MEDFOirD MATE' TTITBTTNE. MTCDHTRD, OT?E(i(TNT, TVETVSTERTlAY, XOVEMttEI? 1.1, IMS
PAGE THREE
UNCLE SAM TO
REINSURE LIVES
OF ALL SOLDIERS
Each of the Four Million Men in Serv
ice to Be Permitted to Convert It
Without Further Medical Examina
tion Into Ordinary Life. 20-Year
Payment, Life at Low Rates.
P!
. iwirtiuuitj.-N, aov. j.. iTi'pnr
(.turns by the uovernment for re-in-'f.urin&r
lives of soldiers ami sailors
'on their return -have been hastened
hv the sianinir of the nrmi.-tice. Al
though reeiilations have nut vet been
lull v dratted, it is certain that each
tof the 4Jafl.OOO nun in the militari
or naval service now hoblinir volun
tary Government insurance will be
permitted within five years after
pence is declared to convert it with
out further medical examination into
ordinary life. 'JO-vear rav life, en
dowment mntumiir at the aire of ti'2
or other prescribed forms of insur
ance.
is insurance will lie iirrnuued bv
the ffovernment. not bv private com
panies, and the cost is expected to be
at least one-fourth less than similar
forms offered bv private agencies.
Private companies would not write in
surance on nianv wound' (t men.
Monthly rremiums
The eovtmimnl will arr;ini:e to col
lect preiniu.ns njunl'ilv. if men wish
to pay Ibis wav. or for longer period.
in advance. This m:iv be done thru
postoffices. The minimum amount of
insurance to he issued prohnldv will
be $J,0U0 and the maximum . 10,000.
with any amount between those sums
in niultimples of .500. There will be
provision fur payments in ease of
disability as well as death according
to the tentative plan. The insurance
may be purchased bv any soldier, sai
lor or marine officers, enlisted
und bv women members of the nrmv
or nnvy, nurse corps, providing they
nl ready hold irovcrnmcnt volunturv
life insurance. About 9") per cent of
the 4,.r00.000 men in the service nre
covered bv this insurance, which ex
pires after they lm back to civilian
life and cease paving premiums. This
is the svstem devised to replace the
old pension plan of providing for cx
fioldicrs and sailors.
Expansion I'robnblo
Tints will If f'-cnlcd out of the
Government s emergency war insnr-
nnee bureau the ureatest life insur
ance institution in the world for peace
times with more policy holders and
creator nircretrate risks than a half
dozen of the world's hiimest private
companies combined. Out of the ex
perience trained mav develop expan
sion of government insurance to old
Hire, industrial and other forms of
insurance, in the opinion of officials
who have studied the subject.
Herniations for rchiMirinir return
intr soldiers nnd sailors are hcin;
framed by an advisory board to the
military and naval section of the war
risk bureau consisting of Arthur Hun
ter, actuary of the New York LiTe In
surance company: YV. A. Frnser. Om
aha, of the Woodmen of the World.
and F. Kobertson Jones of Hi Work
men's Compensation Publicity bureau
New York.
Plans nlso nre under consideration
for allowing beneficinries of men who
have died or been killed in the service
to choose between taking monthly
Payments over a period of twenty
venrs or to commute payments in a
lump sum.
BUTTER AND CHEESE MEN
TO MEET IN PORTLAND
orkoox AfiitTcnrrmh col
LKfrK, COKVAUJS. Nov. IX A Im
convention of the Oregon butter and
cheese makers' organization will be
held in Portland. December 11 and --.
In connection with the meet a butter
nnd cheese exhibit will be held in
which prizes totaling sfS.'iO will he
awarded to winners.
PARIS, Nov. 13 (Correspondence
of Associated Press.) Carrying their
little bundles of household posses
sions the French refugees are return
InK to their homes in Chateau Thierry
and the little French villages around
It, to Vaux, Lucy, lielleau and ,tho
rest, places now a part of American
history.
They are coming back to ruins of
villages and houses demolished by
German or American artillery, to live
in cellars and in the shelter of tot
tering walls until they can rebuild
their homes and. their return is a
pitiful Fpectacle.
Sometimes they tind no home at
all. Never do they find any furni
ture. Often they find no food, and j
then the American fted Cross steps
in and helps them. The woman who
can die; out her stove from a heap of
diit and plaster and patch It up again
so that it will burn counts herself in
ordinately lucky. One woman found
remaining of all her household goods
JuPt one big salt-cellar. Forks are
worth their weight in gold, and a
feather bed is prized above rubies.
Five thousand five hundred blankets
the Red Cross shipped out to return
ing refugees In a single week.
Too I'ttcrly lluined
The people In the Aisne will not
he able to spend the winter in their
own villages. The villages on the
hanks of the little ..lame are too ut
terly hattercd by sheila to afford hu
man habitations daring the winter
weather. .Now, while days are warm
and skies are blue, their owners can
find some tiny corner or other to live
in, but the rain and mud and chilly
damp of a French winter will drive
them, or if it does not a paternal
government will send them, back to
their temporary linmpq -n the unin
vaded provinces to wait for spring.
One purport in sending them home
so quickly was to harvest tho wheat
crops but there was no food, so the
lied Cross established canteens in
many villager and served two meals
a day free to those too poor to pay
while others paid smail sums. Forty
carloads of food were sent to the
Mar no and tho Aisne in a single
month. A nro.ery store has been
opened in Chaleau Thierry which al
ready la a busy town again, tho the
walls of its houses have been shat
tered and torn by shells. To keep in
truders out the residents scrawl on
their homos in chalk "Proprietor re
turned" or "House occupied."
I let! Cross Itcady
To Amien3 the refugees are just
beginning to return but they will
come soon in large numbers, and
they will find Jig Hed Cross ready to
receive them. There is a big building
in Amiens that was a boys' school in
those half-forgotten days when the
city was not under shell firo. It be
longs to the Hed Cross now, aad its
class rooms are turned to strange
uses. There Is a big "salle de recep
tion," there tho returning refugees
are sorted out and their needs ascer
tained. There is a canteen that
serves two hot, nourishing meals a
day. There Is a long dormitory with
beds for the weary ones who come
back to find empty rooms and roof
leas houses. There are two dispen
saries, und dispensary doctors -find
much to do In a country where people
live precariot;?, hand-to-mouth exis
tences. A
The Red Woss workers furnish
clothing to t lie shivering shabby peo
ple, warm flannel shirts and under
wear, stocking, and shoes and sabots.
Twelve thousand garments went out
from Paris In a single day. ml they
furnish work for people, who must
have a little money if they are to live.
FIELDS OF FRANCE
ISKIHXI) TI1K AMKIilCAX IJXKK.
Nov. IX Recommendation that the
American militarv authorities in
France should, alter the war. take
charge of reestablishing the devas
tated regions of France and that
German prisoners should be nmde to
repair the damages they did in France
will be made bv the American agricul
tural commission now here.
''We are trointr to report to the sec
retary of war and the secretary oi
agriculture," said W. O. Thompson,
president of Ohio State University,
and chairman oj" the ommission,
"that the work of rehabilitating the
devastated territorv is an nrmv prob
lem pud that the militarv authorities
should deal with it.
Thp problem of tilling the land
which has been the seeene of the bat
tles is a verv serious one for it is
filled witli unexplodcd shells. Fruit
trees have been completely eradicated
by ruthless felling. You can charge
indemnities bul vou cannot cot laud
readv to plow without danger.
"The Germans should take the rk
as part of the price to be paid for
their wanton devastations. From the
economic point of view, if we allow
German prisoners to return to rein
force Gennanv without this French
rehabilitation. Gennanv has again the
lead on France. France is left flat
on her back and Gennanv gets a long
start. Kvon after sull'ering n militarv
defeat, she v." ins an economic victorv.
"This devastation was admit ted! v
intended to ruin France stj that -!:c
could not recover for ve.irs. while
Germanv untouched is ready to pro
tit bv her breaches of internniietpil
law. Yet, ns this commission sees it.
as soon as the country is readv for
agricultural , restoration, the agricul
tural population will he on the spot
waiting to rebuild their shattered
farms and farm cuuipment.
"Thev are pitifully attached to their
homesteads though in thousands of
cases there is onlv the cellar remain
ing. Though not their war alone.
France and lielgium have furnished
the battlefield. We nre hero to fight
for France fur our common defense,
the battlefield being furnished bv cir
cumstances. The restoration of these
battlefie'd farm lands is an intcr-allv
problem."
vnn
IS NEEDED 10 AID
MAKE RAPID HEADWAY
Atld This Fiict fYoiir Store of
K now letlge.
Kidney dlseribo often advances so
rapidly that innny a person is firmly
in Its grasp before awaro of Its pro
gress. Prompt attention should he
given the slightest symptom of kid
ney disorder. If there is a dull pnln
In the bark, headaches, dizzy spells
or a tired, worn-out feeling, or if the
kidney secretions nre offensive, ir
regular and attended by pain, pro
cure a good kidney remedy at onco.'
Your townspeople recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills. Read the state
ment of this .Medford citizen.
, D. R. Andrus. 510 South Fir street,
says: "I was bothered considerably
by my kidneys and bladder. I had
trouble In retaining the kidney secre
tions and I also had a dull ache
across my kidneys. I got quick tc
lief from Doaji's Kidney Pills. Mv
kidneys acted more regularly nnd 1
didn't have that trouble in my back.
This has convinced me that Doan's
Kidney Pills are a medicine of merit
and are worth recommending to oth
ers." Price 60c. at alt dealers. Don't
dimply ask for a kidney remedy pet
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Amlnn had. Fo?;er-Milhurn
Co., Mfgra., Ruffalo, N. Y. Adv.
BELGIAN CAPITAL
PARIS, Nov. 13. Tho Germans
have betin tho evacuation of Itrus
sels. A Dunkirk dispatch to the Paris
edition of the New York Herald says
that KiiiK Albert and his family pro!
ably will re-enter Urussels next Fri
day.
BIUTISH IIICADQt'AUTKRS IN
FhANDKItS, Nov. i:t. tilavas.) The
German Karrieon in lirusr.els has re-
vclted against (lie non-commbjinned
officers, according to neutrnls reach
ing the Hrili.h lines from lninse
Several of tho officers were killed.
WASIIIVGTOV "v. l.'l - PImm
for licmnhiliziitinn ot the militarv ami
naval torees ot the ( ntled States
now being pre; -a red bv the war, navy
ill, ( labor ilcp.irri HU-. will ho Milmiit
!d soon In I're-tdi.ii Wil-np. pre
liminary :'eaiN ct the ?tlan- u
ittiown today pi"idd fr the mus
tering out ot' ibe men fin the h.i-:- of
In -lb ,( .,,) 11... nl.iiov
!' (r.i!i-i and oeeupalioiis to iib-mb
ibe rcliit'd uieu.
II
UPON ALL TO GIVE
10 AID OUR BOYS
The oveniBO weekly shipment of
fins to France is more than fifteen
miles. Tho uverase weekly atten
dance is placed at ::, '(00,000. Kvery
show Is free nnd is under the direc
tion of the Y. M. A., K. of C. or
one of tho seven welfare organiza
tions recognized by the government.
To maintain this work for the sol
diers and sailors a drive for funds is
buins made in Medford by the Fnlted
War Work campaign .November 11 to
IS. "
Tons of Supplies
Fvery week more than .'00 tons of
supplies for the bays overseas leave
Atlantic ports for Trance. There
supplies are shipped by tho welfare
agencies working for soldiers anil
sailors. To maintain this work and
to Increase it to meet tho needs of
the two million men over there, a
united campaign for funds Is being
made by tho Y. M. C. A.. V. V. C. A..
K. of t, Salvation Army, American
.Library association, War ("amp Com
munity service and Jewish Welfare
board.
For IPnne Letters
Detween the seven welfare agen
cies doing work for tho soldiers at
homo and oversea; more than 123,
000 sheets of stationery are supplied
every month for the men to write
letters home. This iue;ias that half
a million dollars Is Kept tie J up in
po.;taee Fta:nps to meet the caila of
the soldiers.
Xyil DuiigliiMil Money
Salvation Army doughnuts in the
front lino trenches are possible only
if the people help In the united war
work drive for funds November 11 to
IS.
Kcmovhitf Tciuplnl ion
To establish its War Camp Com
munity service for noldiers and bail
ors in cities adjacent to cainjs $13,
000,004) is required. It will ho in
cluded In the united war work drive
now being carried on.
Women in War 'Work
Women aro playing an Important
part in war work and $13,ono.0U(i
of the $170,300,000 to be raised in
tho united War Work campaign will
be used by tho Y. W. C. A. among
women munition workers and In ex
tending the work in hosted htitsc: in
tho camps, s.
$10 FACH ACRE
OKKdON' AflliKH LTl'UAL COL
LF.Ui:, CUKVALUS. Nov. lit. Ap
plication of ten tons of manure per
acre increased the net profits over
untreated ureas by JtlO.iHl an acre.
With beans the net profits from like
treatment were jfD.i'il an acre over the
untreated plot. The fertilizer hud a
greater value when used in crop ro
tation, and the m'eatct value under
irricuted conditions.
"Maintenance of oriranie matter is
of ureal iniporttinee in the control of
moisture in the dry part ot the urow
iiiL' season when m-usture becomes
(be limit im: factor in crop production"
s:iv-J V. L. Powers, professor of soils
ot ibe Oregon Aurieiilt ural I'ollctie.
"Fieh's that bad manure or clover
soil disked and plowed under with
stood drouth much better than un
treated companion pints. This is cs
pci'iallv I mi tbii s asi.u.
Oriranie matter can be increased
bv application of lime or fertilizer
where iucicaed erouth results, bv
aecuinulaiion in pastures, bv Lreen
manures, bv catch or cover crops, and
bv p!owinr under main re ami clover
sod cverv three or four vears."
BASF L, Switzerland. Monday, Nov.
11. The crews of the German bat
tleships Posen, Osttrieslarol, Nansau
and Oldenburg have Joined the revo
lutionary movement, according to a
dispatch from lirunsbuttle, Pruasiun-Holstein.
The four battleships named are
among tho largest in the German
navy. Tho Posen and Nassau are sis
ter ships of IS, (loo tons each, while
tho Ostfrloslaud and Oldenburg mea
sure 22,400 tons each.
AMSTERDAM, Monday, Nov. U.
Armed workers and soldiers storm
ed tho prison in tho Alt-MeuMt street
In Berlin, but ut tho request of
Deputy Itaochuor they released only
thoso Incarcerated as "war victims"
including former Captain von' Beer
febl who was con:crned in tho distri
bution or the ntemorandum of Prince
Lichnowsky which accused Germany
of starting the war.
AMSTERDAM, Monday. Nov. 11.
Tho entire Gr.i an northern fled
and tho island baso of Helgoland are
In the hands of soldiois couil IIh. ac
cording to u telegram from llrcmea.
With Mftriforrt rnl M1fnr1i mn1f
When the Skin Seems Ablaze
With Itching and Burning
Thpra iiwf ATM. tliitMv In
If your skin fceems ahUzc with the
fiery burning and itching of Rczenu,
real and lasting relief can only
come from treatment that rocs be
luw the surface that reaches down
to the very source of the trouble.
So-called skin-diseases come from
a di.sordcrcd condition of the blood,
and search far and near, and you
cannot find a b'ood remedy that ap
proaches S. S. S. for real efficiency.
the proper treatment is through the
blood.
S. S. S. has been on the market for
fifty years, durin;- which time it has
been (tivitiK uniform satisfaction for
all manner of blood disorders. If
you want prompt anil lasting relief,
you can rely upon S. S. S. Vor ex
pert advice as to the treatment of
vni.r own inilivi !nal cai write to
day to Chief Medical Adviser, Swift
Specific Co.. Dept. t, Atlanta. (Ja.
WW:
To the Public: May I add a word
to what has already boon said In be
half of the United War Work cam
palKii. I appeal not only to the
Christian constituency of Medford
and vicinity, but to all red-blooded
American citizens. Under tho Stars
and Stripes we meet on common
ground. Our interests aro mutual.
Our boys In uniform have not failed
us. i.et us not fall them. Now that
hostilities have ceased they aro fac
ing trying times. Amid the roar
or cannon and thundering of battle
their minds were occupied. Their
onn I ll mi irti I n.iR 1n tret In thn frnnt
and l'o over tho ton q tlin 1i:it!u l I
fought and tho victory won i their
thought will be of home and' loved
ones. How anxious they will he to
get home and tell of their well
earned achievements. It is the pur
pose of tho organizations represented
in tho tinlled drive, to supply their
needs in such a way us lo divert
their minds from homesickness and
loneliness.
Wlielher or not you may have
mental reservations as to the wlpilom
of uniting these several organizations
in ono drive is not for us to discuss.
Theso things havo been carefully
thought out by the great men of our
nation who deride 1 It the be.st thing
to do. Wo did not hesltato to trust
the fate of our nation lo our worthy
president and his advisers. I.et us
ho as ready to follow his Bilggesllons
anil reque.'ts in these worthy causes.
I.et ono canvas accomplish what
would otherwise require seven. When
wo have given our Inst dollar wo have
then not done ns much ns tho bo.vs
who havo volunteered their nil, many
of whom have paid the supreme sac
rifice. Khali wf not make thelttdays
of nucleus waiting and se"in'ng Inac
tivity as iil-'asaut and comfortable ai
por.sihle that tiny i:iu know that we
recognize and appreciate t lie fart
that It Is thru I heir sacrifice that we
still enjoy a froo und independent
country.
.1. K. WAI.IIKCK,
I'tiptor .f. K. Church, South.
LIFTED FOR WEEK
WASHINGTON. Nov. in. All
lighting rn.'trictiens, evert where
current is generated liv domestic
nf'n of anthracite, were lilted today
by Fuel Administrator GirfMri until
midnight, NovcniteT IS, to permit
free illumination for the L'nlteJ War
Woik cainiiuigii-
If. D. Milln, manager of the Hut to
Kalis Lumber cor.ij.any, wa in Med
ford today on huslnc... Mr. Mills
say 1'iey aro making preparation to
work on a larger scale this winter
tiian ever before, both In the ogt;ln
camp and the mill. Mr. Jiuksori, an
expert logger, who fins hern with
tho nonlh-Kelly Lumber company
for several years, has tuken charge,
of the logging camp. Three new mo
tor trucks havo been added lo the
equipment, a plank track is belay;
built to the timber nnd they nre put
ting in a modern high lead svstem to
hotter facilitate logging. They now
have f,our donkey engines at the
camp.
Mr. Mills pays they aro rutting
prlncinaMy timbers for the cnvnrn
meat n"l t ..i.' l.m lailroads and
e:;i;cct to cut about :0,0lH) a day all
winter.
Karl Isaa'g who has been r.erlou.dy
111 with the "flu" has suffered a re
lapse and It ha:; benome necessary to
put him in fee p:ieks. His condition
is serious.
"Gsts-Si," a Liberty
Mlh fcr Corns!
There Onlv Ono Genuine "Corn-Fecler"-Thaf8
"Gets-It"
Ever pet n banans? Thit'a tho
way "GitM-It" peels off corns. It's
tho only coin tr fitment that will.
"(Jeta-lt "la u uariintco that you
IRRIGATION NOTICE
Any person uiitlcr our irriiitimi sysicm (lesinnj
water for next season, on land that i;s not already ae
i nally eovereil hv a writ ten eoi.lrai l, slxmlil niiike ai
ilieation (o t!ie l onijiany AT ONCE. This application
s!:i ;.!d lie in writ in, and should also lie sent in ly
those who have previously made partial vVrhal arrangements.
Rogue River Valley Canal Co.
in 'Tell It to the Marines'
JlTJI hitvIiik our country with xlory. 1
Im! You're IwltiK told dally lo BAVK - I I
V Ar y" ,,"U'K Th" '"l"n Conn- Hll
V Hiiiik will 'l" ii tliiil account for w
V l'"''iy' ryl
' 4 Tcr I rnt. Intercut .a.
a... k s rvj
ESTABLISHED ISfla
CETTINGE FREED
BY SERB FORCES
LONDON. Nov. 13. Cettlnje, tha
caplcil of .Montenegro, has been lib
erated says a Serbian official ituto
nient Issued Tueaday.
On Sunday Serbian troops entered
the town of Veriecc, in Hungary, 25
miles north of the Danube, dispersing
and capturing elements of Oermau
rear-guards. A number of guns and
war material were captured. The
Serbians nlHO entered N'ovlsaad.
jMnnm
mm
Tlic more discussion the bet
tor. Truth doesn't mind
being talked about.
IMPEMALES
MOUTHPIECE
CIGAEETTES
arc discussed because
they're worth discussion.
The blend of fine tobaccos
the mouthpiece the
mais paper no wonder
they're talked about.
NoMorcLxcta for Corn or Cam-Pain Nowt
won't finnlly bnvo t; tiu'e. Dick,
J-rk or rut nut voup rorni. tf ymi
v.-.i ut thf il iiinro fr k -t t In pr ri'l
t a f orn. l.'i puro tn nf;t i :!
It." It h ft:: v. Kiidcrfiii for?tnila
(h;it mfi'J "fJf lnIt' Iho i"t n
Hinrv' I th:.t it I", tiH'.l l.y Tiioro
tnii;:ori!i tlirn :.ny ntl.r rnrn tic.if.
rntnl mi ruih, A t-w ilrpr. nn nny
corn or , .illus. that's till. It crtn't
f t If k. It ti rt!njf H, f-mu tt l'ilri.
You r.Tn l;tk V"Ui "i'rny' f"-t
firotmd. f-vn trt tUM rhnun, nnl yur
corns wn't Mii'tly you. Von run
po nh'rul nt wirk, rlnrm, I've, Vivo
ani l-ni'ih i- tlKrintli wtthont rumn.
"fltftn-)t," thn i'ti:trtuite''rt, pi-iiiy
I.ipIs mrnr mnir, it firo
y, po't ti'itn trllit nt tmy ln if 'r".
M 'f .1 ? J:. r.-Iii u A Co., Ctilcairn, JIL
SoUl In .Mftlfttrrj nn(t recoinrnrni!rd
nn tho Vnrtt'8 Host Corn Itfmody tiy
I,oon It. Musl im, Median! I'tiarir.acy
aud Ch as. Strang.
Grain and Commercial
STORAGE
Bardvvell Fruit Company
Terms Reasonable
Phone 124
ar!i
United War Work
Campaign Week
TIIOSi: nrKanliillimn par
ll(latlnK in tills ilrivfl for
fund. nro Brrvhitf our lioys
in the srrvlro on lunil nnd
son. Ho generous. G1VK.
A few moro dollars deposit
ed nt tho First National
Hank will help you miike it
up.
Wm. G. Talt, President
FIRST
Hi
BANK
MF.DFORD. ORE.
TTIMillll.l HI INffflfflTi
(.APITAI. IO0(XO
mzf
OIM CHUKO
China Herb Btort
Herb cure for earache, he&dach,
catarrah, dlpthcrla, sore throat,
lung trouble, kidney trouble, stomach
troiibio, heart trouble, chills eod fT
or, cramps, coughs, poor circulation,
carbuncles, tumors, rrackAd bmst,
cures all kinds of goiters. NO Or
EltATIO.'JS. Medford, Oregon, Jsn 13, 1117
TO WHOM IT HAY CONCERN:
This Is to certify that I, the on
! dorslKned, had Tory severe stomach
trouble and had been bothered for
, soveral years and last August was not
exported to live, and hearlns of Olm
'Chung (whose Herb Store Is at III
I South Front street, Medford) I de.
elded to get herbs for my stomach
I trouble, and I storted to feeling bei
ter as soon as I used tbem and today
am a well man and can heartily rec
ommend anyone afflicted as 1 was to
seo dm Chung nnd try hit Herbs.
(Sinned) W.R.JOHNSON,
Witnesses: v
M. A. Anderson. Medford
S, II. Holmes, Eagle Point,
Win. Lewis, Esxle Point i
W. I,. Chlldreth, Essie Point,
C. E. Moore, Eagle Point.
J. V. Mclniyre, Eagle Point,
Ceo. Ft. Von der Hellen, Eagle Point,
Tbos. E. Nichols, Eagle Point.
Friday, 'une liHth, War Savlaga Day