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'ii iii1 1; am t iti i. ! 'APRDFOTiT) WATtTRTBUNK. MEfiFORTV frRKfiftNV MxriAY,' frORVMl .KK 11, 1H2." page tutied The Potential Scope of Optometry Three ' people' out of every ten in America are wearing glasses and; it is said that . seven out of every ten need them. This almost universal need for glasses in modern civil ized life is due largely to the constant use of the eyes at close range, and almost constant exposure to .glare from sidewalks, streets, buildings and high power electric lights.' ildderii life demands modern equipment and it is the' constant tise of the eyes for close work that lias made scientific glass fitting a great basic hu man need. . To supply this almost universal need, there has come into existence a great army of refraction ists who arc knowii as Optometrists and who de vote their lives to the con servation of Vision. 'Optometrist' is a word coined a few years ago from the (3 reek aid mean ing "eye measures." This word fairly cleserilJes the work of the Optometrist 'who, v 'withoufr the use of drugs or ' medicine, but through the skillful use of sci cii t i fie instruments, measures the human eye and prescribes glasses for its needs. , There arc many physi cal defects which may re tard your progress in life and this article is intend ed to stress the preva lence of eye strain and its attendant -evils. Consulta tion with a competent Optomcl list will quickly disclose eye strain or any other eye defect that may exist. (Rights' reserved) Cut Ont-i-SIgn Sin II Today Tlio Eyesight Service Bureau of Mod ford Mall Tribune, Metlford, Oregon. Flense seitd mo, with out cost or obligation on my lrt( copy of the new Booklet describing SlghtConscrtntlon. Xanio . - - Address-- - ............ city raid Adv. Women's Hose $1.00 Pair Silk from top to toe vritl' French Heel lllllllllllllllll'llllllHlllllllll, CRAFT WILL USE OSLO fP) The whaling Intluntry or Norway htm succumbed to mod ernization ami become electrified. llolm Hansen, a Norwegian civil engineer, has developed a method of .electrifying tho harpoon which is expected to reduce the cont of whaling in addition to sparing tho animal much of the torture that has marked the catch before. On board tho whaler an electric power plant la built, producing al ternating current of low tension. One pole of the generator la con nected with the harpoon and it insulated cable, tho other with the ship's side. , , , When the harpoon Is launched from tho, gun, tho electric circuit is automatically . closed, and when the spear hits tho whale tho ani mal is instantly electrocuted. The muscular spasm prevents the air from being blown from the lungs, .causing the body to float, while It is towed to the cookory or ashore. . i - It Is estimated that the new process will double the catch of the ordinary whaler. , The -. present harpoon method was Invented 50 years ago by Sven Foyn. It entuils a serious struggle for many hours after tho harpoon, has landed. Then when the whale is exhausted and dies, it- sinks, making it a difficult task to get tho weight . of 20 to 40 tons tip from the depths by derrick. j Most of the Norwegian whalers operate in Antarctic waters, where the season will soon open. This year 8400 men will make up the crew both in tho field and in the land stations,- twice as . many as were in the business, two ycais ago. Thirty cooktries on vessels are being fitted out, huge floating plants of 15,000 and 20,000 tons with the most up-to-date machin ery to make use! of every part of tfie" catch, -the whole lesh, bones and fat. j 1 (, HIGH LEGATEES ENGLISH JURISTS LONDON. m There Is grow ing resentment in England over tho high cost of "going to law." Sir Edward Parry has comment ed on the "astounding expenses of litigation- today" bycltfng one-, di vorce which cost $150,000. Lord Justice Crtitton has gone even further by denouncing the "outrageous 'estimate for costs In a case brought before the court of appeal. He called attention offic ially to tne increasing costs of legal expenses which, ho said, may de velop Into a serious scandal unless cheeked. Judge Crawford recently ordered an investigation of a caso in which a woman found herself faced with a legal hill for $2,500 arising out of a dispute about a carpet. There have been many similar cases, recently before . tho Urtiish courts. The Tlchborno trial about a disputed estate cost $520,000. The costs of another fatuous lawsuit are said to have totaled $250,000. Eighteen counsel were briefed. There were nine King's counsol among them, flvo of whom each re ceived fees of $5,000 with "re freshers" of $795 a day. It Is argued that, while in many cases the litigants can well afford the luxury of expensive attorneys, the practice tends to place Justice for tho deserving poor out of rciw-h and that even in county courts t!i legal costs arc out of all propor tion to the Issues at slake, so that justice becomes a . luxury limited to the well-to-do. Tho lute Judge Athriiy Jones urged a hill which would enbirgr? the diseretionnry powers of a mag istrate In the matter of costs. Another remedy that has been suggested is the amalgamation of the two branches of the lesal pro fession, the solicitors and barris ters into one class of attorneys, a in the United Htates. The Hritlsh solicitor handles all the legal work out iof cohrt v.hUe thrt barrister does all the actual -Work in 'court, thus cheating two sets of fees. " DELIVERED TO TALENT - TALENT, Ore Nov. II. (Spe cial. Through the courtesy of an amateur radio operator In Kattle, Mrs. R. I Parks of this rity re ceived a radiogram from her son Wayne who is serving in the. I. 8. navy and is stationed at Fort illlls In tho Philippine Inlands. The radiogram was sent from that station Oct. 11 and was again broadcast from Honolulu, Oct. 20 and received by John B. Waskey over Station WITX. who forward ed It by mail to Mrs. Parks. The radiogram read: "Dear mother: Held over until next available transport. Hope all Is well. Iteturned to Battery 9, 80 -'. A. Your son." Mr. Parks expected her son to arrive Nov. '8. Crater Lake Plans under way for ronstrttrtlon of modern hlh .ilnndard hlrlinrny around Criilor lake national park. Pages of Mail Hold Graphic Story of War Days and Signing of Peace Medford Showed Joy Over Armistice Looking backward 11 years through the files of The Mail Tribune, one enters into the dra matic suspense of the World War days and into the keen anticipa tion of tho first Armistice Day. Across the front rages and thru the columns, for over a week tho word armistice frequently ap peared. On November 5. 1018. Premier Clcmcnccuu warned the chamber of deputies in Paris that .peace might not bo so near . as some might think. On that samo day. however, the headlines shouted that the Germans were retiring on mile battle line, and Presi dent Wilson was preparing a die- patch to -the German government advising them to apply to Marsh'U Koch for information concerning tho terms of the armistice, as pre pared by the supreme war council at Versailles. The battlo against tho "Hun" continued to wage' through tht next few, days over seas, and the battle against the "flu", at home. Medfdrd, considered lucky, re ported 81 cases on November 0 Kilter Sedan, On November 7, Sedan, famous in the Franco-Prussian war was entered by. tho first American army. On that day the Ameri cans marched Into the section of the town on the .west bank of the Meusc, marking an advance of more -than 34 miles since the drive started Lieutenant Colonel E. K. Kelt. according to n Jocal news story, 'was in the thick Of the closing buttle of the war. as .indicated by tha announcement that the SOth division, of which he is chief sig nal officer captured Buzancy, No veniber 1,- in - the advance upon Sedan.- Before his transfer to. the 80th Division he participated in the Sun Mihiel advarit. etc." On the night' of November' Foch received .the first German delegation, and gave them the al lied terms of peace. The Boche were given jUntil Monday morning, November 11, to answer. . , ' KaLser Abdicates, The next day the Kaiser, cording to a streamer across the top of the Mail Tribune, abdicated tho throne , of Germany, and the crown prince nlso renounced his right to the throne. No answer to Foch's terms was yet received and the British forces pushed on eastward, capturing the fortress of Mnugeuge. . On the same day the Yanks captured the Insjt -German hold on. Meqse Heights. , .. Bright and early Mo.nday morn ing fiix o'clock. In; the. morning, to be exact, the. Arvrtistice.i was signed. Fighting ceased , at " 11 o'clock. , President Wilson's proc lamation on that-day follows: "My. Fellow-'Countvymeii: '.. The minis t Ice was signed this morning. Kverything for which America fought lias "been ac t'Oini'Hslu'd. It will .now 1m 'ttuv-'fOrinnnte duty' t' assist' ; by .example, J soImiiv friend ly cannon atul by itintclial aid in tho cslUhlfsIiinent or Just ilcinocrii cy throughout tho World. (Signed) "Woodrow Wilson." While Germany was thrown into a revolution by the turn of events, all of American entered lpto.n Parachutes On Plane Wings Fail; Pilot Joins Caterpillar Club lii A Thrilling Drop To Mother Efcrth TltACV, Cal.. Nov. : 11. P Alive only because he made a re markable escape from an airplane that swathed itself In a huge parn- chute and fell 370P feet beforo ho' could leap clear, 15. J. j McKeon. .San Mateo aviator, automatically became a member of the. Cater pillar club. McKeon went aloft In rtn old mall plane to test, .-'a. parachute system designed to protect fog- bllnded fliers. Wrapped to the I end of each upper wing was a.j big parachute, relcasablc by wlros leading to the cockpit. Tho theory of the Invention, de signed 'by Charles Droadwick of Sun Francisco, was that a pilot, lost In fog, could release tho parn-j chutes, drift downward until he i got his bearings, cut away the mg chutes and go on hls'wny. riimblng to S200 feet McKeon released the big parachutes, whllo 2& aviation experts watched from below and a photographer took pictures In nn accompanying plnne. One Chute Oik-iis. The left pnrachuto opened, Slowly, the right one remulned closed. The plane went into a flat spin, winding itself up In the open parachute, as If making a shroud for Itself. Under th" silken folds, McKeon was trapped In the cockpit. LIFE OF BULGARIANS SOFIA (A1 A sieclu1 govern ment census has revealed that Bulgaria Contains a greater per centage of persons more' than 100 years old, tlian uny other nation. The majority - of them were found In localities more than 1500 feet above sea level. Mot of them were shepherds;, taking much sour milk in their diet, living In the open air. eatings little meat but many vegetables, smoking little or not at nil-and. rarely Uflng alco holic drink's enoept for medicine. In a population 'About 5.500, 0h0. thn centerarlans numbered 15S. The oldevt h:wl Just celebrat ed his lllih birthday fn his native village ff Kbuhk In northwestern Bulgaria. It was etuUd that Italy, with 53. ranks next to this conntry In the number of It centenarians. Ihil Italy's . population totals around frenzy of joy. In San Francisco, according to a dispatch, "the city; conventions were thrown to the! winds and strangers linked arms, with strangers In solid lines that stretched across the wide space; of Market street," the main thor-: oughfare. Pledge. Otdi. "Young America." in Jackson county were doing their stuff and on tho first Armistice day, the announcement of the special honor roll, consisting of those who had pledged $000 each to tho United; War Charities was printed. Theyj follow: j Robin Broad and John Johnson,! Jacksonville; Malcolm Anderson, j Oscar Anderson, Charles Cowley, George W. Davis, Glen Davis, Frank Dean, Mervln Gleason, Flo ra Green, Moore Hamilton, Iris Marshall, Bert Hostel, Mollle Thornbrue and Burreil Walker, Central Point; Earl Schuchard and Eva Nealon, Agate; Howard Bauthmuil, Govan itlchardson. KlchardPon, Georgia. Spire and Forest Smith, Talent; Donald Chaddoek, Herbert Grey, Lawrence Grey, L. Fay Bragg,.. Muriel Schu chard and Loherto Gore; Medford. 'Flu PrevdloiU. Two deaths from . flu . Occurred Ideally on the sanM day. Med ford staged the. greatest parade In its hhitory oh that .day. . No floats were necessary. People came from every point in tho 'valfey, and joined the spontaneous celebration. Noise makers of every de scription were used, whistles blew and auto horns screeched their loudest. Tho first S. P. engineer to .arrive on the scene "got busy and sat on the whistle cord until the steam pressure was so low that there was no more sound, and the crew had to steam up before the train could leave; town." j . Jacksonville. Activity. "About two a. in. a live bunch, from Jacksonville headed by Louis I'lrlch and Peter Ficke, arrived on the scene and proceeded to show some of the Jacksonville spirit that had been so much in evidence during the many war drives. This bunch Immediately blocked Main street with fears and started a war dance up and down the street, making everyone join in." "People on the main streets fairly went mad. Men, women and children joined In and the number of sort throats this morn ing numbered well Into tpie hun dreds. , .Main street . is,, covered with shotgun wads and in front of the commercial club Is what is left of a cap that was thrown into tho air and shot to pieces." , Ashland Ttyy Burled. On November 11, too, military honors were paid to tho late For est Wolcott of Ashland, who died at Fort Stevens. The funeral ser vices were held in. front of the Methodist church in the. southern city. Forest Wolfcott was one Vf the volunteers of the original AsTi land company of Coast Artillory and. had -been stationed.-at Fort Stevens eve;. . since his company left Ashland tho eurly part of tho year before. Ho contracted pnou uionla, which was tho cause of his death; -and- was buried with full niflitnry honors, i Dropping rapidly then, tho - old plune gyrated madly while Mc Keon fought his way out of his silken death cell. The doomed piano 1 was 1500 feet from the ground when he popped out from under the cloth nnd crawled out on n wing. A sudden spin broke his hold and lie slid down the wJng. catching a strut.. The next Instant he hurled him self free utid drupped straight downward. The falling plane fol lowed closely. , Hp tugged at. the ring of his Own paracliuls. It did not open. ..Safe flt Last. Another thousand feet he fidl rind his-'chute opened nnd cstrght tho air 500 feet from the ground. The falling plane was overtaking him,, threatening to- Jam through his parachute and perhaps drt him to death In spite of ull his efforts. A healthy pull at the ahroutW on one side of his parachute en ubled him to float clear of th? path of the plane. As he touched the earth tho plane fell with a crush less than 100 feet away The photographer In the nccom panylng plane obtained sevenl pictures of the spectacular fall. And that was "Mickey" Ale Keon's first parachute Jump. i 4o.ono.n00. Homo officials claim that llulghria tops tho world In the numbed as well ns in the percen- j tage of Its century ofd persons. ! wArehouse'in talent i opened by sc0ttie co. TALK XT. Ore.. Nov. 1. (HpM Mrs. Hcottle of the Heottle I'ro duce company has opened up a warehouse In tho AmMt building here . and last , week sold 1000 tun krf of wheat -which were shin ped' by car aiM unloaded nt 'tb Pile Sufferers You can only get quick, safe nnd luHtlnc relief by rn moving the ran congestion of -blood In thf otter bowel, Xothlnir bur an In ternal remedy rtn do this tht why ctittlna and shIvch fail. Dr. Leonhnrrtt's Jlem-Hoid, a hsrmle tablet. Is KUaranteed to quickly and wsfely hnnlh any form of File mineiy rr money brick. .larmin A- WmtdH and druKi;lxt everywhere sell u with this guarantee, - F PAH1S (Pi Before the year is out France will be making her j own talking films, with French j machinery and all-French actors, j was the announcement made to the Associated Press by Charles Deluc. president of the Association of Clnematgraph Producers of France. French film makers, who have so far been reluctant to Invest the great amount of capital necessary for producing talking films, have waited long enough to be sure that the talking film has come to sUiy. American talkies which hnvo been showing for many months in Paris to crowded houses, have been the deciding factor. M. Deluc sees In tho talking film a slight hope that France will be able to make up film ground lost in the war. American and even German producers were at work during the great conflict, perfect ing their instruments and the tech nique of cinematography. When pence came French film producers found thomsolves faced by uu en trenched competition which has been strengthened .steadily ever since. M. Delac believes that the talk ing film will deal a heavy blow to the system of International casts In which the hero Is American, tho heroine Germnn. the heavy man Italian or Russian, nnd so on. Tho new form of film means a purely national production, and . each country's films will have an Indi viduality which was hi great dan ger of being lost. In M. Delac's ! opinion. In the international pro- j ductions to which the silent film 1 was becoming dally more and more committed. As the French have always been famous for fine actors and casts in the "legitimate drama." the talk ing film. M. Deluc thinks, may provide France with an opportuni ty to regain tho high rank she held In the early days of the cinemato graph. Portland Bitchier & company at No, .9 Ninth street, wholesale cigar dealers,. . absorbed by . 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Makes ironing easier reduces tewinj. Damp-dries liulky thins;, like blankets and (illows that will not ro through wringer, 'ower pump empties all water for you electrically. Does a complete waihinif from ha.ket to line faster than :tny other washer and without harmful short-cuts. 6. 7. fi. 9. 10. It. 12. 13. 14. 15. In Charge Personally! 4 Those who cull upon us are ur.sured of tho proprietor's poi'Honul attention!, Bince It has been found that by means of such uttcntiou tho best ot service' fs rendered. Those who wish tho best, of everything, nnd at r fair mid mode-rule cost, will find Conger service unexcelled In every way. ..... , VA ft CONGER FUNERAL PARLORS SMsbiucn in service. modest. y priced W. MAIN AT NEWTOWN ST. phoiie 207, RIORDAN DEATH HAS NO EFFECT ON BANK NEW YOIUC. Nov., If. (!')--Tho County Truat company, whom Hi'oHlilout, .lames T. KliiriliiM. com mitted Hiilcldo Friday, oponod this morniliK a few inluntea aheail ot time without special Incident and no wlthdimwnls during the first few minutes. John J. Rasob, elected chair man of the Ijoaird of dirm-toru Sat urday at tho bank a few moments before its opening, reiterated that tho bank wns ftnund nnd that lr. Itiordan, vhntcn-er tho causo of his suicide, was' not personally In debted to rtie lank. ASHLAND MAN AIDE ON CAMPUS PAPER UNIVERSITY OF DRIOC.ON. Kimono. Nov. 11. (Special) Ned .Mars, Ashland,' has been named a copy writer on tho business staff of the Kmerald, student daily, ae-ctit-diiijt tt) lllll llainmond, btisl-' ness. .-manager,,- Alwrs -will . wrltq advertisements for ithepaper. with faiew4 cjxle eirngninie r our risk yourself rvhat this wonder mind. Medford Building 0, ft!J J. Hunters' Barrage Frightens Elk To . Forest Sanctuary x GREAT FALLS, Mont., Nov. 11. (fp) Too many hunters saved tho elk here yesterday when opon season on animals I opened In Jefferson national 4 forest, 85 miles southeast of I hero. . A Renural slaughter of elk was expected, but bIx hundred ; nimrods took the ltd 'square miles or hunting area and lonsetl a veritable barrage of Hire fire at long range. The not result was 35 to 40 ani- 4 mala Though the season does not close until Thursday,-, the frightened animals were drlv- J en Into a part of the forest designated as a sanctuary. 1 ' Find Boys' Body ! LOSi ANQELKSi GfcUi Ndr. fll.-"- W)-tlMi b0Uv ot '-er "''ota John PleQne was , uncovered in , a. iVeri? EASY 4-(feycI gas eiiino is marvelously efficient Engine burns negligible amount Of gas. Is iuiet, simple to start, and positive in X I Eninc burn' "'te'k'e amount Of gas. I I I I ijuiet, simple to start, and positive in I I w m .! 1 ... IB m a operation. 1 operation. -' - : - - Pbbno 90 . plpcllno cxcn'vatlon whero ho had been hurled nlive under a load of dirt released by, a steam shovel. The lad had apparently been play ing In the ditch, unnoticed by workmen. Solve Death Mystery KAN .MATEO, I'al., Nov. ,11. VP) Solving the mystery of his disup pcurnnco two weeks ago, the body of Mlrko Porovic'.i. Oakland tug boat captain, was discovered In a slough near San Carlos. Porovicll went out in a rowboat to .search for his launch, which had broken its mooring, and never returned. To Train Fliers LOS ANGELES. Cal., Nov. 11. (VP) Jack Frye. president of tho Aero Corporation of California, an nounced the establishment within the next tliree months ot a nation wide chain of flying schools. First of the schools, he said, Would be located on the" Pacific coast. HEADACHE? Look to Your Eyes First k Dr. D. A. Ch&mbets EYESIGHT SPECIALIST:'' ' l'." "I 404 medford BidB.'" '." I - '