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HUN INDEMNITY
ESTIMATED AT
$7,500,000,000
London Bunker Declares Germany
Cnpnble of Mtetlnq Otjlltmtion
Largest Payment to Francs of 2
Billion Germany Mny Havo to
Suspend Domostl? Payments.
LONDON, 1 , 13. (Corrropon-
tlonoo of AiwnclntHd 1'rmu.) One
London bnnknr ontlitiatas (lint tlr
many will liavo to pay to tho ullloa
for reparation and rontltutlou about
t7,liOO,00 j, 000. Culcululud on a flvo
por cant IjiikIb, Willi n I percent sink
liif( fund, thl would muun un utinuul
olmrni) on I ho tlormun rovoniio or
450.000,000. llo nuyii tlioro can bo
no Uiinlloii of Oorintiny' ability to
moot Uiln ilumiuul.
It In limx'HBllilo, ho unyn, illwimnliiK
tho mibjccl In u nawnpiiir urll l. to
nrrlvo ht any npproxlmuta flKiira n
to dntitiiROH nml robboil In tho In
vaded territory. "Kor lluliflum," Iho
nrllclo conllntuui, "I would put tho
amount of Indomnlty at 1 1,4(10, 000,
000 of which um lovlii on llolKlnn
towna account for noinnthlim like
l.'.OO.OOO.OOO. I know of another
intimate- for lbtlitlum which U at
hlKh in 12,000,000,000, and a llol
Kluu of aonin nillhorlly ontlinnti'ii tho
ninotitit at soo,ooo.ooo."
Jt lillllim for l'rnliro
With roituid to h'rnnco ho unyn olio
cannot reckon tho lo mifforvd, "hut
conldirlnK that tho war linn bocn
waxod for Iho moat part on Kronen
torrltory, and In tho center of Imr In
dimtrlul nnn. wo may put tho fliture
nt 12,000,000,000."
Italy' d.-imtiKO in computed at
tlfiO.OOO.Ooo. Tho Kama amount In
not an Itumanlu'i hill, IncluilliiK tho
loiw of qumilltltm of foodmiffu and
duinaKo to oil wolls iiiul other prop
arty, llo think that JjO.ooo.ooo
would cover Hcrbln'ii lorn, and n llko
urn prohnhly would mlmuumo Kiik
IiiimI for dnmiiKCH cnunod by air rn!iln
and btimbiirdmonts, .
Ship liiilcnmliy .1IM).((MI,()0(I
BhlppliiK lonaia aro then dlnciiHaod.
"I estimate" ho unyn. "tho I nun of
til pn In flituron ot tonnnKO at nlno
million, nnd. Ink In Ft tho nvnrnRo
valuo ot 1200 a ton, thin would fltt
uro out at '11,800,000.000. AddlnK
tho tolnl valun of cnrnona ni nay,
$000,000.0(10, wo havo tho total of
12,700,000,000 for (Irent Hrltuln
dlono. Tho ahlpplnit Iohboh ot tho Bi
lls cmllmuto at 1 500.ono.O0O.
Roxardlnit (lurmiiny'a flnaucon, ho
cnlln :tcnllon to tho lant prownr
liudKot pronontod to tho rnlchntiiK
which allowed a rovonuo of 1NJ5,-
000,000. Tho CHtlmntn for tho urmy
wna 1202,500,000, and for tho navy
$107.1.00,000 total ft 00,000.000.
HiHIwnd Domnntlc Inttirmt
"KllmlniilliiK tho oxpondlluro for
nrmnmontn." tho artlclo noon on,
"thli would allow (lormany to pay
approximately tho Intercut and sink
ing fund on tho $7,500,000,000 com-
ponaatlon, leaving the halnnco of rov
onuo, whatovor it mlttht he. to moot
(ho coat of condiicttiiK tho amplro
and paying tho Intaroat on hor loana
which nmountod enrly In tho prcannt
your to $27,000,000,000, a sum which
hna, ot courno, boon auliatontlnlly in-
oroaaod Hlnce."
In order to moot tho allien' bill of
dnmaicca, tho writer naya, "It may bo
that Oormnny would havo to auapond
pnymont of Intercut on hor own wnr
louna I dnn t any alio would ropudl
nto thin ohllKiitlon."
NEW YOHK. Doo. IX Ellis O.
JoncH, miriiortotl iiuthor of n- docu
ment 8rcu1 briuiilcnst hero vpxtertlnv
"prooliiiinina" Hint n rciun of llolsho-
viKin would lioirm in thm cnuntrv nt
noon todnv. wnr nrroMlcd this nflor-
noon on tho mull nl Central l'nrk
when lia ultimiptoil to deliver on nd-
droH.
J'rior to Joiioh' nrrivnl nl Central
Purlt f)00 mounted policemen und mo
torevclo officers nnd a clolncliinent
of the nrmv provost eunrd lintl boon
Ntnlimifld, prcpnrcd for n tlemonstrn
tion bv rnclirnls. In n police slntion
12 Brownimr nincliiiio etina wore licit!
in renilini'HH.
Mother Falls Unconscious
"My mother, who la 09 yours old,
has boon troublod with her liver for
35 youra. Doctors aiiid alio lind g.ill
utonoa. Several tlmoa alio fell uii
conHolous becauao of those nttnoku.
Klght moivtha lino I noticed an nd
iVortlHomont of Mnyr's Wonderful
Romodv In the Toledo Dlndo nnd nur-
chaHod a bottle, which did hor n
(-rent amount of good, , She contin
ued tho treatment nnd has felt en
tirely well alnee." It is n glniplo,
harmless preparation that romovos
the catarrhal mucus from tho' lntcs
tlnal tract' and allays tho Inflamma
tion w'llch entisos prnotlcally nil
Blonindi, liver nnd IntoHtlnnl nil
montu, Including appondlcltla. One
doso will convince or money refund
ed. Sold by druggists ovorywhero.
Adv.
EVERY SCHOOL
SHOULD TEACH
d CHILD TRADE
Secy, ct Interior Lane in Annual Re
port Lave Emiil'asls on Education
Outlines In Dotal) Plan for Put
tinu nt"riictl Soldiers on Reclaim
ed Lands of Country,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Devel
opment of arid, nwninp und cot-over
lunda to provide fnrms for returnluK
aoldlnra, and improvement of tho
public rcIiooI nyHtoin to provlilo for
Amorlcuiiltullon of forelun-born ctt
Izona, nud tho odifcatlon of Illiterate
mountain whlto populutloua und no
Kroon, nro two big reconstruction
probloma, Bccretury of tho Interior
l.ano nnya In his unnmil roport tuiido
piilillc toduy, tichooln, ho added,
ahould lay iiioro ciuplinuls on Icach-
Ing trades,
Afier a noldler baa returned to hla
home, nald Mr. I.uno, If his old ponl
tlon In lint open nnd ha wlnhcs to
turn to an Independent Ufa "tbaro
would bo laid before him a number
of projects which tho government
had undertaken In the different sec
tions ot tho country. Let un annume
no uioro than throe, ono an Irrigation
scheme, another a dralnugo project,
u third the development of u body of
cut-nvor lands, Tho one would need
to havo groat damn constructed to
Impound and divert waters, a hydro
elect r In plant, in Ilea of cnnul and
tunnel, purhnps, Ihoiisnnds of acres
to he cleared nnd leveled, fenced und
broken. This would mean years of
work at good wages, work In the
open under hounlug conditions that
would seem palatial to the noldler of
tho trench, and nt tho end a ploco of
land on which would be erected a
houno und ham, a farm homo In a
group of farm homcA- Kor this ho
in mil pay. Hut already he has receiv
ed wiiros out of which ho can havo
nuvnd tho necessary first Installment
on hbi plnt-o of 10 or 15 per cent. Tho
balance with Interest ho can pay In
40 yearly Installments, or earlier If
he run."
Mr, L.iiio itatlmntcd that more
than nnn-thlrd, probably nearer ono
h.ilf, of the American troops In I'.tir
opo ciimo from farms, and probably
would wish lo return to tho agricul
tural work, ('tiro should bo taken,
howover, ho until that tho govern
ment In selling farms to theso men,
limit the slio and linporo restrictions
to prevent their being aggregated
Into great oslutes.
Cot Letts Than Strikes
Turning to tho question of cost,
Bocretnry I.nno said this would bo
"As much as wo wish to spend
loss than ninny a atrlko bus cost this
country."
"Would It bo unreasonable to ask
for as much as wo wllj spend this
your for pensions to tho veterans nnd
tholr dependents ot wars that ended
20 and 50 years ago?" he asked
"Would It bo unroasonablo to ask
that wo spend In tho next two years
on these veterans of t,ho great war
as mucn as It cost us to conduct tnnt
war for n alnglo week? Would a
pooplo that gavo out of hand, out of
a noble aonso of charity to quasi pub
lic orgunltutlons, $500,000,000 for
tho ontortalnmont and caro ot theso
boys hoaltato to buy tho bonds of
thin country for a like amount to pro.
vldo pence work, homo work, and
homes for those name boy?
NiitJon Must Kcononil7
"Wo havo spont largely for this
wnr and largely wo must spend for
many years to come. Wo aro to econ
omic that we may meet our debts;
this must bo the national policy. But
to stop growth Is not economy. To
stand pnralytod In tho prosonco of a
dobt Is to becomo Its victim, ling
land Is planning In tho hundreds ot
millions of pounds storllng for hous
ing nnd Innd schemes. Canada with
lens than 7,000,000 pooplo Is otforlng
to each man 100 acros of land nnd
$2500 with which to lmprovo It
Suroly tho United States, which has
oscapod with so slight a comparative
Iosr in life, will not do loss.
"Tlioro enn bo no suror Insurance
for tho nn'ilon than to put Its men
upon tho soil, and tlioro can bo no
wisor Investment that a nation can
mako than to ndd lo Its torrltory by
taking from desort and waters nnd
desolation lnud that Is now uncloss.'
In concluding his roport on . tho
subjoct ot oducution, Air. La no said
"I should llko to see tho day when
ovcry child learned a trndo whllo nl
school, trained his mind and hla
hand together, lifted labor Into art
by tho application ot thought,"
WASHINGTON, Doc. 13. Ships
with aggregating carrying capacity
of 800,000 tons havo boon turnod
over by the nrmy quurtormnstor de
partment to the shipping board tor
roturn to trndo routoa. Major Gon
ornl Ooothala today so'tiiformod Son
alor Smith ot South Carolina ot the
sunuto Intorstnto enmmorco committee.
S0METlMES::irGNARROW; '.THEfC AGAIN. IT'S
.SPLIT
Ww:h mf AH (Mm
Wit-k-X'''-v ' At
fB KNOW that It's skirting a..
dangoroiis subject but well
what do you think of tho pantalot
panel skirt?
The Ingredients for the gown at
tho left aro bluo vclour, smoked
pearl buttons and bluo (ox bauds.
OF
WASHINGTON, Doc. 13 A "tlioro
and comprehonslvo" Investigation of
the army's bundling of tho spruce
wood situation In tho northwest Is
being made, Secretary linker today
advised tho senate In response to n
resolution by Senator I'olnduxlor of
Washington.
mi o
Portland Livestock
PORTLAND. Doc. 13. Cattlo
Bloody; rccolpts 171. Steers, prime
1 l.r.OM 12; good to cholco $ iO.r, o or
H.fiO; medium to good $9.50jr 10. .10
fair to medium SSft'9; common to
fair STi.GOft 7. B0; cows and belters
choice $7.73 Si 8; medium. to good JO
l 7; fair to medium 55j G; runners
JtiJM; bulls 7; calves ?!)iu 12;
stockers and feeders $G( 9.
Hogs stonily; receipts 905. Prime
mixed S10.75ii 17.10; medium mist
ed $10.50 (if 10.75; rough heavies
$14.75$: 16; pga $1415; bulk
$10.85.
Sheep stonily; receipt 134. Prime
lambs $12r! 13; fair to medium $'J6i)
11; yearlings $10(!i 11; wethers $9
4(10; owes $G4jS; rough heavies
$14.60(114.75.
llulter
PORTLAND. Dec. 13. Butter
firm. City crenmory prints, extras,
box lots 65c; half boxes one-hulf
cont more; loss than half boxes lc
moro. Buying prico buttertnt, coun
try, 07c; cubo extras 62 Vic.
Portland Grain
PORTLAND, Deo. 12. Onts. $55
bid; corn, $50 bid.
Millstuffs Mill run t. o. b. mill:
Carlots $32.10; mixed cars $32.60;
loss than carlots $34.1035.10; roll
ed burloy $55D9; rolled oats $010
65; ground barley $5C60; alfalfa
meal $40(044.
Women Workers Hone to Remain.
nUTTB. Mont.. Dee. 13. Women
cinrino wipers nnd car olenncrs, em
ployed in loenl railway -yards, nro
eonl'idenl. of retnininir their positions
oven wliould tho return of the soldiers
erenle n iiluthorn of labor. "
ATTACKS NERVES
Sloan's Liniment scatters
tho congestion and
relieves pain
A little, applied without rubbing, will 1
Penetrate immediately and rest and
soothe tile nerves.
Sloan's Liniment is very offective In
allaying external pains, strains, bruises,
nehes, stiff joints, sore muscles, lumba
go, neuritis, sciatica, rheumatic twinges
Keep a big bottle always on hand
for family use. Druggists overywher.
At tho right Is a stunning even
ing costume to prove to what ex
tremes narrowness may go. Tbls
skirt hem Is woll satisfied with 4tt
Inches! ISlack pussy willow satin
is the foundation and the drap
eries are of black silk net with
heavy embroideries of black and
electric blue sequlus.
U. S. SERVICE MEDAL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. ITpon
tho recommendation of General Per
shing and with the approval of Presi
dent Wilson, Secretary Itakcr today
awarded the distinguished service
modal to flnneral Peyton C. March,
chief of staff.
In presenting the decoration be
fore a large assemblage of army offi
cers. Secretary Baker laid stress
upon tho fact thnt It was won thru
efficient sorvlco both In France as
chief of artillery of the first Amer
ican army, and at home as chief of
staff.
ticcqy ca econ cs t
XKEN the housewives of America
serve a breakfast ' 120 miliioa
times in one year there must be sotno
very good reason! 4 ' '.
Their families love Aunt Jemima Fan
cakes better than any other breakfast
tiicy cen serve! Such tender, golden
brown cakes they arc! With a fra
C3'.nce that brings tho children pcll
ir.cll downstairs, and a flavor that
ir.r.kes them want more more more !
And this breakfast is so easy to pre
pare. Add a little water and the batter
is made pep them on the griddle and
the cakes are done! No measuring,
no mixing, no trouble at all. Perfect
cakes in two minutes!
And they arc pcrfcctto'nW. There's
no chance of failure, when you use
'A.U.N t Jem ima
Pancake Flour
Copyright ISIS by Aunt Jemima Mills
E
CUT AS DISHONOR
liRncifcS, Dec. IS. (Correspon
dence of Asfoclutcd Press.) An un
dent form of punishment In favor In
the middle ages has been adopted In
Belgium for Belgian women who
were too friendly toward the Ger
man Invaders or who listened to their
lovo making. They have been shorn
of their hair. In Bruges several wom
en havo suffered this form of retri
bution and either must remain In
doors or patronize the wig makers.
It Is known that this method bas
been applied In at least one other
place. The scenes attending the ap
plication of tbls punlthmcat have
been rather boisterous.
Corporal punishment Is visited
upon the pro-Germans among the
Belgian men but few of these await
ed the wrath of the Bolgian aven
gers. They decamped before the
Belgian troops reoccuplcd the cities
and towns which had been held un
der Gorman domination.
Such cases as these have been re
markably few. The wonder Is that
there have not been more. The pro
portion of renegades is so small as to
reflect greater glory on poor little
Belgium.
50 PER CENT CHILDREN
PHYSICALLY UNFIT
CIUCAOO. Dee. 13. Fifty ner cent
of the 2'.Mi(MI()U bos nnd cirls of
school ace have nhv.-ucal defeetx that
'inixMie normal development, William
S. K,i;al!, hi hool hrciene specialist of
the ledernl burcuu of educiition. said
in nn mldress todnv before the Amer
ici.n Public Health association.
- After declaring the nation's need
of "plivni-al educntion" is imperative,
the speaker pointed out that 2.500,
000 men in the first draft were dis
aunlified for active military service
because of physical defects, and add
ed: -
"Bointf unfit for military service,
they were therefore unfit to render
full Kcrviee in nnv caoncitv. Thev
were tumble to tet full returns from
life in work nnd huppinc-is."
Cotton Conmittee Resicns.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. Reslg
nation of the cotton distribution com
mittee of tho wnr trade board head
ed by Charles J. Brand nnd revoca
tion of all regulations established by
thft committee was announced today.
he coffee is I
lit . "
The ;.best breakfast
and the easiest
eeasiesi
Aunt Jemima. The fiour is especially
ground and blended, so the cakes aro
always the same.
And the milk is already in it! -
Sweet milk has been powdered and
mixed in Aunt Jemima Flour it
gives these cakes their famous flavor.
And you are saved ail that extra ex
pense
Order a package of Aunt Jemima Par.
cake Flour today. Besides the best
pancakes you ever ate, it makes fine
waffles and light, tender muffins fcr
your morning coffee. And for buck
wheat cakes there is Aunt Jemima
Buckwheat Flour (in the yellow pack
age). Aunt Jemima Mills Company,
St. Joseph,-Missouri.
Company
SHOW VIALS ACID
AT I.W.W. TRIAL
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 13. Viali of
acids and a revolver equipped with a
maxim silencer were taken In a raid
In San Francisco on the rooms of
Godfrey Elbel, one of the defendants
In the Industrial Workers of the
World conspiracy ase, Thomas Mul
hall, deputy United States marshal,
testified at the trial here today.
Accounts ot raids on I. W. v.
headquarters in Stockton, Calif., and
San Francisco, September ' 5, 1917,
were given by James B, Holohan,
United States marshal at San Fran
cisco, and several of his deputies.
One hundred pictures of Frank
Little, who was lynched at Butte,
Mont., in August, 1917, posters re
ferring to Joe Hill, known as Joseph
Illllatrom, executed at Salt Lake
City, Utah, in November, 1913. for
the murder of a grocer, and many
papers and booklets were seized, Hoi
obun said. In a raid on an establish
ment In San Francisco. Pamphlets
with captions "War what for?" and
"The copper kings have spoken
what la your reply?" were among
the documents seized, Holohan testi
fied. On cross-examination, the marshal
testified be had arrested Robert Con
nellan, one of the defendants whom
he called "Dubjin Bob", In Salinas,
Cal.
"Louis Purcntc told me he was
secretary of the Italian I. W, W.
branch and was being paid for
spreading the propaganda," Thomas
Mulhall, deputy marshal, said io tell
ing of a raid on a building in Vallejo
street, San Francisco, Sept. 5, 1.917.
1 KILLED SI REET EAR
WRECKKANSAS CilY
KANSAS CITY. SIo.. Dee. 13.
Two' persons were killed, four per
sons sustained serious injuries and
12 others sliuhtlv iniured when n
street car run wild down the Twelfth
street viaduct here this afternoon,
left the trucks oh the lower approach
to the structure und crashed into the
Union Pacific freight depot.
Limited street car service, each car
cunrded bv two policemen, was re
sumed hero this niorniuz after a strikt
had completely tied m nil lines here
and in Kansas Citv. Kas.. since Wcd
ndav momimr.
.1
!NS 25
Health So I tail Iteforo Taking Tnnlnc
Don't See How Mho'
, J.lved
"A little tiss than two months ago
I began taking Teniae and since that
time I have actually gulned twenty
five pounds," was tbo remarkable
statement made by Mrs. J. W. Wil
liams, of 659 Orcas street, Seattle,
Wash., recently.
; "My health has been very poor ;toft
many years," she continued, "but my
condition has been so bad during the
past two or three years that I really
don't see how I lived. I suffered
most all the time with fearful head
aches and awful pains In my back
and. In fact, I was racked with paltr
all over. I lost my appetite, and roy
norves became so shattered that I
hardly knew what sleep was. When
my husband lost his sight my duties,
of course, became, doubly hard, and
'rhy health being bad already, I kept
going down under the strain. . I did
everything I could to keep out of bed
but finally got to where I was Just
up and down would sit up one day
and he In bed the next and I even
trad to give up my housework because
I was so weak. Every day was Just
.another, day of suffering and misery,
for me." ; :. ; -
"I yent down from one hundred
and forty (founds to less than a hun
dred, and was Just a frame with
: scarcely strength to move around. , I
finally made up my mind from what
I rend about Tanlac to try It and t
have certainly found It wonderful. '1
now weigh one hundred and twenty
five pounds and if anyone could feet
like a new person I do. My appetfle
is 8ptfcndidar.il I am Just building up
every day. .My nerves are In good
condition, I have gotten rid of all my,
pain and no-r 1 sleep like a child
every night. ., I have gained so much
in strength already that I can do all
my houBoworJt without any trouble
and I har been benefited so much
, that I am glad to recommend Tanlac
to everybody."
Tanlac is sold in Medford by West
Side Pharmacy, in Gold Hill by M. D.
Bowers, in Central, Point by Miss M.
A. Mee, In Ashland by J. J. McNalr.
AdT
E5!
Early
Shopping
Careful
Shopping
THOSE are both oood suq
Bestions this Christmas.
Early shopping- relieves con
nestiort in the Medford
stores. Careful shopplnn
eliminates waste
You'll,, find your checks
drawn gn the FIRST NA
TIONAL acceptable at all
shops and stores.
Wm. G. Tait President.-.
FIRST
NATIONAL
MEDFORD. ORE.
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(CAPITAL IOO.OOO .
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FURS
. See our big lino. ,
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