P3T1E BIX
ORHGOX,' FttTDAY, PKiriUTAttY 2!, 1010
MOTT DISCUSSES
PERSONNEL DF 7r
(By John I.. -Matt, director general
of the. Y. f. C. A. work.)
(Continued from Tuesday.) .
- ' Question Xo. 3
Is It true that ministers of religion
In the service- of Y. M, C. A. overseas
' refused to attend the material wants
of Boldterg until theso soldiers had
answered questions as to their spirit
ual attitude or condition? ,
' ' I personally have never heard of
. such a case. Moreover, 1 have made
diligent inquiry of my associates and
of others who have Inspected the Y.
M. O. A. work overscan and they can
recall no case of th'j ulau which has
been brought to their attention. I
would add that the management of
our organization stand ready to re
call any one of Its workers of whom
It might bo proved that he had fol
lowed such a course.
t: , Question Xo. B
Is It truA that the typical attitude
of the Y. M. C. A. workers has been
that of holier-than-thou persons?
' This question is of special Interest
because we have recently been taken
to task for the very opposite of what
is implied in this question. The
- charge has been earnestly pressed by
not a few that' the Y. .M. C. A. has
been untrue to Its religious tradition
and has not sufficiently set forth the
claims of religion upon the soldiers.
When an organization or an Individ
ual is criticised with equal strength
by critics holding conflicting and
directly opposing views, one comes
to the conclusion that after nil they
must be holding a fairly straight
course between extremes. ,
Question Xo. 7
Is it true that some of the over
seas secretaries have been brusque
and even impatient in tnelr dealings
with the Boldiersr
;. Considering the fact that many Y.
M. C A. workers continued at their
posts for eighteen hours at a stretch,
sometimes without meals, it would be
but natural that a few might have
lost their self-control and have mani
fested a wrong disposition; but we
are glad to believe, in the light of
the great mass of testimony, that
this lias not been the characteristic
attitude of the vast majority of the
workers. I have heard the complaint
made by a few soldiers that certain
of the Y. M. C. A. workers have been
prone to pay more attention to the
ed scores of men from gainful occu
pations and after promising overseas
service, turned them back without
occupations. So did the government
of the I'ultod Slates and other civil
Ian organizations. And where the
Y. M'. C, A. has called scores, the
army lias called thousands to give up
their gainful occupations; ThmY, M.
C. A, has expended Us osoikv in
bringing men to 'Sow-' YorS Ckty to
embark for overseas service whon the
war came to an end; and It was still
expected by the Y. M. 0. A. that those
men who had been called from gain
ful occupations would erve . the
troops In France. The War depart
ment Indicated lis strong preference
that men should not bo sent from
this Bide but whorcver possible should
ho taken from the, -.army overseas, it
has recently announced that It will
release officers and enlisted men
who are especially qualified to assist
In the educational program aud oth
er activities of the organisation. This
will mean that soldiers In France can
enter Y. MM'? A. service Immediately.
Of course, it Involves a large saving
in transportation and affects an em
barrassment to those men whowere1
ready for overseas service. Itut they I
are in exactly tho same position as
officers and enlisted, men discharged
because the period of emergency, or
the need tor their services, no longer
exist. 11 Is unfortunate, and tho
sympathy of the Y. M. C. A. goes out
to theso men; but they are just as
much casuals of war as if they had
been discharged from the enlisted
army. Their plight is one for which
the Y. M. C. A. is in no way respon
sible, altho it wi. hes to do all In its
power to see that these men thru no
ALLIED NATIONS
PAWS. Feb. St. Tlie role of the
neutrals is at present far from an
easy one." Enid King Alfonso of Spain
in an Interview which he gave Albert
l.oudres of the Pettt Journal recently
and published today by thai news
paper. "It seems to mo," continued
tne King, -mat tno victorious coun
tries re more Inclined to rcinombar,
the actions they consider unfriendly
than the help they had from us, but
that ts human.
" "With what are wo in Spain re
proached? We are made responslldo
for the propaganda that n belligerent
nation carried on here, but Ihe con
stitutional guarantees wore not sus
pended. Thero were people of all
nationalities hero and I fall. to see
how Spain could bo made to answer
for acts to which, she was nut a
party." i
Speaking of the Friincq.Spaiilsh
relations during the war. King Al
fonso said:
"If France attributed good luten-
tloua to tno they were also the Inten
tions of my people. One is the re
flection of the other. I am the king,
certainly, but the most constitutional
of kings. Of all the kiitKS still stand.
fuult of their own arc not put in ujlng in Europe. 1 am of the latent ere-
E
GERMAN SLAYER
. OF EDITH CAVELL
L
INNATIONS'LEAGUE
false or unfavorable , light before
their acquaintances.
, Question Xo. 11
Is It true that the Y. M. C. A.
workers overseas did not go to the
front lincaf but persistently dodged
dangers? '
Only today Mr. John Sherman
Hoyt, tho vice-chairman of the nat-j
ional war work council of the Y. M.
C. A., who was with the troops in tho j
St. Mihlel drive and In the Argonne.
stated to me that In the Argonne
fight there weje seven hundred Y.
M. C. A. secretaries, fifty of whom
were women canteen workers, at
tached to the different fighting units,
with which they remained in the dan
ger zone and frequently under shell
fire, during the entire offensive. The
best answer to the question, however
is that since the Y. M. C. A. went
overseas to serve the American Ex
peditionary' Forces, nine of Its wor
kers have been killed by shell flra
while on duty, twenty-nlno were ser
iously gassed or wounded. In addi
tion to this, thirty-one have died in
ation. Tho English family is of the
seventeenth century, andIhe Belgian
I of 1S32. 1 spring from a monarch
ical revolution ami my new contract
'with the people Is youuscr than tho
republics. I am of a dato scarcely
j42 years back. The greatest liberty
reigns in the kingdom under this ab
I solutely-free regime and the king aud
j the people are one.'.'
LEONARD TO BOX
RITCHIE TONIGHT
officers than to the enlisted men and the service, chiefly as a result of ex-
mat they hare at times treated men oosure and overwork. It will he of
who have como Into the canteens in . Interest to add, that ten have been i 13 ',ar( ,or
an nnsympamouc ana. inhospitable , cited for bravery or decorated,
manner. , Wherever our supervisory Question Xo. 12
"HI IB IIIC A.-jffl. Vj. .rt., KUiUU .'J
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. That
Benny Leonard, lightweight cham
pion of the world from Xew York,
figures he will have a regular fight
on his hands when he meets Willie
Ritchie of San Francisco here tonight
in a scheduled tour-round bout, is In
dicated by tho ttatcment made oy
the title-holder that he had trainotl
tonight's
TIIK ; ll.VCtt'K. (Correspondence
of tho Associntcd Tress.) Huron
Von der Lauiekcn, formerly German
civil aovernor of Ucluiiiiu. sought
refuge in llollmul when the '(Ionium
retreated from Hulniuiu. Von dor
Umekmv whk the mini to whom the
American Minister. Jtrimd Whitlock.
di'liyan'd his vuin npui'iil to Kimro tho
life of Kdith L'nvoll, the KnulMi nu I e
who was executed bv the llcvmuns in
October, .ISIS, for uidiiiir the liritisli.
Kriuu-h ami Hi'luinn noldiorM to osrfiuv
from Itclgiimi. Von der Lnneken then
told llmrli J'bo:i, secretary of the
American Icirutinn,' flint the sentence!
imposed bv the tuilitnrv governor on
Miss Cuvell wns final ami that the
civil governor could not overrule it.
When Von , der l.uncketi arrived
here he went to' the German lemilion.
but in order to obtain food curds, he
hud to nnulv to the notice stution
where he lulled inisernlilv in his ef
forts to oliUi'n tirlereiiliul liviitmenl
us n "disiintuislied visitor." A chance
caller there found him in line with n
croup of unwashed refugees, his well-1 ii'nciuliuent iibol'shine: riirml di:
u roomed figure out of keeping with ' timtins in iutrnationiil affair.
his snrroummms.
TOKIO, Kc 1M.. (llv tho Asso
ciuted I'ross ) In replying to tin in
terpellation in the diut Unlay premier
Huru smd tlivru was no ruusoii whv
China should duiuuiul the return of
Tsiiur-Tuo.
To niiotlier iiilencllnlor (he pre
mier said lliut the nice problem would
never escape die utmost attention of
llio lioveriuueid.
Willi rel'ereivee to Premier Hum's
statement reeuiiline- the rnco nroli
lem, it muv ho ree'ulled that in a
Paris disotueli Feliriuuv I I report
ing tho plenary sess;on of the pence
conference lit which the covenant of
tho luopused l.vimue of Nations was
rend bv President Wilson it was suid
that Huron' Mukino of .luimn, alter
spenkinu' in iimVoviil of the hie.li pur
noses ot the league, milled Hint a
nroposiil would he Miluuiltcd later by
Jenun which il vus hoped would re
ceive favorable attention, Tito lis
iiuteli milled that lie did not iiiake
known the nature of this iirunosnl,
but tliut it wasiiiiiiosi-d lo refer to
Lift Off -Corns! ;
"Freezone"iis Magic! Lift any Corn , or Calki
V right off with fingers No pain I
n 1
7 ' M
He was romnellcd
to stand in lino for two hours before
his wants were intended to.
To one Who remembers the time
.when to tot h t word from Von der
I.uneken in rirussclK.it was necessary
to aive two days' notice, lifter which
one hod to strutrgle through a body,
uuanl of hnuuhty suspicious under
lings, the speetnele of this exniiisitc
sneeimen of Prussian junkerdom
waiting his turn in the tile, amid the
urimv nnileturiut afforded an excel
lent ;llnst-ation of "the times lliut nre
changed."
"See (Geis-St' Peel
Off This Corn."
leaves The Toe as Smooth as the
Palm of Your Hand.
The corn never crow that 'flota
It" will not got. It novor Irrllutos
the nosh, novor makes your tot aor.
Just two drops or ''Utua-lt" mid
preHtol tho corn-pain vuntntioit.
tiliortiy you cun pool thu coru right
Drop a Utile Freefone on an m-liing
com, Instunlly Unit corn utopi hull
liuj, then yon lilt H right nut. It
doeMi't hurt ouo bit. Yr, uingi'!
Why wall I Vour druusUt )l tt
tliiv liottle ot Frcejone for fow cenln,
tufllcieiit to rid your oct of rviry
liril torn, will corn, or corn betcfii
the t.wi, ami cnlliiiis, wlthuitv
utiMof Irrllutlu'ii. Try It! No liiimliuirl
You Get What Your
Doctor Prescribes
scientific. tiiTiinirj
peril, mill
iilitoluto honcHtjr ' '
ro milled to OTcrjr doctor's proscription you brliiK to he (Mind ut
our store, j;, '
West Side Pharmacv .
flomplaints, they have acted prpmpt-
Iy, and to my knowledge, where the
charges have been substantiated have
reprimanded the workers concerned
and in a few cases whero this has not
been sufficient the workers were re
called and sent home.
) . Question No. 8 '
', Is It true that the Y. M. C.,A. has
given so littlethougbl to its selection
of men for overseas service that it
has sent, men utterly unfit for- the
tasks they were called upon to per
form and also that It has sent men
Whoso only conception of their mis
sion was that of a junket?
H It is not true in any sense that the
?.-.M. O. A. has given little thought
i (o its selection of men for overseas
service. It must be remembered that
. vhen the Y. M. C. A. began erecting
the structure upon which to build its
great, work. It faced the . condition
-where the young and physically fit
men would necessarily look to the
trmy and navy. The Y, M.'C. A. had
the choice of the physically unfit and
ihe men beyond -the draft age. It
inade the best possible selections from
tho available material. It erred In
some instances. It was Impossible
for it to do otherwise: The men were
needed at once. But where the Y.
M. C. A. detected any error or mis
takes of Judgment, It recalled the
men 'It had selected. . One instance
ot this shows that a man never even
set his foot in France. The decision
to recall, him was made before his
transport bad tied up at the pier.
Every possible effort was made to
provont the onrollment of men whose
only conception of their mission was
(hat of a junket ' In this connection
it Will be Interesting to note that the
Y. .M. C. A." have already sent over
seas, over seven thousand men, o'
whom fully flvo thousand are still
there at work. When this large
number Is borne in mind, It should
not be surprising that here and there,
under tho trying experiences of tho
work, thero should ho found mm
who are disqualified. It is our fixed
practice to recall all such cases. ,'
y. ' Question Xo. 0
'Sye men chosen for the Y. f. C: A
work who- Were. of draft age and fit
for army service?
. . During the first months of the
war.t some men who were physically
fit but had not yet been called for
sorvice were sent to France. Within
a fow months most of these men had
volunteered for military service. The
comparatively small number. who re
mained as late as August of the pres
ent calendar year (practically all di
vinity students and thereby exempt
ed) were then notified' that they
must enlist or leave the service ot the
Y. M. C. A.
. r . Question Xo. 10
Is it true that the Y. M. C. A. has
caused scores of men to be- taken
from gainful occupations and after
promising them overseas service,!
turned them back without occupa
tion?? .
It' is true that the X. 21. C. A.:call-
ao with the 5100,000.000 or more
which constituted its pro rata share
of the fund subscribed in the recent
United War Work Campaign?
The national war work council
held its meeting only yesterday for
the purpose of revising its budget In
the light of the requirements of the
period of demobilization. This is (to
be submitted to the war department
within a few days, and an official
statement will be issued covering
this point to tho entire satisfaction
of the millions of generous and sacri
ficial givers of America.
event as for
any important match in the pa-t.
Leonard and Ritchie have boxed In
the past against each other. r; That
was when Uitchle was tho world's
champion and Leonard an unknown
who played the rolo of sparring part
ner. ' . .
As the men will enter the ring at
catch weights, no official decision as
to the result will be rendered by
Referee Jim Crlffln, so thero will be
no passing of the title In the event
that Ritchie should receive tho popu
lar or "newspaper" verdict as the
BF.RU.M. Feb. 2!Uly Associated
Press.) Grand Duko Friedrlch Aug
ust or Alilouburg, who was dethroned
whon the rovolittloa broko out, has
according to the Vorwacrtn presented
flnanrlal claim tK ha Oidonburg
diet. . ' ' '' : ' .
flo demands a yearly allowance of
130.000 marks for the grand duchul
family over a period of fifty years.
GS
BASEL. Fob. 2I.tt-As a result of
Mathlus Knherger's appeal to cap
italists for money to pay' for food
stuffs to bo bought from tho entente
victor. Leonard Is expected to weigh powers, a number of persons have
about J35 pounds while Ritchie will placed all their foreign securities at
be from five to seven pounds heavier, the disposal of the government, ac-
The recognized lightweight poundage cording to a Weimar dispatch to tho
Is 133 or under. i General Anzelger of Frankfort.
i'jl lim iOIFlIlOll I
JJf '?v and -Bartey j
; m., is of Special value during
r I
Ifor yr cereal food think of-
j 1 Nothing more a 7r 1
I j 11 amon ready-cooSced grain
If 1 fMTthe cereal to use be- ' f 1
Si : i ?er Ms FlcMness In silvan ; ' I
II j ,' GFBpNuts needs.no ' -11 , I .
II ' &: J$&S9K I
WooJ.rfulto S. 'XUur PmI Off Corn
otf with your fncr nncl thoro you
nro paln-trc and hnppv with tho
toe as smooth and corn-frAo am your
palm. "deta-It" Is tho only unfa
wav In tho world to trout u mm or
rnllus. It's tho euro way th way
that never fnllft. It la tried and trutt
uiied ty million cv-ry year. It
always works. Oots-tt" makes eut
tlnp; and dlKlxtnir at a corn and funa
Ins: with ItamlnKen. ealvoa or any
.thluM: els' entirety unnocomitiry.
"flot-It," tho Kuaranteed, nutney-bnekvorn-retnovor.
theoulv enre vay,
costs but n trlllo at any tlrtiff Hioro.
MTtlby K. iiwrcncoCo..Chlciiu.IIL
hoiU lu MeUluro. nnu lucoiiiuibuued
as the World's Beet Corn Romody by
Leon B. Ilasklns. Medford I'harmacy
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Paper Hanging Sign Work
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Tho mnlerlul wo aru using Is thu very best. Our prices are mod
erate. Wo liuve Just completed the Interior of tho Jckon County
Courthoir.li!, and furnish you with bent references. .
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Alfalfa, Clover, Timothy and
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Don't discard (lint hroken iitfc,of rniichincr; hrin
if, lo uh and wo will weld t lit lrokrii )ni1 ai'id niakc,
name as good as new atcain. We arc also in n poyiiion
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No job too .small or (m lar'c.
All work guaranlot'd or no i hargo.
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17 Snutb Blverslrfs.
GUI CHUWO
China Herb Stor
Herb euro roi oarat'ue, hoadacK
catarrah, dlpthorla, soro throat,
lung troubli, kidney trouble, stomach
I trouble, heart troublo, chills and for-
or, cramps, coiiKhs, poor circulation,
carbunclos, tumors, crackod breast
cures ail kinds of goltors. NO OP
ERATIONS. " '- ' ' '
Medford, Oregon, Jan 13, 1917
TO WHOM IT "AY COJOKUN: '
This is to certify that I, the un
dersigned,, bad Tory severe stomach
trouble and had boon bothered foi
seyerul years and last August was not
expected to llvo. and hearing of Olm
Chung' (-whoso -Hnrb Store Is ot 211
South Kront street, Mudtord) I de
cided to get hoibB for my stomach
troublo, and I Btorled lo fooling bet
tor as soon as I uai.'d thorn and today
am a well man and can heartily rec
ommend anyone afflicted as I was to
nee Qira Chung nd try his Herbs.
(Signed) W. Ii. JOftNSON.
Witnesses:
M, A. Andorson, Medford
S. 13, Holmos, Eagle Folnt, . '
Wm. Lewis, Eagle Point ,
W. L. Childreth, Eagle Point,
0. B. Moore, Eagle Point
J. V. Mclntyro, Eagle Point.
Oeo. B. Von dor Ilellcn, Ea!le Point
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Made from finest Eastern Hard Wheat and finest
Western Bluestem
Scientifically blended '
and manufactured by
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'., . . , Seattle, U. S. A. ..'
JUST ARRIVED '
A nice line of
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