FACIE ETC! ITT rET)FOT?D ANNOUNCEMENT ! MATTj TTiTETTXTv MEDFOT?D. OTJEfiON". SATURDAY. MAI7CTT 2fi. 1021 WAR HERO CLAIMS l5V !l ODRF RRANTFD I mi IfinTlin ni llllirn ' f - 4-4V , - fM. m innri r- nAiiirn II TACOXIA, Mur. 2 0. Hugh Van Amburgh. Iiero of Feveii niajwr but tles In th world war mid decorated twice for bravery by both the Unit! titatefl and French armifs declared on th witness stand today that Arthur Jtust planned hln own kidnaping hero February 1, in order to obtain money from his father. Van AmburRii l on trial In superior court rharped with the kidnaping to which he confessed following his ar ret a few weeks uro. Several hundred people were unablo to crowd Into the packed court room today. "Arthur Itust told me ha needed money," Van AmburKh said. "He de clared ho was loath to usk his father for the Hum required, and asked If I would like to make a bitf sum easily. 1 told him yos. Ho then said his father was afraid of kidnapors, and he fiURpested a kldnnuinir clot. "I told him it woh a dirty trick. He (inowerd that all the Itust wealth would bo his some day and that fret ting a little In advance niado no dif ference." Arthur Rust Is the only son of W. 71. IlURt, millionaire mining and smelting man, banker and real estate owner. PAGE GOING TONIGHT ANJTA STEWART in L "THE FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS" COMING TOMORROW Stop Thief Featuring: TOM MOORE v The PJay That STOLE " THE PUBLIC'S 1 HEART GOOD PICTURES GOOD MUSIC THE PAGE POLICY ALWAYS ANITA STEVART ih " THE FIGHTING SHEPHERDESS' Last Time Page Theatre Tonight. New York Expert Writes Appreciation of Sargent's Book To the editor: I nin enclosing here with a fine review if my recent book in New York Tribune by Win. Ij. Mc pherson w ho was the correspondent of the New York Tribune In the World War and who himself has written two books on the war. II. II. SAIlliKNT. By William .MePherson The Strategy on the Western Front (1U14-19IX). My Herbert Howhind Sar gent, lieutenant colonel, U. S. A. (retired). Published by A. C. MeClurg & Co., Chicago. This ' monograph in written by an American army officer, who lias de voted many years to the study of mili tary strategy, and who served during the last year of the great war in the war plans division of our general staff. It shows a breadth and independence of view not often noted in American military comment. Colonel Sargent had previously produced two books on the Napoleonic campaigns and one on the campaign of Santiago tie Cuba, in which ho participated. Ho has digest ed Moltko and Koch, as well as Clause wltz. Hut he is not Intimidated by more authority. He expresses his own opinions, with decision and confi dence. The author explains the strategy of the Western Front from 1!U to 1H18 a strategy, for the most part, of cnecktnate In uxed and unlurnnblc po sitions. Hut thu main conclusion drawn Is that the- Western I'Yont was not tile one on which a decision should have been sought. Colonel Sargent is, in fact, u convinced Knstcrner. He thinks that the (icrmans made a tre mondous mistake in not taking the of fensive In the east In August, 1!H, Instead of rushing into France. Ho holds that the allies made a similar mistake In not carrying the war into the Halkans as soon as they were ready for a real offensive. The French may not bo blamed so much for this inllure, for to them the defense of their own soil was the pri mary consideration. Hut with their strategic sense blunted by the Ger man occupation of the northern prov inces, the direction of tho war on the allied side became unbalanced and hositatliiK. It remained so up to the spring of 1!HX. The greatest entente opportunity was frittered away In the half-hearted (ialllpoll venture. On this point Colonel Rirtent Byys Justly: "From tho beginning the vital and strategical center of tho wholo thea ter of war lay betwern the Ulack and Aegean Rons, in the vicinity of Con stantinople. Tho Hnrdanelles, the Sea of Marmora, t lit Bosporus, the Bal kans from Satonicn to Constantinople, these were the vital points, and if the allies could have won an early victory in tills region toe first, important step toward winning tho war would have been accomplished." Later on. after submarine warfare In the Mediterranean developed, ton nage shortage and transport difficul ties might have proved a formidable obstacle to large scale operations In the Balkans. But., as Colonel Sargent shows, the Balkans were always the most vulnerable spot in tho lino held by the Teuton allies, and it was the Bulgarian debacle, more than anything else, which led l.udondorff at the end of September, litis, to inform tho gov ernment In Berlin that it must "seek an armistice immediately." In a mem orandum submitted to the war plans divisions oi tlie general starf on Aug ust M, 1318, republished in this work. Colonel Sargent, in fact, strongly ad vised extending the American effort to the east, where alone, he held, a de cision could be obtained with a mini mum of cost. The memorandum was ignored, apparently because General Pershing was all for fighting It out with the Germans in France. Tho author gives Foeh due credit for the extraordinary energy of his western offensive alter July IS, P.HS. Yet he believes lliat the Germans could havo held tho .Meuse and the Khlne well into HUD If the southern Teuton front hadn't collapsed. He says again: "It is the deliberate opin ion of the writer that had there been no break in the Balkans and had the campaign continued during the spring and summer of 1919, liitn.OOO Amer icans sent to the Balkans would have had a much greater effect in bringing the war to a speedy end than ten times that number sent to tho West ern Front." It was only the unforeseen develop ment of the tank, Colonel Sargent thinks, that made possible any sort of a break-through in France. This book is a good example of scholarly and competent military criti cism. IN U. S. SENATE WASHINGTON, Slar. 2C Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is to be chair man of the republican steering com mittee as well as senate floor leader for the majority, according to plans made by the republican organization lie will 3iicceed Senator McCumber, of North Dakota who was a "mild reser- vationlst" in the treaty controversy and not in harmony with a majority of the republicans in that contest. WASHING i ON, Mar. 26. A bill to fix new wage standards for all govern mcnt employes is to be one of the first measures to obtain consideration at the approaching session of congress. Salary scales in general according to plans outlined, will be raised, but wages for several classes of employes may ue reduced. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah with the aid of treasury experts, is preparing a bill for the re-classifica lion of government salaries. It is planned to cease paying federal em ployes from lump sums, at salaries fixed at tho will of the bureau chiefs and also to dispense with the bonus system adopted during the war. Among the abuses aimed at are con ditions found, according to Senator omoot, in various departments where somo employes receive many hundreds of dollars more or less than others do ing similar work. RED REVOLT RENEWED (Continued tiom Page One) IGHT Begins Tomorrow ,rj;durc tea TOMtillT WALLIE REID mill Ills l-rtitllic of flriy chtiruiem 111 'Tlie t BAKU St'HOOl," l Ml depart Mlt. anil MHS. ITltl.lC: It Is Willi keen delight Hint lie nn numiie for TOMoituow Holt OTIIY t.lSII In Tin: t.llo.vr n the ; Altltl-riV You'll enjoy every fool of II. '-1IMN; lillOM KITCIIDN SI Mi" selivtol com edy. INI'lltN ATIOWI, M:YS, mid ilt( i: llltnwvs music a. Id llion.1 Miap lo the hlloiv. RIALTO Tho lni.nl IikIko Knights of Pythian will onloi-tain their mem hers and visitors with a social evening, fol lowed with refreshments next Mon day night. Good eats and cigars will he furnished hy the entertainment committee. It i.i expected that the huilding committee will make a de tailed report at this time, which will insure a record attendance, as the inemhera of this lodge are very much eniluiHcd over the prospect of having adequate lodge quarters in the not distant lu ( nre. II is t lie purpose of this lodge to not only provide its mem hers with the accommodations they desire, hut to erect a castle hall that will be an ornament to the city of Medford. l'KNSKf OI.A, Via., Mar. Jii.-im the theory advanced hy Lieutenant V. Heed, instructor in metoorolo),;, at the naval station here that the na ival halloon missing since it left here j'Vuesdiiy evening with five men aboard could not have drifted to Ma in the face of southerly winds pre I vailing where it was last reported, a .navy dirigible with two day's supplies land a double crew aboard left here (today to search the forests of West , Florida, ' Meantime sea pl:ines and naval ves sels continued their search of ihe coast and in sonic instances ventured ifar to sea in an effort to find a trait 'of the balloon or its occupants. IS 100 EXPENSIVE SAN H At.VAtiol;. l:,.publir of S:il lailnr. .M:ir. Nicaragua has tte Ktin negotiations to obtain permission to resign lu-r iu.Miilt-rslili in ttu League of .Villous, tuvaus.' the c l. ii.se alt. o lie, I to tin- iiiftutt.'rsliip is . onsiii.-r. d i-, ssie. s:is a dis p.iti h II ..in Mjti.iiriM. It . osts Ni. ii rii'4!i.i 5 1. "nn a month niul ttie c,iv. rnnienl ..e the t.-nKl!. SK.Olld. billing ..i ii ;t iii. i.i.t-i of a v.mi. against the security police for three days had been driven out of that city wero brought here last night by men breathless from running tlie twelve miles which lay between lClslebcu and this little Saxon village. They said the communists were retreating across the fields, for the most part in good order but some had thrown away their guns and others had been taken prisoners. The tidings were received without emotion by men and boys who stood. rifles in hand, ready to report for duty to the commander of the communists. In a few minutes, however, these men and boys began to straggle away, ap parently to join their communist com rades in another stand against the po lice. One of the refugees from Eis leben said to the correspondent last evening: "You haven't this sort of fighting in America have you'.' Things must go bettor there." . He said that women who had been camped in the outskirts of Kislcben day and night since fighting began there entered the city immediately after rifle firing ceased. "They would have gone earlier," lie added, "but the workmen would not permit thorn to go in. Tho women do not havo much Interest in tho world revolution. 'io them the fight at Kis lebeu was just a row between work men and tho 'green police.' " Members of the communist forces which were in virtual control of Kis lcben permitted the correspondent to enter that city yesterday between bursts of firing, but they were unwil ling to escort him back, saying that tlie only conveyances available were in the hands of the police, and that capture wan probable. The correspon dent, however, succeeded In securing an automobile and left the town but as bullets began striking the road around the machine, the chauffeur fled and the correspondent walked as far as Oberroeblingen. After his experiences in Kisleben and scenes of bloodshed and violence, tho correspondent found this little vil lage particularly peaceful. In spite of the fact that heavy fighting was go ing on only a few miles away, church bells were ringing hero last evening, women were praying in Ihe churches and children were laughing and play ing about the streets. TOO ILL TO WORK A Mother Tells How Her Daughter Was Made Well Again by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ft? 4 J Philadelphia, Pa. "At the age of sixteen mv daughter was having trouble every month, bhe had bad pains across her back and in her sides, her back would pain her so that she could not do her work and would have to lie down. My married daughter recommen ded Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. She took it faithfully and is now regular and has no pain. We recommend the Veg etable Compound and give you permis sion to publish this letter. " Mrs. Katie F.tciiKK, 4034 N. Fairhill St., Philadel phia, Pa. 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