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MEDFORD, OIIEGON,1 FRIDAY, APRIj 18, 1919
NO. 23
Medford
Mam .Tmmmu
JLYJLLJL 11,11 U A JJ- JLWJLJLJ' JL V JlA -
ISSls
UNION GAINED
';'VA . - ' --!!l!.;V-.r.':
Regardless of Present Adlustment
Electrical Workers Will Walk Out
July 1st Unless Burleson Recog
nizes Onsnliatlon Half Million
Fund to Carry On Flqht.
SPRINGFIELD. III.. April 18.
"Keitunlli'HK of what 'the outcome of
Ihs conference In rogiird to tlio strike
of telephone workiirs in Boston migjit
bo, tlio electrical worker will curry
out their program nnd strike on July
1 until I'oMlimiMliir Burleson decide
to roeounixu tlio employes' miioii,"
said J. 1. Nouiiun, noting president
of tlio lntornutionul Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers here today.
A referendum voto on lliu calling
of a mition wiilo slriko 1h being taken.
, nnd Mr. Noonnn declared that each
innil received shows iiii increased
number in fnvor of tlio walk-out.
which will affect mora tlimi 150.000
worker.
BOSTON. April 18. Governor
fonlidira todav asked Postmaster
Burleson whether lie objected to the
' Mtnta taking over the nperution of the
telephone svstvm during tha disuhil
itv.of the government to furnish acr,
vieo in New Euglund.
The xenuto adopted nn onler ask-'
inir 1'reHiilent WUkoii through rtecro
tnrv Tumtiltv to confer upon Willimn
K. Driver, urucrnl manager 'of the
Now England Telephone nntl Tele-
, trrnph eonipnnv. nuthoritv to settle
the Htriko of telephone operators nnd
electrical workers which bus caused
a suspension virtuiillv of nil tele
phone coniiminleulion in five of the
six New Ehulnnd stole. ;
OAKLAND. Tiilit. 'April 18. Tf
the electrical workers of the country
tloi'HIe to Irti on Htriko thev will stnrl
wltli A fund of 500.000 to "fight for
recognition hv Postmaster General
Burleson nnd their wniro deinnndK,''
L. C Grosser, n viee president of the
lntornutionul llrotherhood of F.loc-
trtcnl workerti nnuniineed hero todnv
I'neifin eoiiHt unions fuvor a strike
overwhelming v. Grosser miiil. '
"The present Htrike referendum Is
directed against every wiro utility
ennt pfiil.i.l hv l,ulmti.,t,t. ft....,.....!
Burleson." OniHHer Biiid. "It will lie
canvassed ut the hrotherhood hend
nunrtors in Springfield. Ills., on May
11." . -.- v.
DANIELS REVIEWS
COBLENZ, Thursday, April 17.
(By Associated irronsf) From a par.
pet of tho fortress Khronbrnltstoln,
mora than four hundred feat 'uliovo
tho Junction of tho Mosella and Rhino
Secretary Josophui Oantuls of tha
United Stntas navy, had his first
glimpse this aftarnoon of American
marines on duty. Patrol boats wero
darting back and forth among tho
. bargos and tugs on tho river,' tho
Amorlcan flag streaming from tho
atom mast of oach llltlo boat.
At tho point whero tho MohoIIo
joins the Rhino stnndH a heroic stiituo
of Emnoror Williams, suld to bo tho
lurgoRt of Its kind lit dorinuny. llo
' yond tho elatuto llioro are grout nllon
of lumber which arousod SneroUry'
Danlols' curiosity as he Ioo'koiI down
; upon tho aotivlty of Cobloni which
. has boon Incroasod two-fold by tho
Amorlcan occupation. of tho city. It
was oxplalnad to him that tha lumbor
was Intendod for now buildings which
will serve as rocreatlon' oontors and
barracks for tho Amorlcan soldiers
of the army of occupation,
Mr, Danlols wsb taken thru fho
' undorground passages of tho liliren
i hroitstoln fortress built pnrtly by
' lulinw ItnM In. I... fiunnlir mlllli.n
francs which the Oarmans exnotod
from Franco, und wus shown tho nc
: aommorintions of American artlllory-
mon whora but a few months ngo
: thousands yOf Oormait soldiers had
been quartered. , Ho also Irispocted
; the motorized equipment of tho17th
artillery rogimont which under Col.
10. W. Cihlo, former oavalry officer
' and eominnndor of Hhronbreltstoln,
Is said to be tho first Amorlcan artll
, lory unit fully oqulpped with motors,
v Mr. Daniels will review tomorrow
! morning the Second division which
Inoludes a brigade of marines. Ho
will go to WHesliadou on Saturday
; nnd will return In Colilona iiy way of
; tho Rhino,
U.S MARINESFROM
RHINE FORTRESS
.FRAN
GETS DIVORCE DECREE-:
ASKS HALF FORTUNE!
PAItW, April lS,-rA dooliilon
dliwolvliiK tho murrlaxOi of
Knink Juy (I on lit and Mm. KUllh 4
Kelly (loulit wan tiunilud down 4
Tliurnilny In tho civil court at 4
VemullleH. Mm. (lould fatted to
4 appear In court, nltlio Rho en-
4 torod a claim for ono-hnlt of
Mr. Uould'i fnrluno. - .
Krunk J. (lould In tho younK-
out ion of the Into Jay Clould, a
innmher of varloun C'w York
clutu und a dlroctor In Hovoral
rallroudi. Mm. (lould, former-
ly an nctreiui woll known on tho
Now York miiKO, la hid second
wire. Mr. (lould'i Nntl wKo,
who wuh Mies Union Marmirot
4 Kelly; olitulneil a dlvnrca in
1006. Mr. (lould and Minn KMllh
Kelly, wero married In 1010.
At the time Mr. Guuld'i null
wu filed In October, 191 s, It
wan undentood Incompatltilllty
of tcmpor wan tho uround Kivon 4
for tho action. On October 20
tho I'Brln Corrections court or-
dered .Mm. (lould and Mario
Canamiua, a Mexican, to pay CO
frnnca each on a chumo of bav-
Inn had Improper relation!.
ALLIED FRONTIERS
VIE.VNA, April 18. (By AssoclaU
ed Pre.) The spread of Bolshevik
propaganda wcntward Is being groat-
ly fnvored by the laxity of frontier
ragulatlons, tho least guarded being
Uioko of Poland. Trains are arriving
at Budapest and Vlonna from tho
oust carrying numbers of agents sup-
piled with all sorts at falso passports
and money. ' -
The observations nf the correspon
dent show that tho heal guarded fron:
Her apparently Is thnt.of Knsl Prus
sia, where tho Uolahovlkl aro made
to understand they are not welcome
Trains from Cracow Into Gorman 81
losla and Bohomla, however, aro
filled with nondescript Individuals
from Russia whose papors are either
not examined at all or aro, .looked
over most casually. Conditions are
much the same as regards tho trains
ontorlng Hungury by way of the
Ukraine and Kust Qallcla. It Is oven
assorted that notwithstanding tha
Italian restrictions, ontranco to Italy
Is not difficult.
The falsification of American pass,
ports Is declared to 6o so common
that tho reprosoutntlvp.of tho Aihor
Icnn diplomatic sorvlco hare attached
to tho Bpnptsh embassy stntos that It
would bo advlsnlilo to Incroaso tho
difficulties of frnud by requiring tho
application of thumb prints to all
orlKlnul United Btntos passports, as
It Is easy, tt Is claimed to subslltulo
now photographs nnd Imltato tha slg
naturos. NEARLY A MILLION
ARMENIANS DIE
. IN TURK DESERT
." NEW YOUK. April '..10. With
di'awnl of the Aniurieanvlted Ci'okk
from rclicl1 work in Aleppo. Aintnb.
aliiruuli and other diHtriels north of
JeriiHalem in AHia Minor anil its nil
niiniHtrntion liv tho American commit
tee for Ameniim and fcivrinn relief
was nnhonneed todnv hv;John II. Kin
lev, eoiniuisaioiier for tho let Crows
for 1'nIoHtino. who lias lust returned
from a trip to tlio Nonr Kast.
Doserihimr conditions' in' tho Nonr
KiikI, Mr. Kinlov snid: .
"Krom tho one town of Aintab. 30,
000 ArmoniiuiH wore driven nto the
(IcHort to die, and now there nro. so
fur Ma trn din Ipnrn. nlllv 40.001) or
5,000 nlivo. If this proportion hoUW
true throimhoiit, then nearly 8"0.000
mon, women nnd children iiorished
in that dosort, . '
"ThrouL'hout' Asia Minor, bevond
tlio points lo which tho British mid
nnd French trbops lmvo udvnncod,
tho Armenians are still heinir perse
cuted hv Iho Turks.' In ono. wav or
another, bv individuals and bv Ki'oups
Armenians nro heme killed. I know
of ono onso wero 100 Armenians wore
slauchlerod, i nnd nnother wero 40
worn shot down all 0 Ibis since the
amiwUco was signed," .. , .,
PERSHINGASKS
YANKS TO KEEP
MORALE
Proclamation From American Com
mander Delivered to Troops at
Archangel "Don't v Return With
Reputations Blemished" Bolshe
vik! Driven Back Bv Artillery.
AKCHANOKU April 17. (Uv tho
Associated Press.)' Brigadier Gen
eral Wilds 1'. ltiohiirdson, U. 8. A.,
arrived nt Arehmnrcl today with bis
staff on board , tho first ,big ice
breaker which has made its wav into
-tho retrain r Archnncel docks since
tlio heuiiininu of winter,
' One of (ho first nets df General
Hichurdsnn, who comes to take com
mand of the American forces in
North Kussin. was to nuiko Dublin to
tho American troops a telecrum from
Oencrnl I'crxhim: c.nlline upon them
to maintain their morale.
General I'erwliinir's messnse was ns
follows:
"Inform our troops thnt all Amor
ien resounds with the'prnise of the
splent'lil record the Amen4 n ex-
peditionarv forces lmvo made. Tho
reputation of the American soldier
for valor and his splendid discipline
under the most trvinir conuuions
have endeared everv member of the
expeditionary forces not onlv to his
friends nnd relations, but . to oil
Americans. 1
IUmtattins Vnbieihtshod
"Their comrades in France have
not forgotten that the Americans in
North Jtussia aro part of the expo
ditionnrv forces nnd we are proud to
transmit them their praise of the
American people. I feel sure everv
soldier in northern Russia will join
his comrades here in the biuh resolve
of returning to., America. , with un-
hlemisiied reputations. ,
"I wish every soldier in northern
Russia to know thnt I lullv appre
ciate that his hardships have contin
ued lomr after those endured bv our
soldiers 111 Franco nnd tlutt everv ef
fort is bcini; mode to relieve condi
tions in the north nt the earliest pos
sible moment."'
- General Richardson plans to make
a trip to tho front as soon ns pos
sible. , 1
Uolahovlkl Itotrcat ' '
AHC1IANGKL. April 17. (Bv the
Associated Tress.) Tho Bolsheviki
have ovucuuted the town of Bolshic
Ojierkio. nccordinir to peasants who
fled to tho allied lines vesterdny.
The enemy evidently was driven out
bv the constant shellinir to which the
liussinn-iillied artillery has been sub
lectins tho town dnriiiL' tho Inst tvrb
weeks. 1 ho Bolsheviki nro reported
to have established positions in the
woods nearbv.
. Thn hiinlliHriltni.nt. tnm.fhf.r with
tho-;shortne:o of supplies dho to the
thnninir of ronds is soriouslv un
pairine; the morale of tho Bolsheviki.
who aro reported to be without re
serve provisions. The peas'anU re
ported that the troops dosired to leave
the. front, hut that tho Communists
officors wero holdinir them in njnee
With macliine u-uns posted alonsr tho
road in their rear.
The enemy's puns shelled tho Rus
so-allied positions last oveninir for
20 minutes without causing nnv ens
Hiilties, Tho other sectors aro ccn-
ornllv nuite. ,
1 ,
TRAINS TO
HALT 3 MINUTES
PARIS, April 18. The role to be
played by the railroad men In the
May 1 demonstration haB been decid
ed by the fedoratlon to consist In Its
main feature of a three-minute stop
page of trains at or about 10 o'clock
In the morning. The stoppage Is to
be ontered In flie train logs as "the
manifestation of May 1, by order of
the foderatlon."
The central office nnd work shop
staffs will lay oft for 24 hours, while
the depot stuff will stop work for
periods of from 15 minutes to three
hours, according to tho nature of
their service. v . ,
The union's Instructions explicitly
state that stoppages must not In any
way endanger the public.
: Tho iParls subway, street car and
omnibus employes' union met yester
day to consider how tt should cele
brate the first of May. Altho Its de
cision was not mado public It Is un
derstood that ngenernl stoppago of
the services mentioned Is probable.
15.000 WOMEN PLEAD
BE
1'AlilS, April 18. (French
Wireless Service.) A petition
nskitic for tho punishment of
lit,, flnrmuntl riitfiwinufttl,. fur tlie
denortation of women from
Lille. Hoiibuix and Totircoimr in
the-sprinir of 101(1 will soon be
hiindcil to tho ismce conference,
It is signed bv-1.1.000 women,
including Madame Gaston ( al-
mette nnd Mrs. Anna Roosevelt. J
The petition savs: . ' X
' "fn spito of the most clcmen-
" larv lows of' humanity thou-
sands of women, inrl nnd child-
rcn of everv condition were svs-
teninticallv iihdiictcd from their
families nrtd were forced to sub-
niit to tho most odious Input-
mont. We women of France witlr J
with blecdine nnd broken hearts
demand instk from the peace
conference on,5 behalf of our-
martyred sistifrs. ;
"To prevent Vuich crimes from
ever beine perpetrated again we
deinnnd thut those ; (rniltv of
them be punished like ordinary
criminals. Wo trust vou will
exact full iitstice from Germany
find tier nllipH. Wa nrn ncnritifr
the nnhivorsnrv of the duv.
April 23. 1010. when that odious
deed against which the -women
of all notions protest was cur-.
ried out. and we firmlv trust
tliat.nnother venr w'.ll not elapse;
before the iriiiltv are punished,.'
both those who issued the order
from Berlin nnd those who eie-:
eutcd it in . tho most brutul
wav." ' - ' i ' '
' . i
WOULD EJECT
THEk ENGLISH
FROM EGYPT
British Concerned Over Grtwth of
Nationalist Movement Insurgents
Demand Officials Resign and Brit
ish Subjects Leave Country Cairo
Strikes Extending; v 'i "
PARIS. ; April 17. (irnvns.1
Ncwspnucrs bore feature reports as
to the gravity of the Egyptian situa
tion, and it is said thnt there is great
Cnnoora among British authorities
over tho nationalist movements Dis
patches state that mutinous condi
tions prevail at CViro, Alexandria
and Port Said, there being several
mysterious deutCs in connection with
tho disorders. .
The. insurgent leaders demand that
Kuropean officials resign, thnt Eng
lish citizens icnvo the country and
that n Musselmnn empire be found
ed with -a caliph at Cairo.
CAIRO. Egypt.' April 18. The eitv
Bus Qiitwardlv culm -today, although
n mu.ioritv of tlio public scrvicos wire
paralyzed bv tlio strikes which nro
oxtnnding rather than abating.
Tho cabinet todav issued a fresh
wnrnins admonishing tho strikers to
rosumo work Wednesday. The brev
ity of the warning nnd its firm tone
seem to imply that tho paticneo of
tho nuthorilise has reached its. limit
and that other means will be resorted
to if the nationalists pursue their
present court.
Mennwhilo svmpnthizers with the
movement hold nightlv meetings in
the mosnues. : Tho nationalists are
said to he strongly in favor of an un
yielding attitude. ' ' ' .-" :;'." ' "
PLEDGE QUOTAS
PORTLAND. April 18. Victory
loan officials of Washington. Yam
hill, Klamath and , Union counties
hnvc gunrnntced their ouotas.throush
the bunks of the counties, J. U Eth
cridge, stntc director of organization,
announced here todnv: The nuota
of Washington countv is $404,775,
that of Yumhill, $308,275, Klamath,
338.400,' and Union. .$44,425. "
HOOD RtVKR. ' Ore.. April 18.
The Mood River Nows has been wir-
ohnsed bv C. P. Sonniehson nnd Hugh
J. Ball, E. I. Bonrdmnn. a California
editor who had purnbiisc'd n half in
terest 111 the paper six months ngo.
has sold it and will return (o Cnlil'or
nin. Tho News nppenred under its
pew ownership today,
SEND KAISER
WlTHOUTTRIAL
INTO EXILE
Council Plans to Follow Napoleon
Precldent In Treatment of German
Experor Special ' Allied Court-
Martial for Ludendorff. Von Tir-
petz and Other Military Offenders.
PARIS, April 18. The plan of the
council of four to have Belgium pros
ecute the former German emperor on
the charge of responsibility for the
war Is meeting with objections which
nrA nffnln tirlnirlnf tin Ilia whnln ftllh-
! Ject for revision.
. Those who have the matter In
band divide the question of war re
sponsibilities Into two distinct classes
The first class Includes military and
naval offenders, like General Luden
dorff and Admiral von Tlrpltz, and
those accused of .various excesses
against the usual rules of warfare.
The second class Includes former
Emperor William, ex-Chancellor Von
Betbmann-Hollweg and others -whose
offAtlRA ! chfpflv nf a nnlltlcal na
' lure. ,
- Join Court Martial
Concerning the first class, that ot
military offenders. It Is agreed that
there is no international court mar
tial suitable to undertake 'such mili
tary trials, but it Is pointed out that
every country has Its own system of
court martial for military offenses
committed within its borders. : This
has developed the suggestion that
these countries combine their courts
martial and act under a single mill'
tary procedure codified from all the
separate military codes: A joint court
martial would thus be constituted
capable-of dealing with offenders ot
the first, or military and naval class.
, Follow Napoleon Precedent
. Concerning the political offenders
If Is said that a tribunal Is not neces
sary and would be ineffective o'ing
to the legal Immunity of political of
fenders. Therefore It la maintained
that the action against Napoleon I
furnishes a precedent for the deter
mination ot the allied course as a
general measure of policy. . .
In the case of Napoleon there was
no trial, but he was confined on the
Island of St. Helena as a . general
measure of policy for the tranquility
of Europe. Some such general pol
icy Is designed to reach ex-Emperor
William and other political offenders,
with Belgium or another country
against which the political offenses
charged were chiefly directed acting
for the purpose of securing the extra
dition of the Individual aa a prelim
inary to putting the general policy
into effect.
OCEAN FLIGHT IS
ON FIRST LEG
- EASTCHURCH, England, Arll 18
Major J. C. P. Wood left East
church at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon
for IJmerlcJc, Ireland, on the first
log of bis attempt to cross tho At-,
lantlo in a Shortt airplane
Major Wood Btarted his flight in
Ideal weather. There was very little
wind. He was accompanied by Lan
caster. Parker, a .test pilot for the
Shortt company. . ..
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. IN BRIEF
r: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
April 18. Conflicting claiius to the
city of Fiumo nnd the Dalmatian
coast which havo been luid before tho
peace conferenco in Paris bv. Italy
und Juco-Slaviu probably 'will ,ho
brought to a decision soon. " .
This controversy has aroused pub
lio sentiment in Italy- and when the
Italian parliament meets April' 24 it
is probable Promicr Orlaralo will be
asked for a report- on . the subie
llcnco he is said especially to de
sire a settlement before that date. -
Conversations -.on the ' Adriatic
nrpblem have been going on in Paris
for some time, but it is indicated that
a settlement has not been reached.
Pence Terms Saturday
The allied terms of. pence probably
will not he laid bofore tho Germans
until Saturday of next week nnd it
may hot. bo until the following Mon
day that the enomv delegates lenrn
the details -"of the treaty.-. This will
delay proceedings to some extent, it
is believed.-' and it is not expected
that the German delegation can go
to Weimar, receive instructions nnd
return to Paris before May 8.
' According to present plans the Ger
man delegates will ho permitted to
sk question to -elucidate obscure
GOVERNMENT MAY '
TAKE ACTION AGAINST
WASHINGTON. April 18. At-
tomeV General Palmer has been
asked bv Secretary Houston of
the deportment of agriculture
"for an opinion as to the Icgnlity
of the movement among south- J
cm cotton planters to reduce
acreage with the purpose of T
holding un cotton prices. T
'. Tbp innuirv was made follow-
in vi.!iit l.v flu, .IpnnrtmAnt nf
agriculture of compluints from
a number of cotton consuming
interests. .
It was pointed out todav in J
this connection thnt approprin-
tinn tiillu fi unli Ipiim( nrnHPCII-
tion of the department of .ins-
tieo for'sevcrnl veftrs has con-
tained n clause forbiddine em-
ploVment of the trust laws
against farmers for nnv crop
" raising activities. The Clavton
nnlLfrniit nf alun tinai'ifllfl tllAt '
farmers shall not be affected bv
its provisions. X
Attorney Ocneral Palmer will
prepare an opinion within the
T- flo.l ltt-rt nr IhwA ' .
.'...-
L
THE PACIFIC COAST
WASHINGTON. April 18. Despite
the'surplus of labor in many sections
of the: country efforts of the United
State's employment service to secure
labor for, work on the farms has met
with little success, says a statement
made public todav bv the department
of lubor. Concerning the labor sit
uation, the - statement savs reports
for the week ending April 12. from
59 cities indicate an improvement in
unemployed conditions. " Reports
from these cities show 36 hnvine a
surplus of labor in representative in
dustries aggregating 97.900 as com
pared with a surplus over the pre
vious week of 123.605.
Seven cities show a shortnee ne-
gregatine 3,750 or 800 less, than the
previous week, while 16 show an
enualitv of labor supply and demand.
Of the 36 cities renortine surpluses
it is noticeable, snys the statement,
that 14 showed decreases and none
showed a material uierease.
"Improvement in labor supply and
demand during the week have been
better on the Pacific coast than in
i : ; ..e u
concludes the statement.
II. S FLAG WILL NEVER BE
LOWERED IN PORTO RICO
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. April 18.
Seventeen members of the Ameri
can congress, including Representa
tive Claude Kitelnn and Josepn U
rnnmin nm 1 Slomitnr Gorn nf Olda-
linnin. arrived here vesterduv to
make a tour of Porto Rico.
K.,mllnr Willmni Si Kenvnn nf InWa
before sailing from Sun Juan for
New York Wednesday, made tins dec
.". ....
"The American fins will never bo
lowered in Porto Rico.
points, but nothing approaching a
discussion of the terms will be per
mitted. . Onlv' President Wilson and
the allied premiers will be present
when the terms are presented to the
Germans. It is exuoeted the league
of nations will have the plneo of
honor in the terms to bo presented.
Japan will bring bofore the council
of four on Saturdav the subject of
Kiao Chan, tho German fortress in
the Far East. , ; ' '
Germans Seize Llbau
Lilian has been seized bv German
nnd Baltic-German troops, according
to advices roceivcd nt Copenhagen,
The Lettish provisional agreement
has been ousted, according to tho re
port and some of the ministers im
prisoned. A British mission is at Li
ban and British warships nro in tlie
harbor and it mav be that some no
tion will be tuken nguinst tho Gor-
mans. . . - . ' '.'' " '
Telegrnphio communication be
tween Berlin nnd Munich hns been
severed and Bamberg. Bavaria, ulso
is cut off from the German capital
Dispatches do not give the reason
for the interruption, but Gorman gov
ernment and Bavarian soviet troops
'have been fighting in Munich for the
last several diivs, : . .
E
iORLOSEP.&E.
George Collins Issues Anneal to Bus-
ness Men of Medford Lumber In
terests Have Done All Thev Will
Do Thev Can Walt. Medford
Cun't Everyone Must Help.
: By Geo. T. Collins ";
The committee who have teen.
working all this week'to raise the 1
necessary funds to keep the iP.; & H.
In operation are still Bhort 1m round
figures $9,000.00 and unless this
amount it subscribed, by tomorrow
night the road will be junked. - -The
business and professional men
ot Medford do not seem to realize
that the situation is serious. Thoy
all seem to agree that the proposition
is a good one, they all want to see it
go through but at the same time they -have
a hazy Idea that some one else .
is going to do it and their help la not
required. .
Nearly every one askg -why don't
the timber interests finance the mat-
ter? There is nothing original about
that suggestion, it has occurred to
others and several months have been
wasted trying to get them to do this.
They have stated what they will do
and that is.all there Is to it and now
the question is, what are yon going
to do about it? Your . committed
would not waste their time calling
on you If a better way could beide
vlsed. .'' .v"-'. !-
. The timber Interests have a hig In
vestment already and you and I have
no right to expect them ter build up)
an industry that will beneflt our bus
iness unless we show some, disposi
tion to do our share. ' If the Umber
people will not -finance the proposi
tion. Is. that a -good ieasoa.i,why wa,
should lose the payrolls that are in-"
volved? Can we afford to lose them?
Wrt nm iwmfrnntArl with a .condition
not a theory. Perhape the timber
people can afford to wait. twenty-five
years or more to realize on thelrilit
vestment but can we? We cannot af
ford to stop eating because -food is
high can we? If we have to. wait to .
develop this country until such time
as those who can afford to develop It
most of us will starve to death, v . .
Those business and professional
men who subscribed to the Cannery
and the Applegate Lumber company
hare gotten their money back several ,
times over if neither one ever turns a
wheel again. They were both good
investments from a business stand
point, it is part ot your cost of doing
business. - If you are going to con
tinue in business In Medford you are
going to have to put . up for such
enterprises again and again. ( Some
one must do it and no one is going
to do it for you, that is a sure thing.
At obo time we had a proposition
to build a railroad to the Blue Ledge
and everyone was for it,; where- is
that spirit? We now have a chance
to buy a two million, dollar road for
a song and we are passing' it up.
Something is wrong, what la it? Is
there any business or professional
man in the city of Medford who will
not be benefited to the extent of a
hundred or two it wo have a box fac
tory and lumber mill going in Mod
ford alone to say nothing of the other
benefits to be derived froni.the op
eration ot this road? .', .j ' :. .- r, .
Let's get together and put ;; . this
thing over. It. would be the greatest
mistake we over made1 to lot this
road be junked. , . ",
BULGARIAN SURRENDER
. 'BERLIN, April 18,r (By Associat
ed Press.) ' The Vienna correspon
dent ot the Zeitung Am Mlttag says
there has been published there a let
ter allegd to have been written by
former Emperor Charles of Austria
to the former German crown prince.
The letter, it Is said, was dated Aug,
20,: 1917,. nnd among other things
said: :. ' -. .:- .--"r , .
"Bulgaria is on the point of drop
ping out of the war and the situa
tion demands that peace should be
concluded bofore whiter.' 1 havo pos
itive indications that we . could' win
over an opponent if Germany Would ,
be willing to make certain territorial
sacrifices in Alsace-Lorraine, but I
do not want Germany alone to mnko
sacrifices. : I will myself boar,. -the
loan's share In this direction."! ' ,
iNvSALEM, April 18. Governor 01-
cott declared himself In sympathy to
day with the national movement tor
humane education which has set next
week as "kindness to animals week"
thruout this country nnd sevornl for
eign countries. . v
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