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'.Vvri'.fn - ... PJTJE BEE WEDFOnt) MATT: TRIBUNE, MTinPORT), OKEC10T, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY in, . , 191 f) RNANC E MAIN SUBJECT BEFORE PEACE ENVOYS With teamie Out of Wav.Readiusi merit of World's Provincial and " Economic Relations Absorb Atttn : lion of Experts Financial Minds : of America and Eurone Emuloved, TAma. Fob. 15. -With tho sub- . lct of the League of Nations now out.. of the way for some tlmo to come, the biggest problem before the peace conference at present Is believ ed to bo readjustment of the world's financial and economic relations. Three different organizations have been created to deal with these sub jects. .-Some- of their conclusions are ready, for consideration. : ,.,v5;.; ' Shipping l'roblcm . ' Tho supreme economic council has been charged temporarily during the ermiattc period to. handle only such pressing questions as the disposition to be made, of shipping, the abate ment of the blockade which has been . holding - back not only the enemy's Industry. -but that of neutrals, the distribution of raw materials and fin ally,, those financial questions that Xtyjulre instant attention. ' This, council, which includes some ot the ablest financial and business minds of America and Europe, has firmly hut quietly been supplanting the military officials who- had been dealing with the same subjects. It was felt the handling of thtfsVc-ueS- tlons by the military was only inci dental to the war and that the time had come to place them in ' hands trained to deal with them: ' It -was- the position held by the supreme war council which caused tho .economic council to be created a3 It was de sired they be dealt with onUe safe and sound lines of civilian exper ience.' '-. -' . . Financiers to Meet .;, hv Of -more permanent value is ex pected to be the work of two other organizations created by the peace conference. These are the economic drafting commission and the finan cial, drafting commission. These' In clude distinguished financiers from all the entente countries. ; The eco nomic. drafting commission already It Is. expected that a nunibcr of relatives of Medford soldiers in the 65th artillery wilt go to Portland to talte"'"part in the great welcome that will be extended to the regiment onits arrival in that city Monday en route from Camn Dlx to. Came has its drafts before the peaceconrl Lewis for demobilization. Other rel- tbody. atlves will ference awaiting action by that Its high importance may be judged from the fact that it has un to make a practical application of the third of President AVIlson's 1 4 points. namely, that declaring for the remo val as far as possible of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all of the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for ; itfl maintenance. REPELS, I. ' Relative to the report that is in circulation In the city that a . well known Medford man of pronounced anarchistic and Bolshevik , leanings, will soon be tried by a lodge of which he is a member on charges' embody ing Bolshevik utterances recently. the following published in this week's issue of the Yreka Jbtfraal is Interesting: , , .."Op what appears to te very good authority, it is rumored that unless their plans are changed a mob of I. WW. 's, now organizing in south- .- era Oregon will shortly . invade northern California. Whether or not these undesirables contemplate creat ing disturbances of any kind, cannot be learned, but Siskiyou peace offi cers are prepared to receive the gen try properly. - ' ;'"Last week thlrty-thrpe members of the 'red card brotherhood' dropped off at Hornbrook. Before they had a chance to make themselves very ob jectionable, however, the bunch was split up into small bunch lets by the officers and sent out of town in box cars. , Two unusually stubborn ones, evidently enamoured of -Hornbrook, were reluctant to leave. Persuaalon-- a fourteen or sixteen Inch hickory club answers the purpose admirably rled them to a change of convictions and they, too, went away. . ft' FEATURE OF WELCOME . While the program for the como- enming soldiers has not as yet .been perfected; it Is known that commu nity Blnging will be ono of 'tlio big ,- features of the welcome., Whether you can sing or not, bo at the library Monday at 2:30 to help in making. glad, noise. , -Mass preparation meet ing. , 'The finance committee for the sol diers and sailors celebration fund, comprises Mayor Gates, Mr3. Delroy fietchelt and Mrs. Frank Owen, Give your contribution to the committee and save work for the jolicitorsv OF YANKEE GIRLS IN GERMANY THROUGHOUT WAR MET BY KNIGHTS PARIS, Feb. 15. Ono of the most npunront needs of tho members of the American Ksueditionnrv Force nt the present time is entertainment to nssist m pasKimr awnv the time until or dera are received to depart for homo. To meet this need tho KiukIiU of Columbus, throned its entertainment division, hnvo orenmzed numerous troupes of entertainers who will visit the various units of the army mid tho hrst-party of cntcrtnmvrs has left Paris. it ik announced Hint Ibis work wui extend to tho American forces in Franco. Holeium. Italy and Oormnnv and that every unit of the army will be reached. Amonir the Kniirhts of Columbus secretaries m Franco are manv pro fessional entertainers who will be distributed nmanc Uito croups and will be assisted with amatuer talent amone the workers. Entertainers will also be secured from amone the mem bers of tho American Expeditionary Force to aiunncnt the work of the sec rctories. v. " , , A minstrel troupe is bciur rehears ed and this show will soon be staevd id Paris and will then be sent on the road .to -visit tho various camps throucoul the American army. The members of this show will be recruited from nmone the Knights of Columbus workers, and members of the army and navy. .... While the men in tho field arc be- ins; entertained, those less, fortunate and who are confined in the hospitals are not bcintr forsrottcn as concerts are. beyig civen in the various hos pitals in and around Paris several times each week. This portion of the work is hiirhlv appreciated bv the pa tients. ao3 the officers in chance of the hospitals. - wait until next week when the regiment is settled for its stay at ewls before visiting the boys. Mayor and Mrs". C. E. Gates leavo for Portland tonight to participate in the welcoming demonstration. 'The mayor received a telegram this mor ning from Mayor. Baker of Portland, urging his presence at ' the demon stration, as" the official representa tive of Medford. Colonel Kerfoot, commander of the regiment,, tele graphed yesterday "from Omaha that the command, which had been delay ed by the big storm and blizzard in the (middle west, would, not reach Portland until early Monday morn ing and that the regiment would be in Portland all day Monday at the N V TjpMAGI AN : 1 S ''.: '... t C "I - , I I VIAV DILLON There was no fun or romance in being Interned In Oermany at a civilian prisoner during the war.ccordlng to two American girls Miss Vivian Dillon of Los Angeles and Miss Marian Meeker of Manela, Ind.. both of whom had just been released from, months of the strictest kind -vt police red tape. : . - 1 --i . '' ' - Both young women were In Berlin studying slngtag when America entered the war. . , 1 . The pollco authorities required them to report personally at the po Ilee'statlon every day often making them stand Jujine as long as two hours- Mies Meeker got permission last summer lo leave for America, the condition being that she stay In quarantine a month. She was kept in quarantine two months and then refused permission to leave Ger many. Both young women plainly showed the effects of the food short . age In Germany. "." - v s ' ;'- ' ' . ' J ' i - -"Oh. tor a good square meal such as we used tH have In America. , " they said. "We've forgotten how milk or butter tastes and all tht meal ' one gets ever here you could put into your ye." ' No Beer, No Work, Folly disposal of committee. the general reception GRATITUDE TO FRANCE. (Continued from page one.) ence concluded and the newlv fram ed covenant of the Lcaeue of Na tions read and discussed. President Wilson left Pans tonicht for Brest on his way back to the United States. Mrs. Wilson accompanied him. hen the peace conference dele- sates assembled at the forcisn office this afternoon there was the feeling- amone them that a historic moment had arrived. It was the third plenary session of the peace conference and there was the same sctthur of distin aiiished personnel and solemn dicnitv that market previous Catherines of the allied delegations. . ' y. . A Striking Picture President Wilson presented a strik ing picture as he stood before the del egates to read the covenant and ex pound its merits. He spoke in a calm. even tone without .Gesture or empha sis, except twice when .he referred to ."armed forces in the backcround" and "to exploitation of helpless peo ples." There was a rine in his voice when he. uttered these warnincrs which would havo brousht. applnuse but for the procedure of thq conference which lomids all demonstrations. Lord Hobert Cecil of Grnnt -Britain. and Premier Orlando of Italy, voiced tneir; approval of the covenant, but Leon Uourseois of France, whilu, ex pressinir his - eencru sdtisfaction mndo reservations which indicated that Ins proposals for an international military, force will, bo .beard aeain when the debato proceeds further. t Note, of IMssent . Another sliulit evidence of dissent was lound in the remarks of W. W. Huchcs of Australia, who inquired with some show of feeline if ample opportunity to .discuss the' scheme wouldlfc eivcn. The Arabian delega tion also sounded a minor note of dis cord in call:nsr attention to secret treaties .which were snid to interfere with the people of the self-determination. Sir. and 5frs. Wilson nrrivod nt. the stntion at 9 o'clock in n nnnrintr ruin. Their departure for Brest was without that ' demonstration which marked their arrival in Paris on December 14. but, tJierc was every evidence of of ti nt! mid popular corUiulilv. (From the Xew York World.). The no-becr-no-work . movement now under wav here and elsewhere is not wisely inspired and for. that rea son it is not likely to be effective. Leaders of New York labor ought to .be better informed than to say in their speech making that.'the national pro hibition amendment having been rati fied, nothing is now left to the people but "direct action." It is not the prohibition amendment that is going to deprive workingmcn of their beer on June 30 next. :. I'ntil there shall have been legislation on the subject.. that amendment will be as inoperative as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth '. amendments. Even Allien everything will depend upon the char acter of the legislation, especiullv as to the definition bv the lawmakers of the words "intoxicating liquors.". On the other hand, there is an act of congress, passed ostensiblv in the exercise of its "wur power, which ab solutely forbids the sale of spirits, wine and beer for beverage purposes, except for export, after June 30 next. This "war measure." placed as a rider upon the agricultural appropriation bill, became a law upon the approval of the president on November 21'. Inst, eleven days after the signing of the armistice. " It is this enactment bv an intimidated and perhaps a usurp ing congress, and not the constitu tional amendment, which' soon is to make the United Slates bone dry.-- The constitutional amendment will never be drastically enforced if public opinion demonstrates nt the ballot box its hostility to that purpose, but its repeal is impossible. When bv neg ligence the people allowed an active minoritv thus to write into their at ganic law the first article in restric tion of freedom, thev accepted a re sponsibility which will confront Ihera forever. The best that they can do with it is by cternnl vigilunce mid by interpretation to curb the fanaticism to which they have so tardily awak ened. -- - - ' -. . - It is different with an act of con gress. AVhat one congress doesi an other can' undo. No doubt there, will be an extra session of the Sixty-sixth congress during the spring. ;The war. which was the insincere excuse for the law, is practically at an end. - The pica that there is a senrcilv of grain holds good no longer. The net stunds therefore, as a prohibition niensuri; resting upon exceedingly . doubtful powers and. obviously intended to forestall the movement bv constitu tional processes to accomplish the same ends in wavs which without vig orous popular support must be less direct. Intelligent opposition to thin' un called for law cannot be expressed b the no-becr-uo-work formula. Thnt is altogether negative, and it will bring neither beer nor bread, neither lustice nor 'progress. -The. place to make public protest t first, at Washington to the president of the United States. who should be exhorted to call a spe cial session and secondly, at the of fice or residence of evorv member of the new congress, who should in this manner be made ncnunintcd with the feelings "of las' constituents on the subject nnd their purposo to carry their grievance, (o lhe polls it neces sary. . . - ." There are two prohibition laws, one remote and the other imminent. What will happen eventually nndcr the first will be determined bv the; attitude of the people toward the second. If bv wisely directed organization Ihov do not in the next few months compel the repeal of the unnecessary act of congress effective after June 30. plans -for the arbitrary enforcement of which arc now being formulated, they will get more prohibition from their Inwmnkcrs than anything else for a long time to come. CLUB TO MEET AT-ASKLAND Iiieh. School Teachers and princi pals cjiib will meet at Ashland,-Ore., Senior high school, Saturday. Fltoru- ary 22. and present the following pro grain: ,' .' ,' . .',''- Music; business meeting: "Feasibil ity of Field Meets." aoncrnl discussion by County Superintendent 0. A. Bris coe and Principal P. K,, Baker. ' Lunch will be served in the do mcntic science; room at the senior high school nt cost of food,; ".After noon program :."Stundardized Tests," Prof; C; A. Gregory. V. of O.: "Theo dore Roosevelt," Kev. G,' Ai Edwards, Ashland.'-,...;.. .. , : A Woman's necojnmendatlon Mrs. D. T. Tryor, ' Franklin Av., Otsego, O. writes: "Nina years ago I was very much afflicted with kidney trouble.- I boughtcdlf(erent kinds of medicine, but all to no effect, until one day I bought a box of Foley Kid ney Pills. I realized so great a ben efit from the use of that box that I concluded myself cured of kidney trouble! ' I feel safe In recommend ing Foley Kidney Pills to any kidney ufferef''hey-reHeve. backache, lore muscles, stiff joints, rheumatic pains and hladdofaflmenta. For sale by Medforit "Pharmacy, '-' - HIGH I In thu presence, of tho ; largest crowd that luU witnessed a bnskot ball contest In recent yours, tho Ash land high team, ns Irvin Cobb would say, completely "buttorod" tho Moil- ford high team nil over thu auditor- turn Inst night by tho score of 4il to 15. Tim Kumo between tho girls teams of tho two Institutions was a pretty close contest with tho local Klrls winning by 0 to 7. Last night's contests wero tho opening onus of tho aenson, anil Ashland rootors wero present to tho number of lOOv Ito turn contests-will bo played nt Ash land tonight and a big crowd of Mod ford rootors and tho high school band will accompany tho local teams. , .Tho Medford high boys team was) totally outclassed In exporleuco, prac tice and size last night. Tho Ashland team bus boon playing together for tho past three years. Two years ago Prof. Holdonrelch, tho Modford high coach, coached the . aamo Ashland team as played last night. Tho first halt last night was a pretty contest with Ashland scoring 1? and Modford 8,. but the-Medford boys went to pieces In the second half. Campbell and BliiKlor, forwards, starred for Miitlfurd' In th name, while tint Ash land stars were llrynn ami MuMlllun. Huely illull rotarocd, and otto Khun, former athletic conch at both Ihs Ashluitil mid Medford high schools, umpired. Tonight Kltlill will bu tho . roiiirna mid Hull that umpire, , ' - . .. nil .1 . ". i ' . i. ; i u.l..l..Hl..W Daily Health Talks . Tlio Many Mysteries of . ', ' Nature. ; BY L, V. UOWKH, Jl. I). - You can take n onion' seed and a pansy seed, and -plant them sltlo by side in the same spot of ground. In one case, you get an onion, with its peculiarly strong odor, and In the other you get a flower of rare beauty. You can plant a poppy-seed and get opium (a dangerous, habll-forming drug), or you can plant a rhubarb seed and got something that helps constipation. o scientist, living or dead, can explain theio mysteries of Nature. Behind the Invisible Ufa genu In each seed Is hidden tho deep aecrot that- nobody understands. Everything growing out of tho ground seems Intended for some use in establishing natural conditions. Dr. Plorco, of llufralo, X. Y., long aliico found out what is naturally best tor women's diseases, lie learned It all through treating thousnuds of casus. The result of his studies was a med icine called Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. ' This medkiue Is made of vegetable growths that nature surely Intendod for backache, hoad- ache. weakening drains, bearing-down pains, periodical Irregularities, pelvic mtiammntioiis. and for tno many dis orders common to womon in all ages of tiro. Dr. Plorco's Favorlto Pro scriptlon Is mado of lady's slipper root, black cohosh root, unicorn root blue cohosh root nnd Oregon grape root. Women who take this standard remedy know that In Dr. 1'lorce's Favorite Prescription they are get ting a safe woman's tonic so good that druggists everywhere soli It. Favorlto Prescription should hnvo the full confldonce of every woman in America because It contains no alcohol and no narcotic. Dr. I'lorco knew, when ho first made this stan dard medicine, that wills key and morphine are Injurious, and so he has always kept thorn out of his remedies. Send 10c to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel. Uuflalo. '.NY Y.. .for trial pkg. Tablets.- . Adv Bin Potential Patrons THE onlv possibility of the FIRST. NATIONAL BANK not belna able to serve ANY BODY in this community would be in the case one had no means of communication with us at all. But. with splendid Mall service, our fa cilities and services are made available riant out on the farm. Why not take advantacre? ' V Wm. G Talf...:.;.....Presldent FIRST NATIONAL BANK. MEDFORD, ORE. LIBERTY LAST TIMES TONIGHT Marguerite Clark "Out of a Clear Sky" One of the Best Stories She Has Ever Appeared In ; ; 4 : ADDED ATTRACTION . " JOHN C. MACK Banjo Soloist TOMORROW MONDAY LILLA LEE in CRUISE OF THE MAKEBELIEVE ' FATTY ARBUCKE in "THE COOK" "The Cook" wnn.Bhown in Modfonl ouo night only nt tho opening of this tlii'iitcr, November H0. ' You Can't Use Dull Razor Blades They arc h dead loss if you don't have ub remdirp , en them. sWo moke them ns good ns new for UOc per dozen, , .' V .. Heath's Drug' Store Phone 884 The San Tox Store . t I i- - ' S 1 11 '-ll-MU 4 XAPITALtlOOOOO . SNOWY BUTTE FLOUR 18 THE OVER THE TOP . ' v f Our sales of-"Snowy Hutle Flour" for six months, past, have more than doubledjhut of aiiy previous year, tliiuiks to patrdiiM of.'lioTiufpiducts. BRANDON-BROTHERS. Htjf Confident r if The Jrkon Counlr llnnk fccU con , ' nj II flilrut you will niiprcclitte tlio Sonrlco llPll fi L 11 cnn nl' yu ' "' If 511 7"v l1" I" (iOl llmik for )MI lu run- II kjjji,. i 4 IVrrpnt Inlrwt Jf hI 2wff!SN fmid on HnvlnijK ZS TABU IS Medford Sanitarium . A HOME FOR THE SICK. . is open for reception of Patients. . " MRS. A. W. FOOTS, Supt. fisher's Blend Flour Now Milled as Before the War NOT THE COARSE, DARK FLOUR OF WAR TIMES BUT A RICH, WHITE, PATENT FLOUR Made from 'finest Eaateni Hard ; Wheat and finest ' ; Western Bluestem , ' v : V vC . . . Scientifically blended ' v'v; , and manufactured by, ,", :.;;L J' FISHER FLOURING MILLS CO. - " Seattle, U.S. A ' '-'if, O. 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