Oregon Historical Society. Ashland Tiding SUNNY SOUTHERN OREGON ASHLAND THE BEAUTIFUL ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1912 VOL. XXXVII NUMBER 1 MEMORIAL DAY DAWNS CLEAR BUSINESS HOUSES DECKED FOB OCCASION'. DEBATE IS LIVELY, Senators Mingle Variety of Topics in Discussion. IDEAL WEATHER MARKS HOLIDAY Program Being Carried Out by Old Soldiers in Fitting Celebration of National Day Graves of Soldiers .Being Decked. After more than a week of steady rainfall and cloudy weather, today is clear in honor of the boys who fought for the protection of our country years ago. It is as if Heaven were smiling down upon the acts of democrats will go in by default." He kindness that mark tnis day, as me redi ct ed tne nomination of Roose- Washington, D. C The Kilkenny cats, uneven distribution of wealth, the latter as represented by Andrew Carnegie, and Colonel Roosevelt's prospects for nomination, were min gled in lively debate In the senate Monday over Hitchcock's resolution calling for full information of cor porations as disclosed in corporation tax returns. Returns, he said, encouraged a dis position toward imperialism, made evident the disparity of wealth and increased lists of millionaires, and showed that protected interests had a revenue cf a billion dollars a year over legitimate profit. John Sharp Williams interjected that It was nec essary for the democratic party to prepare to take charge of public af fairs. "After the Kilkenny cats" get through," he said, "there won't be any republican party left and the COMPANY DENIES REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING COM PANY CONTRADICTS STATEMENTS OF W. B. FOWLER old soldiers march to the graves of their fallen comrades and deck them velt, who, he said, was dissatisfied because he could not be both former That Ashland has been unduly ex cited over the prospects of a large electrical concern entering the field here seems to be indicated by the exchange of letters and telegrams, full text of which is printed below. Mr. Fowler blew into town about ten davs ago and announced that he would establish in this city a repair station for the electrical apparatus of his company on the coast. His story, as told in the Tidings of last Monday, seemed plausible and the city was thrown into a fit of excite ment such as it has not felt for some time. Mr. Fowler began operations by asking a local real estate firm for location on a ten-acre tract on tne Should he have authority to act for your company, we will be glad to assist in every way possible toward clearing up his business here, and are glad to offer the services of our old-established institution for the business of your company. Yours truly. southern racuic rigm 01 w, -u.u rlght or ,n any tapat.v m,r , any. ine iirm uiu, aim iu duco else" Cashier. The reply received from the West- inghouse people is as follows: May 24, 1912. United States National Bank, Ash land, Ore. Gentlemen: I hereby confirm my telegram sent you today as follows: "W. B. Fowler is not authorized to act for us In purchase of shop site MJ PEN CENT SUCCESSFUL. Ashland Schools Make Bent Record in Recent Kxaminations. Results in the eighth grade uni form examinations held in Jackson county May" 9 and 10 show that about 57 per cent of those examined were successful. The Ashland schools have the best record in the county, 41 pupils having taken the examinations, 27 of whom passed successfully, ten are conditioned in one or two subjects and four failed. The successful ones are 66 per cent of those examined. In addition to these, a number who were condi tioned from the mid-year examina tions successfully passed in the de linquent subjects. Those who were successful in the recent examinations are: Earl Blackden, Robert Hums, Earl Bunker, Frances Harney, Clyde Brown. Faye Bailey, Herbert Davis, Ross Guiley, Delbert Jones, Aubrey Redifer, Max Schwimley. Mary Weis enburger, Bruce Lininger TEDDY'S VOTE UNANIMOUS NEW JERSEY JOIN'S BANKS OP PROGRESSIVES. WILSON SECURES 24 DELEGATES Twenty-Eight Delegates Added to tlw Roosevelt Column Practically , Cinch the Nomination for Dim Oit the First Ballot. Newark, N. J., May 30. Theodore Roosevelt's clean sweep of the New Jersey primaries was emphasized to- Gertrude day when late returns gave hirn Meikle, Agnes Pankey, Stella Peter- j small but substantial pluralities in anew with flowers. Some who j ,(reSment and president at the same marched in the parade last year are not here today and only their graves receive the kind remembrances of their comrades. It is the nation's funeral day. Many business houses have re sponded to the request that the streets bear the national colors and the line of march today is marked by the waving of flags and bunting, biarting from the Plaza, the line of march was taken up as follows: Ashland Band, Flrsst Company Coast Artillery Corps, Burnside Post, G. A. R. ; Burnside Corps, W. R. C; citizens on foot, citizens in carriages. The procession marched to Ash land Cemetery, where the regular memorial services of the Grand Army of the Republic were held by Burnside Post. As we go to press a program la" in progress at the Chautauqua building, after which the members of the G. A. R. and V. R. C. and their families time. "The democrats are tremonng in their boots for fear the former president will not be nominated," re torted Gallinger. who added that he would do all he could to prevent Roosevelt's nomintaion. WOMAN SEEKS MOTHER. Parents Lived iu Ashland Several bears Ago. The following letter was received by the Ashland police over a month ago and Is self-explanatory: Oregon City, Ore., April 12. Police Department, Ashland, Ore. Dear Sir: I am looking for my , I parents, Matthew and his wife, Mary Schomer, who lived in Ashland in the year 1892. Since then I don't know where they have lived. I though perhaps they might have some relatives there and we could get some trace of them that way will assemu e ai ine u. ""' I They came to Ashland from Siskiyou a DasKet ainner. in me oiicniuuu - . the G. A. R. will visit Hargadine and j woman tells me, a baby, but 1 was looked into. Then one of the local banks wired to the company in Pitts burg and received a denial of the representation, which wire was fol lowed by a letter further emphasiz ing the fact that the company has no representative in this field. The full text of this correspondence is given here, including the letter to the local real estate firm: Ashland, Ore., May 23, 1912. Ashland. Ore.: rate the graves of all comrades rest ing therein. VOTING HAS BEGUN. Three Candidates for Queen Receiv ing Supjtort. I am looking for a tract of land adjoining the Southern Pacific of not more or less than 10 acres. If yon know of some, see W. B. FOWLER, Gen. Mgr. Westinghouse Elec. Mfg. Co., Pittsburg, Pa., at Ashland Ho tel. Various peculiarities of his pro cedure prompted a telegram to the Westinghouse people and a letter confirming same from a local banK The letter follows: May 24. 1912. Westinghouse Electrical Mfg. Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Gentlemen: We beg to confirm our message of even date as follows: "Is W. B. Fowler authorized to act for your company in purchase of shop site here?" Mr. Fowler Is making inquiry in reference to property for the purpose too young to remember it. Myself (Catherin) and Gena were put in the Boys' and Girls' Aid So- fiutv in Portland kottip ttmp in the vear 1S92, and were there till the j of erecting concrete building, and it vear 1896. then we were taken by ' is our desire to be of some assistance LU WU 11 uuoaiuici , i ... " " i separate families after my mother was not able to pay our board longer. If we could only find some one that knew my mother's maiden name I ever, to have proper credentials be fore making arrangements with him. WANTS ACTION DEFERRED. Voting for carnival queen has be gun. If your candidate is not in the running, get into line and vote feel sure we could locate her at one of the following places: Rose Thanking you in advance, I am. Brothers', Lane's and Grieve's. Ma- Yours truly, terial for a nice dress is offered and MISS CATHERIN SCHOMER, will be placed on display In the win- j 709 Eleventh St., Oregon City. Ore. dow of the Camps building with the other prizes. It is worth working for. j The rose show will be held in the Lorimer, 111., Sends Bequest to Mi Stevenson building on the Plaza. I nority Committeeman. The play is progressing nicely and ' will be presented in the Chautauqua j Washington. D. C. Telegraphing buildinc. Admission 3j cents. 'I'hf i fr,,m rhirai'ii. Sniitnr LiirliuM Tiieif tennis games will be held on the j day agked senator Lea of Tennessee, I ing him a market that he will in- courts at the east slue scnooi ana , a nlenii,er f)f the Lorimer investigat promise to be exciting. Outside i jng committee and one of the mem- In reply to yours of same date, we have not authorized anyone to act for our company in the purchase of a shop site or any other capacity and W. B. Fowler is entirely unknown to us. The only ierson in our em ploy by that name is W. F. Fowler, manager of our Pittsburg office, who is here at the present time. We thank you for calling the mat ter to our attention and would be glad if you would write us at your convenience stating the circum stances which gave rise to your mes sage, as we wish to be informed as to anyone representing themselves to act for the Westinghouse company who is not authorized to do so. Yours truly. L. A. OSBORNE, Vice-President. In spite of the above correspond ence, however, Mr. Fowler still in sists that he is representing the company and that their reply to the telegram and letter is but the natur al one as a protection to their repre sentative. During the course of a conversation with the Tidings repre sentative he made the remark, how ever, "If you found a man asleep, you. would wake him up before you talked to him, wouldn't you?" a re mark the significance of which the future may reveal. Mr. Fowler stated last night that he would have more definite Information this morn ing, but at the time of going to press, the Tidings Is unable to get into communication with him. son. Granville uaizeii, jacK uecser, Wilbur Edmunds, Blanche Guches. Iliiitiin derrick. Sam Koehler. Slade Songer, Ira Shepard, Gerald Woods, Roy Walls, Floyd Bateman. Results in the county are tabulated as follows: Number of applicants 221 Number passing in all subjects 126 Number conditioned in one or two subjects 62 Number failii.g 33 Numlier making average of 90 per cent or more 8 Those passing in all subjects are entitled to diplomas which will ad- thu few districts about which earlier figures left any doubt, and increased, his lead elsewhere throughout the state. He will have the state's 2S delegates to the Chicago convention. Governor Woodrow Wilson carried all but two of the 12 congressional districts and gained 24 of the 28 del egates, including tho delegates-at-large. His opponents have aban doned hope that they had carried the English district, where the vote was close. Incomplete returns at noon yester day on the vote for delegates-at-large and the presidential preference indi- teams are expected to be contenders in the games. Nothing is lacking in arrangements for the ball in the Nat atorium in the evening of June 6. P.eterson's orchestra has been en gaged and good music is promised. bers who signed a minority report hostile to Lorimer, that considera tion of the movement to expel lori mer frcm the senate be deferred un til his health had improved. Lea responded that consideration PUBLIC MARKET OPENED. Medford Inaugurates Scheme for Benefit of Local Grower". Medford has the distinction of hav ing the first public market in Ore gon, which was opened Saturday. The purpose of the market is to bring the producer and the consumer together. Indirectly it is hoped to so encourage the producer by giv- crease his production, and eventually put Oregon in a position where, in- VETERAN IS LEPER. mit them to any high school In the: fated that Colonel Roosevelt's popu- state without further examination. Those conditioned in one or two subjects may take examination iu such subjects at next examination and, if successful, receive diplomas. The largest number of failures were in arithmetic, with spelling sec ond and geography third. Medford schools did not write upon this examination, but will take next examination June 6 and 7. Highest average grades made by following pupils: Laura McDowell, Central Point schools 93 Merritt Barnett, Centra1 Point schools ?2 2-3';; Helen Price, Central'fnt schools 92 Ross Guiley, Ashland schools 3 1 Helen Minthoni, Pine Grove school 90 Fay A. DeFord, Table Rock school 90 Evelyn Young, Rogue River schools 20 2-9 Alice Violet Smith, Butte Falls schools 90'.; -9'. 2-9'; Physicians Pronounce John B. Early 'as Afflicted With Disease. 5-9', 4-9',; HONOR "DOLLY" MADISON. Port Townsend, Wash. John R. Early, the Spanish war veteran, who was given employment at the Dia mond Point quarantine station, after the citizens of Pierce county objected to his residing on his ranch there because he was a leper suspect, is really a leper, iu the opinion of a board of medical examiners appoint ed by Governor Marion E. Hay to Persons who intend decorating,,, fnp matter could not be delaved floats are urged to so notify those j hnt tnat no ac.tj0n woud be taken un in charge. Mrs. Winter Is looking tU Lorimer had presented his defense. utenri nf imnortinir vegetables, eeas. determine the question. butter and foodstuffs, the state will The board, which was headed by be shipping such products all over J Surgeon Carl Ramus, in charge ol after the carriages and Mrs. Veghte the automobiles. The ladies are anxious for a large number of entries. McCusker Has Scheme. Pendleton, Ore. Thomas McCus ker. La Follette manager for Oregon the country. The market at Medford Is munici pally owned and conducted, with rules and regulations that will make it a public market in every sense. Trading is carried on in a new It is reported here that Senator Lea's $3,000 building, bOxlUU, with ce answer promoted Lorimer to start ment floors, divided into stalls GxS immediately for Washington, against feet, with running water in each the advice of his physicians. stall. These stalls are rented Dy tne city for 20 cents a day, $1 a week or $3 a month. The market is open from 7 o'clock in the morning to 3 Library Nears Completion. Carpenters will complete their and delegate-elect to the republican j Aside fmm a few details, such as the j o'clock in the afternoon. Nothing national convention, is preparing to laving of carpet and the like, the nla ue purcuasea or i neieu iu. Ba r submit to the national convention a plank endorsing the plan of having congress vote money with which to . finance the presidential campaign and to bar private contributions to the campaign funds. He will do at building is completed on the inside The continued wet weather has de- layed the external coating, which will be finished as rapidly as the weather will permit. Miss Hicks, city libra rian, is now busy wth the old normal IIICIC eACCJIL lliai llltil o nvumuj produced by the seller, or which is a by-product of what he produces. Vegetables, fruits, garden truck, butter, eggs, dairy products and meats are admitted. the republican national convention , K(.,ool library, which has been turned what Judge Will R. King has already declared he will do at the democratic gathering at Baltimore. Consequent ly the Idea will be suggested at both big political conventions this summer. Lecture Sunday. M W. Pratt will deliver a lecture Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the i speak at the First Brethren Brethren church on fcast -viain cnurch Sunday at 11 a. m. Topic, over to the city until such time as the normal school shall be re-established. It Is confidently expected that the building will be ready for dedication June 15. Prohibition Meeting. George L. Carr of Portland, field" secretary of the prohibition party, street. His subject win ne, rrom home to the gutter; from the gutter to the pulpit." Come and bring the boys. Kenyon "Hangwell" trousers at the Hub. 8es'se,ss,e3s,8$5s CLUB MEETS. S ? Monthly Commercial Organizu fc Hon Session, Monday Even s ing, June ii. & On next Monday evening oc- . cure the regular meeting of the :s Commercial Club for June. Prominent on the order of busi- ness will be reports concerning ? s the Polvtechnic School can- vass, with which Prof. Van Scoy is at present actively identified with good prospects of success, $ and it Is confidently expected 4 that a most favorable showing s ? in regard to the disposition of S the required number of schol- S 5 arships will be made at this ? meeting. "Past Methods and Why They Have Failed to Settle the Liquor Traffic." All welcome. Pastor Assumes Work. Rev. S. A. Douglass will arrive in Ashland this week to begin his pas torate at the First Baptist church. He will preach next Sunday both morning and evening. Ere! Fi-ee- Free! Free! Ten dozen cans of Colgate's Talc Powder to be given away Saturday evening, one to every lady customer. Ferguson's, the Bargain Store. Five! Free- Free! Free! Ten dozen cans of Colgate's Talc Powder to be given away Saturday evening, one to every lady customer. Ferguson's, the Bargain Store. Free! Free- Free! Free! Ten dozen cans of Colgate's Talc Powder to be given away Saturday evening, one to every lady customer. Ferguson's, the Bargain Store. Have you seen the rage? It Is the Bachelor Girl shoe the famous John Kelly make at the Hub. SUPPORT IS SLOW. Monday Night Polytechnic Poorly Attended. Rally Inclement weather again inter fered with the rally in be.ialf of the Polytechnic school. The Chautau qua auditorium held but a sprink ling of citizens, and though a num ber of scholarships were subscribed, the outcome of the meeting was any thing but satisfactory. Speeches were made and convincing argu ments set forth, showing the advan tages of locating the school In Ash land, but the matter of securing it is still far from settled. It was stat ed by the president that the Com mercial Club meeting next Monday evening will probably settle the fate of the school and it is hoped a large' attendance will be In evidence at that meeting to express the opinion of the club. Attention, Riders! All pe-sons who will ride horse back in the parade during the Rose Carnival will please meet Mrs. C. H. Gillette at the East Side school grounds Friday evening at 7 o'clock sharp, to make plans. All persons who have horses or saddles they will furnish for some one to use, please phone 296-L. Market Day. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist church division No. 1 will hold a sale of cooked food at the Ashland Trading Co. Saturday from 10 to 4 o'clock. the United States Marine and Public Health Service for Puget Sound, was composed of 10 of the leading physi cians and surgeons in western Wash ington. They visited Early and con ducted a thorough examination. Pieces of the skin were removed and blood was drawn, which will be sub jected to a laboratory test. The board was of unanimous opinion that Early is a leper, but the laboratory test will be made to confirm the diagnosis. Wives of Democratic Ix-adcis (Jive "Harmony Rreahfast. Washington, D. C. A large com pany of democratic women gathered here recently at a breakfast to reca I! from the haze of a hundred years ago a gentle presence, which once j dominated Washington society. The lar plurality for tho whole state would be about 15,000 and that Gov ernor Wilson's lead, based on the vote for delegates-at-large, was about the same. President Taft made his best show ing in the third, fifth and sixth dis tricts, which include the New Jersey coast towns, almost as far south asi Atlantc City, and the counties lyins in the north central part of the state, most of them outside the commuting zone. Roosevelt's indicated plurality in those districts ranged from 4 Oil to 600. Colonel Roosevelt scored heavily in the agricultural communities ol! southern New Jersey and iu tho thickly Bet tied towns and cities pop ulated largely by voters who work in New York. His preference votci in Essex county, next to the largest in the state, was 13,515, compared with 9,168 for Taft and 820 for La Follette. The result exceeded the expecta tions of the most enthusiastic Roose velt leaders. In some districts. Col onel Roosevelt received 10 votes to eveiy one east for the president. The Wilson vote, as compared with that of the opposition, was a stagger ing blow to the antis, being in it ratio of about six to one. Some dis tricts went for the governor by an high as 20 to 1. The president had small plurali ties in lour of the 2 1 counties of tho stat", early returns indicated. Hn showed his greatest, stringth in 'the : farming districts. In one of the fac- wonien constituting this feminine ; ((), y (owns wll(,r'(, h( SIM)ke jus't Uv Medford Theatre, Tuesday, June 4. The use of a pretention!; ballet, such as usually accompanies the more elaborate productions of grand opera, in "The Spring Maid" marks the first time that ballet of this qual-i it y has ever been seen in true comic opera in stage history. It has been seen that "The Spring "Maid," being founded on one of the most charm ing of Grimm's Fairy Tales as an allegory of the fays of the forest who led the ancient hunters to the scene of the Carlsbad Springs, has demand ed the introduction of this class of ballet for its actual story telling far more than did the more old-fashioned of grand operas. Name Colonel's SjKMiKors. Washington, D. C Speeches sec onding the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for president, will be made in the Chicago convention by Gov ernor Hiram Johnson of California, Henry J. Allen of Kansas, delegates-at-large, and Senator Clapp of Min nesota, according to information given out here by close friends of Colonel Roosevelt. Other names may be added to this list. Tailor Resumes Work. M. Maher, the veteran tailor of Ashland, who has been Incapacitated for work on account of illness during the past ten months, has resumed work at his establishment on Mill street near Pellet's garage and Is prepared to do cleaning and repair ing. Food Side. The ladies of the Congregational church will hold a sale of cooked food at W. O. Dickerson's store, cor ner Main and Granite streets, Satur day, June 1, from 2 to b p. in. Wool blankets and lace curtain work, par excellence, at Star Steam Laundry. democracy were mostly the wives and daughters of prominent demo crats, although any woman allied with a disciple of Jefferson was elig ible to attend. The woman thus honored on the 140th anniversary of her birth was Dolly Madison, wife of the president of tile United States, and social ar biter during four administrations, for Mrs. Madison was virtually mis tress of the White House during the regime of Jefferson, whose term of office preceded her husband's. Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the speaker of the house, presided as toastmistress. The guests were wel comed bv the wile of Representative Henry D. Clayton, chairman of lue house judiciary committee. lore the opening of the polls, he was beaten 4 0 to 1. The Lit Follette vote was a neg ligible factor, not more than 2 cent of the entire vote cast. The vote in nearly all parts of the state was exceedingly light, several counties casting less than half of the total registration at the last general ! election. The opinion is freely expressed tnat Roosevelt, will win handily on the first ballot, i lie number of contest ed delegates is 205, of whle.i number Teddy will probably get. the major ity. Taft men concede Roosevelt 4 22 delegates. BOY IS TORTURED. Hung Up by Feet Because lie Would Not Disturb Church. WIRELESS TELEPHONE. Young Men Say They Can Talk Near, ly 1,04)0 Mile. Salem, Ore. Because he would not consent to mingle with older boys North BuTem ehun-h last Thursday j ''" voice 7.10 to 1,000 miles un- New York. Elnian It. Myers niul Clarence T. Bartlett, who are about. 21 years old, say they have invented a wireless telephone that has proved effective and that they can send the evening, and in the attempt to imbue his childish soul with fear should he reveal anything pertaining to the plans the would-be rioters had in mind, Harry Cunningham, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham of North Fifth street, was subjected to the Inhuman treat ment of having his hands bound be- der good conditions. Their inven tion is so technical that a description of it would bp useless, but they say It does not follow recognized meth ods in wlerless messages that, in fact, It Is directly contrary to many accepted theories. The oral mes sages that they send through the air are occasionally clearly heard by hind his back, a gag placed in hlslwlrelss telegraph operators who re- mouth, his feet bound securely, and being hung head downward in a base ment which had been recently exca vated in the neighborhood for thirty minutes before aid arrived and he was liberated from his most tortur ous position. According to the lad's mother, a more disgusting act of vandalism has never been recorded in this city. Hail Kills Man. Blackwell, Okla. One man is dead and thousands of dollars' worth of crops and buildings were destroyed Tuesday as a result of a hailstorm which swept the country north of here. Perry Nesby was instantly killed when he was struck on the head by a hailstone. A tornado fol lowed the hail. ceive their flashes through an instru ment resembling a telephone receiver. I jei't li res I iiM rurti ve. The lectures given in the Chautau qua building the last two evenings by Beverly II. Dobbs were highly en tertaining and instructive. Mr. Dobbs speaks from a long and ilpts experience and his pictures are taken from actual scenes. No one can doubt this after seeing the pictures. He will have a larger house It he returns to Ashland. low a us Meet. The officers of the Iowa Society will meet at the secretary's office, Commercial Club rooms, Friday af ternoon at 2 o'clock, to consider ar rangements for the coining annual reunion of Hawkeyes which Is sched uled during the month of June. Medal is Voted. Wanliington, D. C. The senate It a a passed a joint resolution extending the thanks of congress and appropri ating $1,000 for a medal for Captain H. Rostron of the Carpathia. and also a vote of thanks to the Carpathia crew. Ministerial Meeting. The Ministers' Association will meet Monday at 10 a. in. in the Con gregational church. A paper will be read on Hebrew Criminal Law." All ministers in the city are invited. I 4