Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 24, 1918, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextfrAOE SIS MElTFORn MATIJ .TUTRUNTE, MEDFOltTV OKTCflOX. TUESDAY, TWCRMW.R 2- ini.iii-..i,-, 101R COLONEL KELLY . WRITES HE WiLL BE - The following two letters from Uout. Colonel' E. E. Kelly to his wife und fuuiilv here in Metlt'ord will be of a rout interoBt' to bis many friends iu the citv: Hd. D; S. 0. 80th Div., APO. "50 ' .' ' November 23rd. 1918. ' Tho division has been marehinir t-nck out' of tho lino the distance bo iair about 150 Tnilca. 1 enmo on ahead Koinir bv tho way of Toul, Neufehu toau and Chaiimont, whoro I visited l'ricnds. The march will take seven or eight davs vet and these headquar ters will be at a little town called Anev Le France, but do not address mail to this place, send it as usual. Wo arc to be in a rest area pendinir tho consummation of the armistice terms. Ten divisions are beins sent home.'. Just when this division will no it is impossible to shy. On the wav down I visited mv old friend. Gen. Gibbs of the sicnol corps and had a verv nico visit.: 1 also" visited with one of the bis moguls of our organi sation who said to me that theshr Jial corps appreciated mv work in France and that I was to have mv choice of asshmmcnts that were available. I could so to Germanv. or thev would secure mv appointment on some of the important commis sions. I said to him : the war is over and there appears to be no possibility of a resumption of hostilities, I want to remain as lonironlv as there is an cincrecnc w but I now feel that mv first obligation is to mv fnmilv and 1 therefore ask to be sent home at an early date..- Ho said that can be ar ranged and vou . will be taken care of nt the first opportunity. So it ap pears that! am to continue in the -verv fine streak of luck that has characterized mv service here. I do not know when it will be that I will tnrt but I am confident that it will not be verv lone at the most. Since the conclusion of hostilities the weather has been very fine with heavy . frosts every nisht but the ' usual thing of bright diiyn.. We are in a verv pret ty part of, France (Old , Bur pundv) and not far from the scene j of tho surrender of the lust Gaul to Caosor. I could have been billeted in1 a famous French chateau of the 16th j century, a wonderful place, but thej rooms were so large and cold that I prcfercd more comfortable but less pretentions Quarters. Most nnvthine .seems good after the front line ex perience.: I have vcr vlittlc to-do iust now and having settled will write cv crv day until I ain ordered elsewhere. H don't seem possible that I will have! a. rest I have been so busy since com ing to France. . ' Nov. 24.1918. ' I This is Sunday nnd a rather auiet day in a -uuiet. quaint old town. We aro now getting nccustomed to tho auiet and can wake in tbe night with out missing the bic guns and the other sounds so familiar to the front line. I am doing a little work on a training schedule which will be nut into effect when the troops arrive. It will be a simple schedule with close order infantry drill, setting up exer cises arid', some simple technical in struction.: I'm also planning a voca tional school for anv bright lads in tho division who want to take un ra dio, telephony or telegraph. These occupations will keep the bovs from getting lonesome, kcon them out of mischief, give them good unnetitei and mnke for better health. A new. major is coming to the battalion to relieve the t present ' bnttalion com mander nnd I should like to size him up before I'm sent away. These men are now veterans, thev hnvo dono won derful work in tho field, and I should hate to see some new affd untried theorist iusl arrived giving them the worst of it. i .. ,- -,.'-. I havo not had a letter in days and days and while I know thnt the Mail Tribtino has been mailed dnilv I have not received .more than two copies in three months. Right flow villi very little doing news of home would be most welcome.' Every man. or at least with mighty few exceptions, is ansious to get homo nnd the time from now on will be most trying to lots of them.. : v : ,' Wo got, very little news hare. The napurs come dunv but thev are usual ly two page affairs without much news. " It woiild appear thut the tonns of the' armistice are boihe carried out with unusual. pi-dmntitudo and it ,i? ; safe to Bay that when these become mierativ'o there will bifc little need of ' Afnencnii'soldiors m France. ; It is rtitito (ntorestihg. now to look at the back' .data': papers and to tuke note tin their views of the duration of the war."' 'Few1 people here expected it to finish so soon.. If I had been strong '.for betting I could have picked up ouite some; money with mouths to snare on the time of the finish: hit within six davs on mv guess as to the rehdicution of the kaiser and plan Cil his refiiee.ih Sweden instead of llol and. It must be said for tho Ger mans thaf thev made a mighty game aud masterly fight right tip to the last dav and that verv fow guessed how hoar they we're to being all in; In the uintter of eauipment ho hud it nil over the - allies, and his stair ofri- eers were far better than ours. His troop dispositions worn quite wondur fl nnd, lie had hii jutelliTcnee Kvstem - that let. very littlo escape. " To this hip-hlv .trained and organized staff Kftao of onr work must hive seemed ""' eloiueiiUrv. Out. the Amoriuau itIVHtiyujn, tli lad that packed the I F"MI''. (jfa?- Ldmund Vance -ook.e '. I raw three Genit H5ir5 a e 'un' . Ere HiHory had ieun; . And one cried "Glory !-we have lyjrnisd his- path;" Ad one cried "Peace !- arrb Uie winler- wrath; " And one Cried out "Goalill! ""ood will to-men! Tor now the earth sh'sll ffocU axn." 1 jaw trire Anolf flying from afar, - "k; And fcillowira 5tar-. -And one sanZ "Glory ! - to Ore coming morni" Arid one san ' Peace ! - wfiora baby Prince i? bom yVnd one sang out, Good will ! i will io rnen! Taith , Hope and Love are in the world aoir). " ' I saw l"hrce Aces winin ihrour tho rjihfe, ; Af lei- tio . hard- Jouhl -Rht. . And ona - called .'Glory! for tho war i? won;" ynd one callei "Peace", thfo Iraedy ir done;" . A"nd one called out "Gooi will 1 jooJ will to wen! X-ucifer fells' ! -and ChrklTnaS' Comes a,"air7 it, 2S .1 i t.pwiv-.. ;i"i5W mmm 1 gun and "the hand grenade, was the bov that surprised him. These men took as naturally to open war as a duck takes to water and it was iust a cose of Kritz meeting a better nian. There is much work to be done over here. America has billions of dollars worth; of property in France. Great doeksi hundreds of miles of buildings. railroads,, telegraph and telephone lines and great operating plants that must bo disposed of. Much of this will doubtless go to the French iu liquidation of the 'tremendous ' debt we owe tbcra for ordnance, munitions. eViiiipinent anu the use of facilities. The French must have smiled some when the , sentimental senator sug gested a cancellation of their loant ? When the final figures' in the French cost bill has been reached we will not be cmbnrrassing our other allies bv suggestions of this character. s v EWARD E. KELLT. U. S. MARINES CITED BRAVERY IN ACT! PARIS. Monday. Dec. '23. The names- of; 185. Amcnean soldiers cited for bravery during the fight ing of October 3 to October 10 at St. Eticnne, Blanc Mont and MedeaU farm in the Champagne, aro printed in the Journal official. The men be longed to the 8th regiment of marines, tho ffth infantrv, the 23rd infantrv. tho fifth'regiment of marines, the 6th machine gun battalion, the fifth ma chine gun battalion, the 4th mnchine gun battalion, the" 2nd regiment- of engineers, and the ambufance conw. SHARP CALLED HOME BY BROIHER'S ILLNESS PARIS, Monday. Dee.' 23. William Oi Sharp, American oiiibussador to France, culled aoori President Wilson this evening to bid good bvo as he has' been Unexpectedly. ' "called lo America by the severe .illness of a brother in Ohio.. He; leaves tonight. Robert 'Wood's.; Bliss, 7 counsellor of the embassy, will be charge d'affaires during his absence. V,-,' v ' .,-. ..i;- EI TO LONDON. Monday. Dec. 23 Ar rangements for the banauot to be given Friday night in honor of Presi dent Wilson are similar to those made for the. king of Denmark during his racent visit. The banquet room in Buckingham palace is decorated ill white and gold and has some of the finest tapestry in . existence. It is the largest room in the palace. There is a throne in one end but this prob ably will be hidden bv flowers. In the other end is an organ loft which will accommodate the orchestra. The substitutionfof the dinner to be given bv Premier Llovd George for the banquet which was to have beer, given at Lancaster House on Satur day night means that .it will bo a much smaller and more intimate as semblage, tho president meeting only a small body of men from the impe rial war cabinet. ' ' r ' Mr. Wilson will dine with King George at Boiickingham palace Mon day evening. He will leave the palace at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, pass through lines of troops on his wav t the station and take his train for Do ver. The reception at Guild Hall Sat urday'will occur in the great hall in stead of the library. This will en able a much larger company to w't ness tbe ceremony, incident to the presentation of tho addres sto tho president. - Tho "Belgian suite" in Buck'ncham palace, which the president and Mrs. Wilson will occupy, is on 'the first floor of the palace, facing the gar den. Pruhabiv one of tho most hand somely furnished of the seven rooms comprising the' suite in the "Spanish room" which is intended lor a drosfi iiig roon). On either side of the linnd 'some'! "dcoU.-ateri 55 re place there stand "remurkahlo ' Buhl eiibinels. These and other ctiiiincl.s in the room of ormolu and silver of nuliduo le siggn, aro cunxuiercd "of groat value. SAN RANClSCO; Dec. 23; Thr-ie eharges.of murder against Kdward f). Nolart. co-defendant of Thomas J. Moonevin the preparedness (lav bomb mnrdcr cases here, wero dismissed bv Sipierior Judge .Franklin A. Griffin tonnv because of lack ot cvidonvo. .ludga Griffin. is tho judge who tried nnd sentenced Moonev to bo hanged following his conviction for one ';f the bomb murders. Moonev's sentence luter was committed to life imprison menl. '. : Five charges ,.uf murder remain against Nolan :n two other, counts A; parent troubled over a child or a fast-growing youth, could do no better than to , utilize '. the definite -help that . :-'.;.:;.:.-.; r 'V;.-:; 9t A Very little of Scott's every day, during a time vi suess, iumisnes elements or nourishment essential to the blood and tends to confirrn a rrfiivin rhilrl !v in robustness. For your bov or mrL vou will not be satisfied with anything short of Scott's. . ltls.itno,liloiaO?lilN,J, . H-a 7 E- ARRiVE IN NtW YORK NKW YORK. Dec. 2. Brliaing 3,865 officers and men of the Ameri can oversous urniv homo from France, the French line steamship France, now nn nrmv transport, reached here today. Among them were 214 wound ed officers and J.504 wounded men. of whom 223 were classed as mental eases, suffering from shell shock ami nervous troubles. The Persin .Mum also arrived today with HT officers who liuve been at tending trninin-jr schools in France and 12 wounded men. v BERLIN SOLDIERS ARE BEGGING FOR CHRISTMAS m BERLIN. Sunday. Deo. 22. fllv tho Associated Pr.V Tho outlook for Berlin's ' first revolutionary ChrUtums Appears io bo anything bill merry. The diuptisitiou of the Hit liiiors seems glooinv. i Newr before have' beggam buwi so numerous.' Throe .yearn ngo It soldier would ' not he permitted 'to walk tho streets hrimifurm anil hca. rrofessioiml begnis nud emmlej and invalid kildiors iutltiplv in hum'-, her dailv,. aulni'ientcd bv other sol diers who sell cigarettes, soap anil swuctnieats brought in from west of tho Rhine. An odd holiday sicetaulv is an able bodied suldier In uniform grinding out Clivijtmuu lunsie frotu n'street oivim, . ' - The mood of tile holiday shopper plant and KriedrU'list rosso .present on incongruous ' nppearnncv with street stalls filled with flimsy wares and substitute for Christmas pastry and wax candles. . There will be little holiday travel iis through trains have been withdrawn and local trains have been stripped pf ordinary comforts, such us dining fu eilit im. li- tit in;' . and illAiuiuatiuu. Trii- which ordinarily took 12 honi1 now take SO. Trains are taken off without notice and printed schedules arc worthless. The newspapers are lacking in Christmas cheer. The mood of the holidav shopper inclines to books although the jewel ers are eurperine their lut war, pro fits. ' . " ' THE PROPER COURSE Information of IVIrek-mi Vnluo , to Kvory Medfortl Citizen. How lo net tn an omcrKoiiey la knowledeo of tnesttnmhlo worth, and this Is particularly true of the illx casca and Ills of tho humnn body. If you suffer with kidney buckache. ur inary disorders, or any form of Kid ney trouble, the m'.vtco contained Iu tho followiiiR statement should add a valuable assoi to your storo of know- IcdKo. What could he more cnnvttlo- lili? proof of the efficiency of Doau'e Kidney IMlis than the statement of a nenrby resident who has used them and publicly tells of tho benefit de rived? : : ; J. 1. Ratnuolft, H. F. D. So: 2. Cnii trul 'Point, Oro., suys: "Boveral yearn ago, I worked nt the stone mason trade and during that tlmo my hurU Rave me great denl of troulilo. . I had hard work KuttliiR down anil-1 could hardly straighten up. After I had taken J Donn's Kidney Cilia awhile, didn't have tho liimoni'Mi In my bnck and could get up and down as well as ever." . Prlco 0(c, at all doalora. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy Ket Uoan's Kidney PII18 the same thnt Mr. Samuels had. Fostcr-Mll- burn Co., JIfere., Uuffalo, N. Y. Adv. 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' r3t !irai)a Street, A Merry Christmas to You and Yours THE First National Bank ex tends this wis1) (hrouuh Di rectors. Officials and Mem bers of the Staff.' -: " ' May our . Bov3 across the seas Know f'at Metlford Is with thfifi in Su'rit as well as tn Mini). .. ; -. v Wm.;Q.;talt Prsitient.'. V Orls 'CrtWVardj Caslilerv; '-'(-j iiuiKt'Toiw , (Clias M.' IvukIIsIi Monry jlnrt eo. yf. iliiiin' J.- Hi d.'oolcy V, It. 1)hiief Vi Cliasi Strang ; v, Win;1!;. Tail. . ' MEDFORD, ORE. i rmrniimiiiiiirrffi VT-An.rAi ttnnnnn niniriniiiiiiii Theres a Virginia who was chewing and swapping yams with (lie men on the Post Office corner. "Hovu a chew," says he to Jake, Jake doesn't think ho' chow ing unless his check bulges out like, he had the mumps, "Call that n chew?'; he snorts. ''Sure!" snys the -: "' ' ; i k. " oftlcoman, "Th! ia Rcti Gravely. That small chew otUihlies, nnd the longer you chew it lha hotter it tastes. That's why it doesn't cost anything extra to chew tliis cass of tobacco," It (Ml DMI lUrtl'l l tfl IU Kill ( It'll UU l If HI Mltll ttll, ... PEYTON BRAND . Real Gravely Chewing Plug 1 each piece packed in a pouch ' Buy Useful and Appreciative Christmas Presents for All the Family at West Side Pharmacy - M Eads Transfer ; w v. . i:'Vt-'. . and -:;- :-:;Vvu"i ":, Storage Company Wishes Eye ry body A Merry . Christmas and r ?A Happy; and Prosperous New Year ,. "We. Move Anything" The Right Kind of Service and When You Want It , 1 ti North Front Street. . . Phone 315 f iim '" i.i.-i in i in ... -in... a i n im.in i MEDFORD IEON WORKS FOUNDRY AND REPAIR 8H0P Alio ocent.for Fiiirhnnks nnd Morsel Engines. 17 outf "v-vfcM-" It's Making a Hit - j-;, J-J-J-CiII,',5 Our flour has just that favorite quality the goodness that pleases. . , . ' '' . .. It is making new friends all the tiitie. . j' , If you have not tried it order a sack of VILMO from your grocer today. . ' . R)gue Valley Mill Gd.