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WAR HERO CLAIMS l5V !l ODRF RRANTFD I mi
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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TO WORK
A Mother Tells How Her
Daughter Was Made Well
Again by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
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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.
Standing all day, or sitting in cramped
positions nndofton with wet feet, young
girls contract deranged conditions, and
before they are hardly aware of it they
develop headaches, backache, irregular
ities, nervousness and bearing-down
pains, all of which are symptoms of
woman's ills. If every mother who has
a daughter suffering from such symp
toms would profit by the experience of
Mrs. Eicher and give Lydia K. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial
she may expect the same happy result
We wish to announce to the public that we have pur
chased the business known as the "Auto Electric Equip
ment Co.," of Medford, which we will operate at the
same location, 27 N. Grape street, under our own name,
"The Perkins Auto Electric Co."
We are open for business right now
We are expert mechanics and guarantee satisfaction to
our patrons.
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Bosch Matnetos Gray-Davis Generators
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