facts, and
"wile"!! one reads references to 'the
disaster of St. Quentin, ' or to 'the
breaking of the Fifth army,' one feels
that a serious injustice is done to our
soldiers and to our national reputa
tion. When the public come to know
the whole story in doiuil, with its
hairbreadth escapes, its desperate
rallies against monstrous odds, with
brigades which were smaller than
battalions, the divisions which were
weak brigades, it will tind that there
are few more honorable episodes in
tho war. When, if ever we gel true
casualty returns of what the Ger
mans lost in that week, we shall be
better able to determine on which side
the real disaster lay."
1.0X1 IdN". Kngland. Aug. 7. "Ber
lin Kaidcd by Air!" is the news the
average Londoner is awaiting any
day now.
Naturally there has been no inti
mation from any official source that
the allies are contemplating dropping
bombs on (lid German capital in the
immediate future.
Hut that doesn't keep the Londoner
who has been homhed many times
from hoping to hear that the llun is
getting n dose of his own medicine
and in the city where the medicine
would be bitterest.
Il is not too much to say that the
I. mill. in eiliaen is cxpueting raids on
liorlin either.
In his opinion the bombing of ller
lin would ' " !!ie locical ebuinx of the
recent allied air raids. He reads the
official announcements of the effect
of these raids oa the German people,
and cannot sec any obstacle in the
path of a scries of raids on ltertin,
save possible practical difficulties in
making such a long flight ami return
ing safely.
Hut he has confidence in the abil
ity of the allied air forces to meet
such difficulties, and he wouldn't be
surprised to read of the first raid any
day. tut he would be happy !
It is publicly known that one allied
aviator Hew over Merlin during the
war. dropping pamphlets. There's
no doubt of the ability of aviators to
get over Merlin and drop bombs. Hut
by the time they would be ready to
turn hucR, the Germans could con
centrate flying men to battle the
bombers at heavy odds. And just
now Kussia wouldn't be an ideal land
ing place if the allied flyers wished
to keep oa going.
The Londoner takes air raids now
as calmly as he lakes his tea. lint,
judging from the reports from Ger
manv of the effect of the raids on
western German cities, a raid on Her
1 i ii would be accepted anything bu!
calmly by the Germans.
AT PAGE THEATER TODAY AND THURSDAY.
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SET TO WORK AT ! BRINK OF NIAGARA
FAILS 16 HOURS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Inanim
ations of applicants fur officers in
the engineers corps will he held at
the following places: Hutle, Mont.,
Aug. 27. Seattle, Aug. 2!) and :IU.
Portland. Aug. 111.
Only ipnilified engineers who have
previously filed their applications
with the chiefs of engineers will be
considered by the board.
WAR PRISONERS COST
HOLLAND. $10,000,000
AMSTKIiDAM, Aug. 7. The Dutch
chamber of commerce has appro
priated ln.illlu.lUHl tor the in iii-
modatioii and food of prisoners ol
war interned in Holland, pending re
imbursement of these costs by the
liritish anil German governments.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IX
ENGLAND, Aug. 7. (By the Associ
ated Press.) When a soldier leaves
the United States he should not feel
certain ho is going to win glory on
tho battlefield In France. Whether
officer or enlisted man ho is subject
ed to further scrutiny In England
and in France and until a little corps
of keen-eyed and careful officers
have completed tho examination no
one can tell into just what part of
tho big nrmy machine he is going to
tit.
There nro in England camps whore
every man who passes thru Is "trnilo
Indexed." This is especially true of
one camp where a large part of tho
airmen and motor transport forces
arrive shortly after debarkation. The
records accompanying them show
what tho men hnvo been doing in
civil Ilfo and a further examination
or them and a scrutiny of the de
mands often dotcrnilno the part they
nro to take, sometimes only for tem
porary duty but in some cases for an
indefinite period.
From this lot are selected the men
who will go Into tho big repair shops
nt once. .Men experienced in electri
cal work are seat to stations' whore
their service is most needed. Orders
for automobile experts are filled and
not Infrequently tho men In com
mand of the stntio naro called upon
to supply men for following, for a
tlmo at least, exactly the same kind
of work thoy were doing In the t'nlt
cd Stales before their numbers In the
draft were called.
NAG A it A FALLS, N. Y., Aug. 7.
After being marooned on a sand
scow within 1000 feet of the brink
of Niagara Falls, for sixteen hours,
George Harris of Buffalo and Gus
Lofhcrg, a Swedish sailor, wero res-
jcucd by tho Yoiia'gstown llfo saving
crew this morning.
The scow broke away from a tug
Into yesterday.
I A shelving rock off tho head of
I Goat Island taught the unwieldy
I craft and hold It. The llfo savers got
I a line to the boat last night bat the
'length of tho rope was so great It
stigged Into tho swift current and It
was Impossible lu operate a breaches
buoy.
Tho llfo siiVors abandoned their
work at mld-nlghi. Searchlights were
kept on tho wrbek and an electrical
sign was rigged up showing tho word
"rest" so that tho men on tho scow
would know that thoy had not boon
abandoned.
This morning a second lino was
shot successfully across the wreck
( from tho roof of the power house.
Aug. (I, VMS.
The lower figures under "consumer
pays" arc the maximum prices that
-boald be chnrgcij'hy ash and car
ry" stores, and the higher figures
maximums that should not be ex
ceeded by stores giving credit, deliv
ery, and similar services.
Wheat flour in III lb. s'ick, retailer
pays .2.7(1; consumer pays $2.1111 to
.fXOO. ..
live flour, per 10 lb. sack, retailor
pays, tihe consumer pays iJc to l ie.
Corn flour, retailer pays i.,v lb;
consumer pays ll'C to !I:!:'C.
Corn meal, yellow, per 10 lb. sack,
retailer pays (i.'le sack; consumer
pays 7lic to SOc.
Corn grits and hominy, per 10 lb.
sack, retailer pus (i!)c sack; con
sumer pays 82c to 87c. . .
Corn giits ami hominy, per 1 lb.
package, retailer pays 111 2-.'!. pack
age; consumer pays 20c to 21c.
liollcd outs, per II lb. bag, retailer
pays 7-'le bag; consumer pays Ole to
L00.
Hurley flour, ordinary .crude, re
tailer pays $12. hi bhi.; consumer
pays 7 1 2C to He lb.
Corn starch .edible, ordinary grade,
retailer pays 10c lb.; consumer pays
VJi-.r to l:t'-..e lb.
Kice, ordinary grade, retailer pay
12c lb.; consume: pays IV to 17c lb.
Granulated sugar, retailer pv.
l-."ic lb.; consumer pay l'tc II.
1'eans, dried, white, ret-iilcr pavs,
1 1 1 1 1- lb.; consumer pavs 1 lc to I "e
lb.
Peans, dried, red, retailer ituvs He
lb.: consumer pavs lie ti121.;1 lb.
Kvnponi'od milk, large size, relail
er pays Lie can; consumer pays
l.V:;e to HP jc. .
l ard substitutes, ordinar grade,
in tins, rclailcr pays 27c lb.: con
sumer pays .'l()c to :t."ie lb.
Canned corn, standard No. 2, ord
inary grade, retailer pays l ie can;
coi'sumer pays HI to 20c can.
Canned tomatoes, standard No. 2,
ordinary grade, retailer pays Lie can;
consumer pays c to 18','je can.
Canned peas, No. 2, oidinary
grade, retailer pays Lie can; con
sumer pays 17c to 20c can.
Canned pork and beans, No. 2,
ordinary grade, retailer pays lll'i
cari ; eieisa:i:cr pays 2'ic lo ;iOe can.
Prunes, 'local, retailer pays 8c lb.;
consumer pays 10c lo lie lb.
Dried peaches, rclailcr pays LI'uc
lb.: consumer pays 17'!.'i' to 10c lb.
Dried peaches, local, rclailcr pays
10c lb.; consumer pays LMic to
14:',e.
Kcaiioralcd anriioN, California,
retailer pays 22e lb.; consumer; pays
:iOc to :i2e lb.
Corn syrup, per 10 lb. pail, ordin
ary grade, retailer pays H'.lu pail ; con
sumer pays $1.01 to $1.11) pail.
Hutter, per roll, retailer pays $1,110
to $1.00; consumer pavs $1.11) to
$l.l."i roll.
Kggs, per doz., retailer pays -10o to
l2Vge; eonstnui'r pays 4,"c to 47l-c
Potatoes, retailer pays He to 4o lb.;
consumer pays ,"c lb.
Cheese, retailer pays 27 c; con
sumer piiys ;!."; to 4t)e lb.
Report overcharges to price in
terpreting board.
This price list showing weekly
range of prices will appear weekly in
Ibis paper on this date.
The government expects you to can
as much fruit and vegetables as pos
sible. When your sugar runs out see
the local food administration about
an additional allowance.
1 lu'se prices are the maximum
charges allowed by tho U. S. Food
Administration on retail sales.
Jackson County Price Interpreting
Hoard. ,' .
THE LIVES LOST IN
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 7. Three
lives were lost in Tuesday's wind
storm at Dci'uincy, Lu., and three at
Hamnions Camp, two miles, east of
He Quincy, a relayed telegram to tho
galf coast lines reports. The mes
sage said that, a least "0 residences
hail been destroyed and that stores
and churches wero wrecked.
The storm followed a narrow path,
hut was very severe.
De Quincy is 2.") miles northeast of
Lake Charles where great damage
was done.
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