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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10
MEDFORDAGA|NCLAMPS
THE LID down TIGHT

With four deaths In as many days.
l50 cases OF Influenza reported Sun
day, with 81 patients at the hospital.
the city Council restored the influ-
enza ban in Medford Monday, closed
schools. theaters, churches, pool
rooms and billiard halls, and ordered
the wearing OF influenza masks. The
prohibitions are more stringent than
during the first epidemic and It is
hoped by prompt action, to eradicate
the flu.
The following proclamation has
been issued:
To the Public:
On account Of the existing cpl
demic OF influenza the following or
der Is to go into effect at once. y
The closing OF all places OF amuse-
ments. theaters. lodges, schools,
churches. card rooms, billiard and
pool rooms, whether connected with
clubs or otherwise, and all public
meetings OF every description. shall
be prohibited.
Children out OF school should stay
on their own promises. unless en-
ployed or sent on an errand by their
parents.
We are facing serious condition
and the public Is requested to CO.
operate in every way to assist In
stamping out this dread disease.
(Signed) c. f. GATES.
DR.. f. B. PICKLE. Mayor
Health Officer.
The city council, after a storm,
session. adopted the following ordi
nance, which was vehemently oppos
ed by Councilmen Keen and Dressler
bordering the wearing OF the masks
under $40 penalty for failure
Medford Tribune.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10
U.S.. CONTINUES FIGHT. Git,
FOR HEALTHIER NATION

The United States Public Health
service, with headquarters at Wash
ington, D. c., is continuing its fight
against venereal diseases. and is ask
ing every newspaper in the United
States to cooperate with 1t in educat-
ing the public and stamping out
loathsome diseases. Here is mess
age they are sending to the people,
preceded by short note from Di-
rector McAdoo: f'
''' ~ November 20, 1918
Under the protection Of the mill
tary authorities four million soldiers
and sailors received greater protec-
tion against venereal diseases than
they received before the war in civil
life. The cities and towns through
which they go and to which they
will return upon rehabilitation must
be made safe. The fight
must be vigorously continued."-W
P. McAdoo. i''''' F''.-"
Your whole community will be at
the station when the boys come
marching home" You are planning
to honor these men with parades and
celebrations OF all kinds. Are you
making sure that the profiteers OF
vice are not planning to take advant-
age Of the days of festivity to dis
honor them before they get settled
lagain in the normal ways Of life?
lAre you sure the Rehabilitation will
not mean decentralization? 2 "h',''
| When men and girls are changing
their occupations and breaking Will
old ways of life, when war discipline'
are being removed and when spirit
are buoyant, the greatest Temptation
to self indulgence occur. Cities an'
towns throughout the country fac
now the most important crisis-th
/ biggest emergency yet encountere
, in the fight against venereal diseases
Before the war most physician
and public health officers knew tina
gonorrhea' was every year 'causin
thousands Of cases of blindnes
lamong infants. countless surgica
| Operations on women, and sterilit
in both men and women; that sypf
ills was being transmitted to OF
lspring causing physical and ment;
' detectives, that II was a proliff
. cause Of locomotor ataxia, paralysi
? Iparesis Or softening of'the brain, Fl
SANITY, miscarriages, diseases Of III
! heart, blood vessels and vital organ
:, But people generally did not kno
these things and few remedial mea
!. ures were taken. The war opene
1odr eyes. TheTfeports' OF draft boart
d and camp surgeons revealed, for u
t first time, clearly Che menacing be
:, iousness Of the venereal problem al
. the failure Of our pre-war attitut
" toward the whole question.
r, Europe, for the first years of Il
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10

who might have seemed from his
words the incarnation of religious
leadership? While Foch was living
a life of silent faith. Wilhelm was
shouting his religion from the house
tops. {
Ne We may not fathom Wilhelm,s In
ner life, but we may guess something
of 1t from a parallel story. told by
his faithful eulogist Rosner. The lat
ter describes his hero as worship
ping in Belgian church, in the
presence of q group OF brilliantly at
tired German officers. without even
bending the knee. "
Now the man Of quiet, modest
faith is acclaimed the world-conquer-
or The man who so proudly pro-
claimed his partnership with the god
of battles is humbled to the dust.
1t may be impossible to say wheth-
er Foch is greater as man OF arms
or as a Christian believer. Certainly
the combination of military genius
and religion is irresistible. as it has
been more than once before when
the fate of civilization hung in the
balance.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10

war. evaded the problem and suffered
terribly In incapacities at the front
and sickness behind the lines. Our
military authorities threw aside eva
sion and prudery and attacked ven-
ereal diseases directly. 7uN 60
= This program brought results.
The venereal rate was lowered be-
low that of any army OF any nation
In the history OF the world. The
war showed America not only the
prevalence and seriousness OF vener-
cal diseases; 1t showed how and
where to attack and conquer them.
The examinations OF draftees
showed that five men came into the
army with venereal disease to every
one who contracted it after he was
in the army. And the one who con-
tracted 1t in the army, probably, was
infected in civil community near
camp over which civil authorities
had control.
Venereal disease. then. is not to
be attacked as war epidemic. but
as civilian problem and a peace
problem. The protection OF the re-
turning soldiers and sailors is your
Immediate responsibility.
Is your city accepting its recon-
struction task?
Quacks should be put out of bus
iness by advertising agencies and
others. The best druggists are join.
ing in the movement inaugurated by
the United States Public Health ser.
vice, to refuse to sell venereal di.
sease nostrums and to refer enquir.
ers to reliable physicians or clinics
All cases Of venereal disease
should be made reportable my name
or number to boards OF health. Pa
tients who refuse to follow pre-.
scribed regulations to prevent Tex.
posing Others to Che disease shonit
be put in quarantine. A majority o
states already have laws or health
regulations with'asuch' provisions
. They are as necessary in fightin,
venereal disease as in combating an!
: other contagious disease.
This is not job for sentimental
lists or fly-by-night enthusiasts. I
: is a task for hard-headed busines
) and professional men and capable
women. It is job for citizens VIII
/ feel responsible for their communit.
nd their nation in times Of peac
l as well as war.
= With wars final end, many wa
buildings, war jobs and institution
will go to the scrap heap. Blu
:. every item in the program of ven
ereal disease control is as necessar
I to successful peace as to successful
9 war. Don't scrap your patriotism
9 and community spirit In this matter
Make your blows knockouts asains
Il vice. tt
4 There should be no peace wit
: prostitution, no truce with the re
= light district, no armistice with ver
d ereaf diseases.i dfiI|
e? Unconditional surrender is tn
II governments demand from tn
enemy at home.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10
THE CHRISTIAN VICTOR

Nearly every writer who has tried
to portray the personality of Mar
shal Foch has mentioned his piety as
distinctive trait; but the world has
hardly recognized the extent to
which this characteristic dominates
the man. The Los Angeles Times,
In an editorial all the more striking
because it comes from a secular
newspaper, draws a striking picture
Of Foch's deep spirit of devotion.
and suggests that it is no accident
that such Christian was chosen as
the-leader of the armies battling for
the safety of Christian civilization.
The Times tells of an incident re-
markably suggestive of famous
story. of George Washington at VAL
ley Forge An American soldier
from California had gone one day,
by chance. into an old church back
OF the battle line in France. As he
stood there, he saw "a gray man
with the eagles. of a general on the
collar OF his shabby uniform" enter
ing the church with single orderly.
The old man. .knelt quietly, and
prayed. Three-quarters Of an hour
passed, and still he was on his
knees, silently praying. Then he
arose and walked out. The Ameri.
can followed; and was surprised tc
see soldiers outside saluting the gen.
eral in great excitement, and womer
and children stopping in theil
places with awe-struck faces as h,
passed" "a iti ~
It was Foch. And perhaps tn,
awe in those faces was due to some
thing more than the fact that he wa
Marshal OF France and generalissim
of the allied armies.
q = It. must have been such loo
as that which satisfied Premie
Cemenceau, in the darkest hour O
defeat, when he went to the from
with anxious heart and returne
sure Of victory. ,..... ...-..~,
"one look at the face of Foe
,stilled his fears. Men who do tha
which Foch does have no doubts
The great agnostic statesman doubt
ed, but the Gray Man OF Christ di
not doubt" ''
The Times continues: "If 70
we're to ask him, Are you Christ
man?' he would answer Yes.
''It seems to be beyond all shado'
OF doubt that when the hour cam
in which all Christ stood TOR wa
either to stand or fall, Christ raise
up a man to lead the hosts that ba-
tied for him. when the hour can,
in which truth and right, charit.
brotherly love. Justice and hbert
were either to triumph or to be bio
ted out OF, the. world, Christ, cam
again upon the road to Damascu
Whoever does not realize this an
see. II clearly as a fact, ne does b,
blunder stupidity"
And what OF that other nigh
leader, set over against this "Gr'
Man Of Christ German kaist
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10

the court assessed a fine of $50 for
the violation, which sum was prompts
ly paid by the defendant.--'Roseburg
News.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10
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) u. 8. CASUALTY LIST

The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American expeditionary
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10

Legal Blanks at the Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-12-10

Oregon
Wounded everely-Corporal Geo.
B. England, Brogan; Thomas w.
Woodwork, Milwaukee.
Wounded slightly-Arthur c.
Streeter, Creswell; John Polioudakis,
Portland ''" t''f'''f ''' P.
Wounded, degree undetermined
John H. Zegender, Candy; Leonard
D. Zelwiek. Portland.
Missing in action-Walter G..
Crane. Allegheny; Orley p. Chase,
Dallas. z,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Chicago Business Man Commits Suicide From
 Bridge in Nashville

Nashville, Tenn, January 1.-The man who committed suicide here early this afternoon by tying a rope around his neck and making the rope fast to the Sparkman street bridge and then jumped off has been identified as Albert Blauvelt of Chicago. Blauvelt was assistant man ager of the Insurance exchange of Chi of Mechanical Engineers, member of the South Shore Country club of Chicago, and also of the Western Factory Insur- arce association.
 Blauvelt came to Nashville at an early hour this morning and registered at a leading hotel. He was observed to be very nervous at the hotel and requested that he be given an outside room on the top floor.
 When his death was reported to the police his room was searched and a suit case was found. The case was opened and letter addressed to s. w. Tripp, care of Insurance exchange, Chicago. Tha letter read:
 My head has split, same as my fath- CTS did. I cannot lie down. Blauvelt is described as being a tall man weighing about 175 pounds He ap- peared to be about 55 years of age, and had iron-gray hair The police are un- able to assign any reason for his rash act
 When Blauvelt jumped off the bridge according to witnesses, the rope about his neck appeared to break and his body dropped 90 feet into the river and never came to the surface. The body has not been recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
OF
 WATER POWER OF
 NATION PLANNED
President Holds Conference With Congressional Lead CTS and Outlines Pro-
 posed Policy

Washington, January 4.-President Will son laid before a conference of House leaders tonight the draft of a bill de- signed to establish a definite legislative policy to develop the nations water power, 95000,000 horse power of which is estimated by government engineers to be wasted annually. The result of the con ference was a plan to create a special committee of the house to take over all Jurisdiction of water power problems now dealt with by various committees and to pass the Presidents bill promptly in the House and send to the Senate with the adminstration's support behind it.
 The President told the conference of hIs interest in water power legislation and urgent hope that both houses would speedily enact the new measure, drawn by the interior war and agricultural de- partments. He said the bill was designed to reconcile divergent views which have interfered with necessary legislation.
 The bill follows closely the provisions of the Ferris bill, which has twice passed in the Senate Participants in the con ference expressed the view that with uni fled House support and with the stamp of the Presidents approval favorable ac- tion in the Senate now was to be ex- pected.
 The President submitted to the con- ferees a report signed by Secretaries Lane, Baker and Houston, which closed with this statement:
 eve believe that some such legislation as is here proposed, if enacted, would be the early development of a considerable portion of our water power resources, with a resultant saving in fuel and a considerable lessening of the present de- mand on our transportation facilities caused by the govement of coal and other heavy fuels.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
ENEMY ALIEN ABOUT
 TO BECOME MAYOR
 OF INDIANA TOWN
President Is Asked to Take Steps to Prevent Unnaturalized German
 From Taking Office

Washington, J;snuary 4.-Senators Watson and New of Indiana asked President Wilson today to take steps to prevent Fred C. Miller, born of Ger man parents and without fina1 nat uralixntion papers. from becoming mayor of Michigan City, Ind. next Monday. They urged that regulations governing enemy aliens bc changed so as to prevent them from holding pulp lie office.
 Proceedings were instituted in the federal district court in Indiana re- gently to prevent Miller from assum- ing office, but Federal Judge Ander- son decided that under the law he was pOwerless to interfere.
 An appeal then was made by n group of Michigan City citizens to the Indiana senators to urge the President to take some action. Miller was born in this country of German percentage and ls said to have taken out his first natur- alizatiOn papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
GOALS TO NEW CAsTLE'

Philadelphia, January 4--Pennsylvania. which produces 47 per cent of the coal output of the United States today ap- pealed, through its federal fuel admin istrator, to the government to save 1t further suffering due to the scarcity of coal to the consumers
 The appeal contained what amounted to protest against alleged discrimina- tion and protest against the federal government sending anthracite coal to camps and government plants to the south and southwest. where it says fuel can be had from local fields.
 William Potter. former ambassador to Italy, and federal Fuel administrator for Pennsylvania, made public the ae- peal he sent to pr. H. A. Garfield, the national administrator.
 The railroad congestion in and about Philadelphia is the worst in many years, it was said, due to the long con- tinued cold weather.
 In order to further conserve thes coal supply, MT. Potter tonight ordered light less nights in Philadelphia instead of two. Lighting on Saturday nights is permitted under certain restrictions. tions.
 From different parts of the state came reports of fuel shortage. Pottsville, which is built over rich beds of coal, faces famine, while nearby railroad classification yards are crowded with loaded cars destined for other points. In- dustries in a number of cities ringing the anthracite fields are closed down or about to suspend for lack of fuel
 In Philadelphia there were renewed raids on side tracked coal trains. Twen- ty-six public schools were closed for lack of heat.
 Production of anthracite today was up to between 70 and 75 per cent of the maximum output according to state ment of the anthracite operators com nnittee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Retired Alabama Guard
 Officers to Be Favored

Montgomery, January 4.-(SpeciaL)- Any retired officer of the Alabama na- tional guard who may care to return to the army will be given close considera- ton as an applicant for position in the officers training camps. which will open this month, according to information re- ceived by the state military department from the war department Friday. The communication also carried several blank forms which applicants may use in mak- ing applications.
 Every person who has retired from ths national guard while holding ] scsl.rnis- sion must furnish proof tias "a held he commission, must give She lerr3if # Aiss service and mus show tiat he ie phys cally fit for the rainina Anv sgas1n h. tered in the camp 3sfd not a{van cong mission will be granteG af neaurab,e tii&, charge when the trainsnK school lS clobaa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05

New York, January 4.-Refusal of New Jersey fuel administrators late today to permit truck loads of coal to New York on ferryboats, thereby cutting off about IT per cent of the city's supply added another complica ton to a fuel shortage semi officially characterized as desperate. Despite concentrated efforts to relieve the sit uation, the city today experienced it's worst distress since the extreme cold dus to Florida and other southern states and the movement of many families from apartment houses to ho- tels is reported as one result of the situation
 Aside from continued widespread suffering in the homes of rich and poor alike, so serious was the coal shortage that many large office build ings will close tomorrow, according to Reeve Schley, county fuel admin istrator, unless supplies reach the city during the night. The Union Trust company and the New York Life buildings closed today and, lacking LicSi ouPpliCo OL AtOi, io sooia, she Western Union. the Empire, the Stew art. New York Sun and Adams Ex' press buildings, will close tomorrow.
 Use of the Pennsylvania tunnels un- der the Hudson river to hasten coal into the city has aided somewhat ir relieving districts in Brooklyn and Long Island, but has not accom- plished as much as was expected. Ap- proximately 570O tons went through the tunnels last night.
 Albert H. Wiggin, state fuel admin ,istrator, announced that the Washing ton authorities had ordered the New Jersey fuel administrators to lift life embargo placed on ferryboat trans portation of coal but 1t had not been done at D. m. It was said mis- understanding of a telegraphic order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
400 Camp Sheridan Enlisted
 Men Are Recommended for the Officers Training Camp

Camp Sheridan, Montgomery. Janu- ary 4.-(Special) About 400 noncom- missioned officers and privates who ing in the officers training schools which will be opened at several points in the south this month are being given thorough physical examinations by medical officers and the success ful ones probably will be announced this week. No man will be permitted to enter the training camp unless he is in excellent physical condition.
 The division was greeted with warmer weather Friday and through nut the day hundreds of soldiers were en the drill fields. More work was lone Friday than any day of the past saree weeks. Cold weather and the Holidays interrupted all work in the sdlyison. Many improvements are be ing made through camp and workmen were busy yesterday repairing all lroadways, mess halls and Y. M. c. A. buildings. The 112th engineers have begun work on a 400-foot bridge which will connect various units of the camp.
 WorlSmen have completed the recon. stfuction of the dancing pavilion at Pickett Springs into an administra- tion building which will be used by the insurance and personnel bureaus of the divisions.
 Lieut. Norris w. Gillett of Toledo has been ordered to Pittsburg for a special course in surgery at the Car negie institute, while Lieutenant Bou- cher of Columbus end Lieutenant Dryer of Cincinnati have been in- structed to report at New York for special course in surgery at Bellvvs hospital Lieutenant Gillett is mem Der of the 18th ambulance company and Lieutenants Boucher and Dryer are members of the 146th ambulance company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
WILL DONOVAN DIES AT MOTHERS HOME Popular Newspaper Man of Birmingham and Mont
 gOmery Passes

J. Will Donovan, managing editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, died at 10 O o'clock Friday night at the home of his mother, 911 South Thirteenth street, Birmingham, after an illness of four at the age of A years. Surviving him are his widow. Mrs. Daisy Dor1 sa, one daughter, Elizabeth Do Ea-p et mother, Mrs. Mollie Lenog@As zlsfefs Mrs. Charles ' saupTert. aad ore 9Fola er p E. l1aaoran
 Al preseI a tAe bedside when ts sssd way bs brother having ar fi8ea sNs city from Cuba a week ago ia ponse to telegram informing him of the serious condition of the deceased.
 The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the family home, 911 South Thirteenth street.
 The deceased was native of Louis ville Ky, and came here with his par ents in early childhood. He attended the public schools of this city and held va rious positions here, being for number of years an employee of the postoffice department as well as engaged for time in theatrical and baseball enterprises.
 But his real life's work was that of newspaper man, and he filled responsible positions on a number of papers in the south and made a record for faithful ness to his duties and loyalty to the profession.
 He started as a reporter number of years ago on the Montgomery Advertiser, under Frank P. Glass and Capt. Will T. Sheehan, on the editorial staff, and worked up through faithfulness and con tinued hard work to the position of man. aging editor, which he occupied at the time of his death.
 The deceased came to Birmingham four months ago for much needed rest and vacation, but immediately after his ar rival he became seriously ill and after long siege at the home of his mother and at local infirmary he passed away
 Saturday, January 5, would have been the thirteenth anniversary of the wedding of the deceased and he had longed earn estly to live to celebrate it, but it was willed otherwise.
 Many were the condoling messages which arrived from Montgomery during last night, and a large delegation of for mer colleagues and friends in that city are expected to attend the funeral