I'XCIE FOUR IfEDFORD MAIti T3IBUNE Ati rrrninPKvnFNT newspaper. PUBMHIIED KVHHT AFTKHNOON BXCKPT 8UNDAT BY TUB UKDKOI1D PltlNTINQ CO. Office, Ma.ll Tribune Bulldlnc, ll-17-It xorin fir street, rnone it. A eoneolMattrro of the Demoorstle rtinas, The .Medforfl Mll, The Medfor Tribune, The Southern OnKonUn. IU AahlAcd Tribune. The Hertford Hundny H.in In furniehed subscriber dMlrinc . HnnUr dally Dewepaper. OBORQB PUTNAM, Editor. arcrascrwrPTiow num T HAIL IN ADVANCE: Dally, with Sunday Sun. 7eer.IC.00 Dally, with Sunday Sun, month Dally, without Sunday Bun, year. 1.00 Dally, without Sunday Sun, month .60 Weekly Mall Tribune, one year 1.50 Bundav Bun, one year. 1.60 BT CAHIUKR In Medford, Aehlsnd, Jacksonville, Central Point, Phoenix: Dally, with Sunday Sun, year.IJ.li0 Daily, with Sunday Sun, month .OS Dally, without Sunday Run, year, S.00 Dally, without Sunday Sun, month ,60 Official paper of the City of Medford. Official paper of Jackson County. Entered an econa'-clima matter at Medford, Oregon, under the aot of March e, ioiv. Iwon O&Uy vcer&cr c t renin tin n for tx month c&diug- Doc 31, 1918 ...3,04a MEMBER OF TRT5 A880CIAT&I PRESS. Full IieaMd Wire Service Tha Ano slatM Prsa i exclusively entitled to th un for republleation of nil new 6Jpatchea credited to It or not other wIm credited tn this papr, and also th local mwb published herein. All rlshts i repuouoatton or apeoiaj oiapaio&ea heraln are aleo reserved. SHIPPED BUTTE TACOMA, Wash., Fob. 11 Twelve men and one officer left Camp Lewis last night tor Butte, Mont., where they will join forces with tho units of the 44th Infantry now on strike duty there. The men are all expert machine gun men and include four machine gun sergeants and eight ma chine gunners, who are privates. The name of the officer was not given out for publication. The men followed within a few hours of a shipment of eight machine guns to Butte, there . being some troops already there who are capable of operating them. The pieces sent are four light Brownings and four heavy, of the same type. With them was expressed IS, 000 ronnds of am munition and 100 grenades such as have been found most effective in France. . r.. The men and guns were sent in re sponse to a request to Major General John F. Morrison from Major A. U. Jones, in command of the regular army troops in Butte. Medford people will again have all of the fresh smelt they can eat for a while as the Columbia river smelt are starting on their annual run. Mr. Gilbert of. the local fish company, has made arrangements for a daily sup ply of the little fish direct from the fishermen and says he will be able to sell them at a very low price. This will certainly be appreciated by all, as the prices of meat and fish have been very high this winter. For those who know what these fish are now explanation Is necessary, but for those who have never tried 1hem, they are small fish the size of brook trout and very much alike in shape, making a very attractive pan fish. rich In flavor and solid meat. Private George .D. -Hodges, Gaston, Ore. i' . . ' . Wounded severely: . Private Leon' ard D. Black Eugene, Ore, . ' Killed .in., action,, previously ..re ported wounded, -degree undetermin ed:; Private York E. Hammond, Ore gon City, Ore. : Wlounded, degree undetermined: Private Albert A. Seidel,- Sberwood, Ore.; Private Glenn H. McFerrion, Heppner, Ore.: Private Luther Jen- een. Junction City, Ore.' ' ' Wounded slightly:. Privates . Wil- aiam cyr, rortiana, ure.; uustave HiUer, Corvallis, Ore.;' Jacob Vines, Portland, Ore. DONT NEGIECT A RHEUMATIC PAIN , ... ., . . ,.. . . , Go of ter it vyitK Sloan's Ltniment before it gets ' x dangerous Apply 8 Willi don't rub, !et it pent trait, and uood-by twinge! Same (or external aches, pains, strains, stiffness of joints or muscles, lameness, bruises. s . Instant relief without mussincss or Boiled clothing.1 Reliable the biggest aclling liniment year after year. Eco nomical by reason of enormous sales. Keep a big bottle ready at all times., Ask your druggist for Sloan's Liniment. TODAY'S CASUALTIES j Trices 30c, COc and $1.20, WRITE YOUR PROTEST. EVERY-session of tho legislature hits been disniat'od .-".by lobbies seeking legislation for special interests. Southeastern Oregon has been an especial offender. A lobby from this region, dominating a previously pledged ueicguiiuii, fail tir.ii;iii ue ltuiiiu ileitis; tu j;ni" rwtiii-iiiui$; from the publie domain or seeking to legalize a theft of land or water lor exuloitation. rue resultant scandals have been many especially during the past decade and litigation ensuing to make valid tho grabs for the benefit of foreign corporations and speculators have filled the courts. The present session is no exception. The self seekers are organized in force. Hidden under the reclamation projects for furnishing work the attempted destruction of Malheur lake, the greatest States. The efforts to pull of the project, a corporation South Dakota, and financed described by state biologist Y . L. Jnnley : "What were the flrtit steps of these promoters? Tlioy wore behind tho Thompson hill, passed by the legislature of 1913. Hero was tho joker thnt may put Malheur Lake out of existence. Tho stato lnud board was given the right to authorize persons or corporations to drain lakes nml swamp lands and sell the land. Malheur Lake should have been excepted in this bill. It was created a federal reservation five years previous to this act. Federal wardens have protected and will protect the birds, but the flaw in the government title la that the state land board may allow promoters to drain the lake. Of course, the promoters promise not to kill the birds. But when they drain tho lake and the place reverts to an alkali desert, the flocks without place to nest or feed, will naturally puss out cf existence. "The legislature of 1919 Is morally bound to pass llouso Bill 370, in troduced by Representative McKnrland, ceding any stnte jurisdiction ovor Malheur Lai;e to tho federal government. They will do it, if the people of Oregon a :k It. Yet what is the present status? The proiuotars who are about to destroy this National monument that ahould be sacred to the memory of T;ico.'oro Riosovelt have been orKimlied for yoars. Their lobby has ben at Salem since, the session started. I have been told again and again that 'House Bill 376 has no chance whnte.or of linssing the Hous.-. The pledgei hnco been lnudo: tho vo.es huvo boon counted. The whole, eastern Oregon delegation, solid for irrigation umt reclamation, is behind the draining of Malheur Lake.' I do not believe it. Some people are not deceived by the promoter's scheme to iuke some alkali flats in Harney county the garden spot of the world, a rich agri cultural community, a wonderful asset to Harney, because they claim it will bring a flood of farmers from Kansas and Nebraska?" The waters of this shallow lake are alkaline. Its bed will be an alkali flat, valueless for agricultural purposes though on paper it may appear a fertile region and lure the eastern sucker to tfie profit of the promoter. Yet the scheme will succeed and millions of birds be deprived of their nesting place unless the people wake up and protest to their legislators. Malheur lake is a national attraction and tourist asset as well as necessary to tho preservation of bird life. It therefore concerns everyone. It is up to the people to in dividually write to members of the legislature to save the bird refuge by passing H. B. 376 which cedes state juris dition over Malheur lak to the federal government. There are plenty of lakes and swamps for the specula tors and exploiters to drain and market as farm laiicls, without disturbing this one lake reserved for our feather ed friends the loss of whom will be felt bv all. ' Trench Rent Stories Only Bunk (From the Stars and Striucs. Three of the most persistent of the dozens :of rumors which circulated through the A. E. F. during the war. now believed to have been put into circulation by German propagandists in an attempt to undermine the friendliness of French and Americans. wero finally set at rest this week bv an authoritative denial issued bv M. Andre Tardieii, the "French liiult comtuLsisoner for Franco-American affairs. ' : There was one fine varn which traveled ud and down the A. E., F on the subject of the French towns destroyed in the path of the Ameri can advance. Rnmor had it that be fore the wicked American gunners were allowed to blast the Germans out of the helpless French villages in which thev had due themselves in, the French government raised a restrain ins hand and stipulated first that, bc- .i'ore thev might fire a shot, the rough Americans must promise to Tobuild every village. . , Then .the storv went wildly on. Qcncrnl Pershing, in order to press on toward victory, reluctantly gave his promise. This comic serial, which never had a erain of truth in it, is dismissed by JL Tardieu's denial. "Edison Gas" Blows Up He also takes the trouble to deny the grotesnnet yarn which furirLihed a climax to that long series of rumors about "Kdison eas." The Americans went into the war with a secret con viction that, in some mysterious wav, Mr. Kdison would lock himself ur in his laboratory and win it for thern. Therefore there was soon flourishing some low down that he had invented a gas so deadly that, with a single bar rage from the gas engineers, whole German divisions would be obliterat ed. When summer wore on ami no evidences of such wholesale nnJ agreeable destruction in the American sectors was forthcoming, there" bad to be some explanation of what had be fallen the Edison gas. Of course the real explanation wns that there was no such thing as Edison gas.. But this would never do. So ru mor, speaking with a pronounced .(Ger man accept, was soon busy with the tale that the French had cruelly for bidden the use of it by the brave Americans, because its release in any region would render the soil in that region sterile for seven years, Edison gas .was a ,mvth from beginning to end, but its final chapter was the most fantastic of all. ! French Rent Myth The "Trench Rent" storv is nlso lassoed bv M. Tardicu. In a state; ment made by him. lie explains : "It is said that the American Ex peditionary Forces hnve had to pay trench rent to the French govern ment for every sector hold nlone the French front; also that some sort of rent had to be paid for (-round wrest ed from (he enemy uiul occupied bv Aincricuu units. As this preposterous MEDFOP-'MATTJ TUIBTTNTC, for discharged soldiers, is the national bird reserve of bird nursery in the United off this deal bv the promoters formed under the laws of by Chicago capital, are thus f rumor appears to have gained cre dence. I shall met it with the fullest and must categorical official denial." it. Tardieu's statement, makes clear that all allied armies hnve been on an' cmml footing, in the matter of billet prices, that nil have shared alike the free use of schools, hospitals and other public buildings. In the area far. behigd the line, all uucstiiins of rmvments duo private owners are set tled for the Americans bv their own rents, requisition and claims service at Tours, against hhostv decisions the French claimants have taken no ap peal. In nddition to a number of measures taken to protect the small purchaser from excessive charges, the French authorities have insisted on checking all official bills over 5.000 francs, bv which supervision large sums have been saved the O. AT. C. I PHILADELPHIA. Feb. .10. Neg lect of housing by the United States government is shameful, declared Hobert D. Kohn, architect nml former United States shipping board official, in an address he delivered before the Of taviu Hill association. . "Why. even little Cuba appropriated several millions for this purpose be fore the war,'' declared Mr. Kohn. "Why have we been so remiss ? Prob ably because we have a naive belief in the nil-efficiency of private initia tive. People make most money out of building expensive homes., (,'onse Oiiently no houses are built for the man who receives low wages and he has to live in houses no one else would have." . Mr. Kohn approved the plan of Massachusetts where, lie said, the stato loans money at a low rate of interest so that low cost houses can be built. , ,-' ' "In England," continued Mr, Kohn, Premier Llovd George already has an nounced a collosul housing program, one hundred millions, I believe. .11 is part of their rornnsl ruction, urogram and siipplemenlarv ! their -war time' enorls m that (iiieclioii. And apparently (ho kaiser is bet ter off with tho blues In Holland than lie would be with the Reds In Uerlin. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Get Rid of THat : Persistent Cough Btop tbat weakening, porslstent cough or cold. thratonlng throat or lung: cffoctlons, with Kckman's Alterative, the tonic and upbulldor of 20 years'1 fiucccsefiil use. hoc and tt.&0 oottlea from drUKKltitu, or from ECb-HAfi MBm&XQliX, HUlaaelpbla MEDFORTJ, OREO ON. TUKSDAY. VI''THUATY OOOOOOOOOCXXOOCX000000000000XHXH:'OOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOr Theaters and movies XWOOCXK5000CX)CXXOOOOOOOOOCXXCX!OOOOCCOOOOi PAGE THEATER h" Siv f YOUN& l THE ROAI Sk THROllr.H . f. Tlj.-ii.iim" AT THE RIALT0 TOMORROW. y 1 'A . A-- , 5. If -T 1- St JV,VV f THF RACING P ilSvy STRAIN 1 liC I?n' my Si rmn, T ji rollout. t M Kentucky uiul Saratoga," is Mac Marsh's newest rpiitrilmtif.il to a sc ries of screen sneeeses. A produc tion of con.-.Utiit thrills, it is thread ed with n storv of loyo and saeritiec that is delightfully lnunnn. "The H ar ias Strain," which comets to tluv Uiullo theater tomorrow :i:ul 'fluirsilav has for one of its features a slivring horse race photographed at Ihc Saratoga track at the height of the racing sea son. Lucille Cameron (Mac-March. 1 n plucky girl of Kentucky, learns tluit her father. Colonel Cameron, is close to financial ruin because of his friendship for iim! his dealings with "Hig ,jim" He l.uee. a New York horseman anil wild cat stock nroico tcr. Oii''e tile owner of a big racing stable, a fill v. Southern l'riile. is itU that is lelt liim. . There is a heavy mortgage long-overdue on the Came ron estate and the Cemcrnns wonder why no attempt is m:lc at foreclos ure. , At a tied Cross lawn fete Lu cille gives she meets Lieut. Gregory Unincs, just returned wounded irom ARMENIAN RELIEF Dr. Frederick G. Coan, who ad dresses a union meeting at the liap tlst church tonight at 7:30, was born ln-Urumia, Persia, spent bin child hood la that county, ho came to America for bin education and was graduated from Princeton. Ho has been a missionary, superintendent of schoola, president of t'rumla colloge, and relief agent for tbo American Committee for Itelicf In tho Near East. During the early winter and spring of 1016, Dr. Coan and his wife tcre, In the mltlst of the horrlblo bcciics which took place in Persia when the Turks and Kurds Invaded tho coun try, occupying tho plains of Criiinia for fivo months, during which period thoy maasacrcd more than a thou- aand people. Another four thousand died thru tho epidemic that prevail ed. Of "the nl;;litenn adults In the mienlonary station, thirteen ' came down, wlih typhoid .-mid three died. During this time, tbo only protection for ,V7,000 people huddled together in a 'mission compound wero' these eighteen Amoiienns and an' American flag. '. '. ' :. Dr. Conn's travels liavo taken him thru Turkey, , almost1 all , of Persia,' anil to the Ktiropoun countries with only Hpaln, Portugal and Holland as exceptions. This is Dr. Conn's second visit to Oregon. At tlio conclunlon of : JOHN A. PERL .: Undertaker - Phono M. '17 and 47-12 Automobile llcano .Service Lady Assistant 83 SOCTH IIAUTMCTT Auto Aiubuhuito Service. Coroner i 1 MAC MAP-S'H OOOOOOOOOOOO TONIGHT ONLY LIBERTY TONIGHT ONLY. A 1 T Km iK'V.'Wt; ih.-. 1 C llar.T MannlilK. Mixiiord's impular increhant, will mako his firm public apiicuraaco In chusb and modern noniM. Ilargaln prices. liall CaUm's Intense drama of modern llouian l!fo. filmed by Para mount In KniJ.iii'! a'l.l Italy with Pauline Frederick an tho star will have public presentation at tho Lib erty theatre, tonight only. "Tho Htcrnal City." adhering 'an cloaoly us possible to the story of thq novel Is brimful of thrilling- stones photo graphed imuliiHt n liuekKrouud of surpassing beauly. It. is this luat feature which adil'i the finishing tuiieh to the production. St. i'cter's and tliu Vatlean, the nar row steep uti'cols and Hie nncluiit pal ace of tbo capital by ilia Tiber appear frequently, whllo tho ruins of Hie Coliseum uro used (or one of the most effective psiKsugosi of t'.io play. Taken on the very ground described In tho novel, the photoplay at once has -conferred on It an air of reality, Itupotfi-ihlo to aeliievo by aiiy mere evasion or mahc.-ihlft of tbo cleverest director. The I. on Ion mnin are no less convlnclns:. Tlniro la Charing Cross Hiatlon. Trafalgar Stiinro aid an unnimtakaolii Ml of holm rii'lil In front of tho snectutor. FrarH'c. 'flicir nwiiiaiithinro soon ripens into love, to (he I'ltagriu of liig Jim, who lias minovcil Lucille W illi Ins iilienlioiis. I In. vesullatit drama is stirrin.; ami well worlieil out. this vlsll, Dr. Coan will fall for Hawaii to htuneh a campaign for Ar menian relief. Following Unit, he expects to return to Pornla nguln to direct lim relief work. William 1 iolii'iiollern, wc arc told, has recovered irom bis reeenl illness, liul he is not out of danger. lloslon Globe. T WITH 10! Use Soothing Muaterole Vhen those eharo nain3 uro shoottntr through your head, when your 6kuil seems as if it would split, just rub a little Mustcroie on your temples and neck, it oraws out tne- inuammation, soothes away tho pain, usually giving quick relief. Mustcroie (a e clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and docs not blister, i Many doctors and nurses frankly rec ommend Mustcroie for sore throat, bron chitis croup, stiff r.cclc, a3thma, neural gia, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches, of the back or oints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet colds of the chest (it often prevent!) pneumonia), It is always dependable. 20c and 60c jats; ii03pitul size $2.50. Vul canizing All our work Hlrlctly Ki'aruntccd to bo first claK. 15 !. I'll- HI., Modrord J'bono l:M-,7 MEDFpRD VULCANIZING WORKS " .V S..i.sffc lr,'t v m It, 101!) s.. lrvln fl. Cobb, Who lectures !ti'e VultuMday evening, Fob. Kith, ar rive tonmrrtut afternoon ou tlio 4 o'clock train and will be prepared In deliver hlH famous lecture "My Kx pcrloiK'OH on tbo Wontwril Frunl," at I ho I'iikii I heal ro, Mr. Cobb's atldrium will houln at 7 ; ;ttl. This liiuir lias linen koIiicIuiI un uet'oiiul or tbu Lincoln baiminit being bebl laliir. Tboru bun boon soinn simKeiiiloii I bat Ibn leoiuro might lie rut sborl on ikcouiiI of tbli, wbleh In nliMilnlcly n iuIkIuUh. .Mr. Cobb will kUo tho un ni o leotiira thai ho Ih giving In l'ortlitiiil aipl Han rranrbico, Tlio pouplti of tho valley can look forward to un evening that will long bo romeinboreil. Tim ticket salo In now on nt Hi" I'nise mid tlm tudtcnt loltA uro that tbo homa will b taxed In Its capacity. Col. H, K. Kt'lly will liilrodueu ,Mr. Cobb whoso work on tlm from among the troop die colonel Ih familiar with. Says It Is tbo Host In tlio World Thero Is into rcinedy that thona who know depend upon for rullf from cnngli that "haim on" uflnr th grip. Koley's Honey and T:ir clears tbo passages, soolbnu raw, Inflamed membranes and banlnbos Irrlialloit and tickling In llu Ihrout. A. II. Me Honlel, llox 61, Lludelilo. SV. Va.. writes: "1 am glud to tell you (hue Koloy's Honey uiul Till" U Ibo bent medlelnn In Ibis world. 1 havn hail a sovoro cough and before I usutl half n bottlo I win butter." Kor Halo by Mmlford 1'hnrmar.v. SHOES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY From FoocImw, ('tuna, comes tliij letter (roni It. E. (;.inlncr, I-'nuclmw College: " Ncfllitt Soics luive )!vctl Un shoe problem forme. Ctlitr'!rv.-,its out quickly on t! rocky roarli In re, nnd I liiid no cud o( trouble with them," he writes. Where other tolcn f.iil. NcMin Eoli-s nlwnyH stand the ti ; t o( tvtd wear nr.tl rough usaec. Thin lad points the ay to economy. I'.uy ,Ne.-.liu.Kil(rt slioeii (or the whole family, euI neve thou money. And have Kcolin Solca put tm yutir old sliws, too. Thee (lamlilc. flcsililc. and water Ptoo( si!.s are n'ientilically to:itl.liy Tho Gixlycar Tire fit Kubhsr Co.. Akron, Ohio, who aUo truikc Wir.K'.'gtt I Iwls, euunititecd to outwtar all othn h'.cli. LIBERTY TAXI Willi new Dodgo car. jm a Stationed nt 16 N. Front Ht. 2 Halo & I,yon, Props, I'hone flj' Medford Sanitarium i A HOME FOR THE SICK . , . . . , i ,,......'.,' w open foi' reception of Tatiente. '.; ' MRS, A.' W. .FOOTS, Supt. Now Is (ho tinio for that new top, or- to linvti the olil nno repaired. ' We mIho put on plato Klaus back cui'tiilns, o iipholstorliig, all kinds f repair work, , . MEDFORD AUTO TOP CO. !tO N'oi'lli (rnipn Nli'cot. NAVAL PROGRAM Bill RESTORED BY HOUSE WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 1. U'tiUla. lion lor a new lliri'e venr btilltliutt lii'oui'iini wits volcil in oilier un it mm i( of t tut annual nitviil impropria tion hill loilnv bv Ilia house which ailopleil L'll.'i In I IH n Npeciiil riilv to lesllllll lU'ovisiollS Mll'il'lil'll mil VfM- lerilnv on poinlH ul' order bv Keuubli eun Lender Maun. v t 1 . hij ' .imii'iw Try Mint Jiffy. Jell with roast lnmb or cold nient. It is vnutly better thnn in I ut eaucc. Try juiy-jeii tlest.ei la with their real fruit flavors in caacnto ionn, in vials, i.nch is to ' rich in condensed fruit jiika thnt it malic a real fruit tlalnty. Yet they cost no more than old-style ' gcktino desserts. JO 57rajr, of Vour Cromr'a 3 fatttaeat for SS Cn( U1L Clairvoyant ANTIIOIJHilHT, I'WVCHOUKJIHT, TlUXii: MKllM,.' If you don't llnd out why you are a failure, you never will succeed. l.eurn I lie, secret of control, the power to lnplro success nud conrt iletire and win In huitinma, social ur nniinclul life. "Arlna." throw oft thy nhni kols. ICxchange sorrow for Joy, dark iium for light; be waster of your own tlimtlny. Is different than the rest and better 1 1 1 it it the host. .Satisfaction guarantasd or no fS adopted. 4:1 North tlrupo Stiotit. DRESS UP WITH Spring Jewelry "Stylecraft" Says .No mail N well ilriunUMl with, out n tin pin. Why wear . watch (hut was hi style HO years ago Just bcrnnxo It runs? Yon tumid not wcur n suit of rlollicii or overcoat that mm I stylo So yenrs ngo. , ( Why trrnr oltl Jewelry? Tlm lalcsit dtyli-x In Jowelry Ik Just n k cwsnntlal to the well ilrcHscil now tluyg an tbo UUut suit for men or (litsis for ladle, Martin J.Reddy The Jeweler Quality Hrst ' ' Phono 81. Vuiltoni uelcoinn. ' i i.u.i luiiut rinvno in,