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PAGE SIX ASHLAND TIDINGS Thursday, August 1, 1012. PLATFORMJS BRIEF l'rohiltilion Vnrtj Declares for Six teen Inijtortant Principles Many I'Lanks Same as Other Parties'. Prohibition party 'b platform for 1912: The prohibition party in national convention at Atlantic City, N. J., July 10-12, 1912, recognizing God as the source of all governmental au thority, makes the following declara tion of principles and policies: 1. The alcoholic drink traffic is wrong; is the most serious drain on t be wealth and resources of the na tion: is detrimental to the general welfare and destructive of the in alienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. All laws taxing or licensing a traf fic which produces crime, poverty anil political corruption, and spreads li.sf-.aKe and death, should be re pealed. To destroy such a traffic there must be elected to power a po litical party which will administer the government from the standpoint that the alcoholic drink traffic is a crime and not a business, and we pledge that the manufacture, impor tation, transportation and sale of al rorolic beverages shall be prohibited. We favor: 2. Suffrage for women on the same terms as for men. 3. A uniform marriage and di vorce law. The extermination of polygamy and the complete suppres sion of the traffic in girls. 4. Absolute protection of the rights of labor, without impairment of the rights of capital. 5. The settlement of all interna tional disputes by arbitration. 15. The abolition of child labor in mines, workshops and factories, with the rigid enforcement of the laws now flagrantly violated. 7. The election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. 8. A presidential term of six years and one term only. 9. Court review of postoffice and other departmental decisions and or ders; the extension of the postal sav ings bank system and of rural deliv ery, and the establishment of an effi cient parcels post. 10. The initiative, referendum' and'recall. 11. As the tariff is a commercial question it should be fixed on the scientific basis of accurate knowl edge, secured by means of a perma nent, omni-partisan tariff commis sion, with ample powers. 12. Equitable graduated income and inheritance taxes. 13. Conservation of our forests and mineral reserves, and the reclam ation of waste lands. All mineral and timber lands, and water powers, now owned by the government, should be held perpetually and leased for revenue purposes. 14. Clearly defined laws for the regulation and control of corpora tions transacting an interstate busi ness. x 15. Efficiency and economy in governmental administration. 16. The protection of one day in seven as a day of rest. To these fundamental principles the national prohibition party re news its long allegiance, and on these issues invites the co-operation of all good citizens, to the end that the true object of government may be at tained, namely, equal and exact jus tice for all. I X VI .STIG ATE M 1 X I XG. Kansas City Men looking Over Gold Hill and Vicinity. J. O. Fife and son of Kansas City spent several days in Gold Hill and virinity last week, says the Gold Hill Mews, looking over mining properties with a view to future investment. They were accompanied by W. B. Sk'TDian, the Grants Pass timber a magnate, and were introduced to the Signal opportunities of the Gold Hill district by J. H. Beeman, who con .ducted the party in a tour of the Sar dine creek, Blackkweil and Willow Springs properties. Both father and son, who have long been associated in mining, declared that they have seen no better prospects elsewhere not even in the famous Galice district which they recently inspected. They were attracted to Gold Hill by the -splendid exhibit of this community at the Grants Pass mining congress, which was arranged largely through the efforts of J. H. Beeman and Rex II. Lampman. The Fifes, father and son. until recently operated a fine concession in the state of Sonora, Mexico, and deserted tneir prospect only when the ' sanguinary activities of the Yaqui Indians and insurrectos against aliens, and particularly Americans, became too pronounced for comfort. From this city they departed for Kansas City, announc ing their intention of returning to Gold Hill within the next six months, at which time they will in all proba bility make a large investment in lo- rai mining properties. .RATTLERS NUMEROUS. Klickitat County, Washington, Over run With Reptiles. Ooldendale, Wash. According to rport from localities in Klickitat r'tntitr i.ere rattlesnakes are found h rrjUlni are much more numerous t&j eAjtorj than In former years ferl people have been bitten, but wt deaths have resulted except that o! tie 3-year-old daughter of a rihr on Croftoti prairie, who was fctrurk in the hand by a large rattler MthUe hunting for a kitten in the gar den bear the house, and died three hour afterward. Charles McEwen f Goldebdale killed seven rattle rnaVea In the Hik Klickitat canyon, while on a fishing trip to the Rusk Soda Springs last week? , "I was cured of diarrhoea by one dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes M. E. Gebhardt, Oriole, Pa. There is nothing better. For sale by Poley's irng Store. UXCLK SAM VICTOR. Balloon IjiihIs Near Hunker Hill. 823 Miles From Start. Manassas, Va. Uncle Sam proved a winner again Monday when the bal loon of that name, piloted by Captain H. E. Honeywell of St. Louis, landed here in the early dawn near the his toric Bull Run battlefield, having defeated all other entires in the elim ination race from Kansas City to de cide which three balloons should take part in the international balloon con test to start from Stuttgart, Ger many, October 26, for the James Gor don Bennett trophy. Captain Honeywell and his aide, Roy F. Donaldson, passed 35 hours in the air, and, as the crow flies, covered a distance of 925 miles. They alighted on the farm of John Lewis, at 5 o'clock in the morning. Neither slept while in the air. "A storm which overtook us in our eastward race and the fact that we were approaching the Atlantic ocean drove us to the earth," said Captain Honeywell. "We could have re mained in the air all day and if con ditions had been favorable I believe would have established an American record. But when it began to rain and with a storm surrounding us, we were afraid we might be blown out over the ocean." Allowing for the fact that their course from Kansas City to Manassas roughly was in the shape' of a cres cent, the airmen estimated that they sailed more than 1,200 miles. It was the captain's 17fth trip in a balloon. His longest previous jour ney was 870 miles. The other two balloons which will represent America in January are the Kansas City II and the Drifter. MAIL1JOX PARASITE. New Breed of Vandal Makes Apjiear. ance in Portland. A new breed of vandal has ap peared in Portland the mailbox parasite. His method of operation is to drop a lighted match down the mail tube of the large buildings and ignite tne contents of the govern ment boxes. Two fires of this character have been discovered by the postmen, one in the Wells-Fareo buildine and the other in the Gerlinger. When the carrier opened the Wells-Fargo box he found it filled with smoke and a large percentage of the contents in cinders. He extinguished the fire and saved some of the letters. At the Gerlinger building the rrrlr opened the mail soon after the fire naa started and but two letters were burning. A large cotton cushion 1h nut in the bottom of the mail boxes in high buildings to break the force of the fall ,of letters sent down the chute. This cotton is very inflammable. By sending down the chute a lighted match or burning taper, it is easv to get a spark into this cotton. Postmaster Merrick says he knows f no urotection. excent irnneral vie. ilance. If every occupant of a large building would have his office forn watch carefully for some time, it is uenevea tnat any one indulging in this practice would be caught. YOUXG FISH PROVIDED FOR. Oregon Fares Well, Being Allowed $50,000 for Two Hatcheries. Washington, D. C. The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries has reported favorably an omnibus appropriation bill for addi tional fish hatching and fish culture stations in the various states of the united States. Twelve states receive appropria tions under the bill, Oregon being the most iavored on the list. Eleven of the states get $25,000 each for the establishment of one station, while Oregon gets $50,000 for the establishment of two stations. Representative Lafferty appeared before the committee in behalf of Oregon and made an argument in fa vor of two stations, submitting a let ter from the department of com merce and labor to Senator Bourne reciting that the salmo noutput of tne Columbia river can be doubled in four years by proper management. Lafferty also submitted telegrams from Secretary of State Olcott show ing that the state of Oregon has re cently appropriated $70,000 of state money to promote fish hatcheries in Oregon. HOTEL MEX VOICE PROTEST. Traveling Men Join in Objection to Parcels Post. Chicago. The hotel men of Illi nois have declared against the par cels post, fearful that its operation will cause the traveling men to be come as extinct a species, as the pterodactyl and the dinosaur. The action was taken at the recent annual meeting In Chicago of the Illinois Commercial Hotel Men's As sociation. B. F. Clark of the Travelers' Pro tective Association and A. F, Brun-' dage of the United Commercial Trav elers, representing the traveling men's interests, appeared before the meeting. "With the parcels post in opera tion," they urged, "the hotels will lose their best customers, the travel ing men, as the small dealers will order their goods by mail. The mail order house will also boom and the need for the traveling man will dis appear. The consensus of opinion at the meeting was against the employers liability law and for its repeal. To Subscribers. Whenever extra copies of the Tld ings are wanted for sending to friends, they can be secured at this office If we are notified before pub licatlon day. Telephone your social items to Miss llawley between 9 a. tn. and 4 p in. each day. Call pheno 39. King George and At Windsor Fs?'v fry"" ' - L rx' 1 H J v Photo copyright, 1912. by American A NOTABLE ceremony took place recently at Windsor, when the chap ter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter was assembled to do homage to the king, who is the head of the order, and to Queen Mary who bears the title of Lady of the Order. This most ancient and honor able of the English orders has twenty-six knights, the tweuty-flv'e beside the king being known as knlehts-comnanlona. ph ... . mitted as supernumerary members. the occasion to which reference has enough, In St. George's chapel, for St George is the put. ..nnt of the order, and the badge, which Is pendent from the gold collar of the insignia, la called "the George." The photograph here reproduced shows the king and queen in their robes of office enterlna- the rhnnol GYPSUM All) TO CHOI'S. Farmers Along White Salmon Use Water for Fertilizer. warm weather the water of the I White Salmon river turns to a milky j color. This transformation is not caused by volcanic ash soil being mixed with the stream," as is general ly surmised, but is the result of melted snow on Mount Adams rusti ng through banks of gypsum located on the west side of the mountain, near its base. The secret of the bountiful grain and grass crops raised in the' Trout Lake region is credited to irrigation, the water of which comes from the White Salmon river, and especially are beneficial results obtained when the stream is of a whitish color, the gypsum penetrating the soil and act ing as a fertilizer. Some of the ranchers turn this water on their lands when irrigation is not needed, but realize the importance of fertil ization, from which the best crop re- buiis me uuiaiueu. i TTTTTTTTTTVTTTTH'TVI'ttl (DM) EM Your Printed Matter and Ad- :: vertising Typography from Us i: JEW methods in selling goods have revolu tionized all of the. business world durina f u the past few years. A prominent advertising ex pert struct twelve vhen he called Printing "The Silent Salesman." As a salesman Mr. Printing is a great success. He never misrepresents you and he never butts in when he isn't wanted. He can'always wait until Mr. Prospect is ready. Un like some salesmen he doesn't try to . tell all he hwws the first trip. He can cnll on another day for two cents. Now is the time to send your mail salesman out talking for Fall business. Let 1 us dress him up for you.' We have devoted many years to the study of his needs and know just what constitutes the strongest appeal in" his attire. Ashland "Home of Good Printing" M(M H in h nn T Queen Mary Garter Ceremony I fti I Press Association. ' "- imwu aie au The religious cer- pertaining tc been mad ti . ,nn,.,.u..i. MANY PATEXTS WAITING. Commissioner of General Iiand Office Gives Xuniher as 250,000. Washington, D. C. The commis sioner of the general land office says that at the present time 250,000 land patents are held in the general land office awaiting the application of the owners to receive them. The posses sion of a patent is not absolutely nec essary to pass title to the entrymen, consequently thousands of entrymen entitled to patents do not make ap plication for them and they have ac cumulated until they have 'aggregat ed the number given. Recently some enterprising law firms have been writing to entrymen offering to se cure their land patents for them for a nominal sum, and apparently are doing literally a "land office busi ness." The services of attorneys are not necessary in order to obtain these patents, and those entitled to them can get them by making appli cation to the officials of the local land office in which their entries are situated, without cost. i . .... . ..... t . t . , PTtTTTTTTWTTttTttTT Tidings Ashland, Oregon X U 1 1 1 1 I MM 1 1 1 1 1 1 II II HIM TICKET LIMIT IS QUOTED. Suit for Iokk of Baggage is Answered By Company. . San Francisco. The first word in defense of the many damage suits against the Pacific Coast Steamship Company by passengers aboard the ill-fated steamer Santa Rosa, which went on the rocks off the Santa Cruz coast a year ago, was filed in the su perior court Monday. The initial appearance of the com puny Is in a suit to recover $520 for loss of baggage, brought by George A. Ryan. The complainant does not ask for personal injury or inconven ience damages, as do the other claim ants, the total of whose suits for damages exceed $300,000. As against Ryan's claim the com pany sets up that he has not sued within the time limit fixed by print ed contract on the reverse of his ticket upon which the baggage lost was checked. Neither was any de mand for damages, it is asserted, made upon any officer of the com pany within the prescribed contract limit. Ryan's demand for damages was made within the year provided in the statutes in which action to recover damages are permitted. This period, it is the contention of the company, is nullified where a ticket, upon which a passenger is riding, bears a contract requiring demand for dam ages within a specified period short er than covered b law. STORY OK TORTURE TOLD. Man Who Says He is American Vic tim of Mexican Rebels. San Antonio, Texas. Amado Su arez, who said he was a citizen of New York, arrived here Monday from Monclova, Mexico, and related a story of cruelties at the hands of Mexican federal soldiers. Suarez says he was arrested, sus pected of being a rebel. For three days after hi arrest, he said, he was kept standing in a narrow cell, a sentry being on hand to prod him if he attempted to sleep or fell to the floor from exhaustion. Notwithstanding he steadfastly In sisted he was an American citizen, he said he was hung up by the thumbs for more than an hour and while in this position was given 38 strokes across the back with a sabre. He fainted under the ordeal and ex hibted scarred and badly wrenched thumbs as proof of his story. Next, said Suarez, he was impris oned in a dungeon 43 days and then sent to the front with the federal troops. Finally he was released, but before leaving prison signed a state ment, with the muzzles of four ritles pressed against his body as persua sive arguments, that he had received the best of treatment while held pris oner. .. AIR MISHAPS ARE DEFIXED. Frenchman's Report Shows Unfitness of Aviators Chief Cause. A report on the causes of aero plane accidents has just been pre sented to the French Ecole Superi eure Aeronautique by Major Renard. He classifies the fatalities as fol lows: Twenty-five per cent due to the want of natural aptitude on the part of the aviatoVs. Thirteen per cent due to the in sufficient training of the aviators. Six per cent due to the desire of aviators to "show off." Six per cent due to rashness and want of foresight on the part of avi ators. Thirteen per cent due to imperfec tions in the designs of the apparatus. Twenty per cent due to flaws or weaknesses in the machinery. Ten or possibly 12 per cent due to atmospheric currents and. similar disturbances. If that estimate be correct, a re duction, in the percentage of acci dents ought soon to be brought about; a view which is held by the new French League for the Greater Security of Aviation. CLOSE SLOT MACHIXES. Prosecuting Attorney Issues Ban On Devices in Medior!. Monday marked the closing day for the "nickel-in-the-slot" ma chines in Medford. The' edict came from Prosecuting Attorney Mulkey's office after a careful examination of the claims of the makers of the ma chines for their existence. . According to Mr. Mulkey, the ma chines were leased out with direc tions for technical circumvention of the law. Should these directions have been followed implicitly, no cause for their removal could have been found. .According to the plan of -the mak ers, a package of inferior gum was to be given for each coin deposited in the machine. In this manner each player received sometning for his money. It soon developed that no one wished the gum and played the -machine entirely for the chances that it afforded for large returns in to bacco or refreshments. When the dealers were shown that they were violating a law, no remon strance was made against the order. A vast amount of 111 health Is due to impaired digestion. When the stomach falls to perform its func tions properly the whole system be comes deranged. A few doses of Chamberlains Tablets is all you need. They will strengthen your di gestion, invigorate your liver, and regulate your bowels, entirely doing away with -that miserable feeling due to faulty digestion. Try.it. Many others have been permanently cured why not you? For sale by Poley's Drug Store. Lightning striking the fire alarm system at Vancouver, Wash., sent in a general alarm and the firemen all turned out In the rain and darkness to answer it. JUDGE FILES ANSWER Arrhbald Admits PrtM ti ally All Act in Inieac!iiiient Charges Rut Denies Guilt. Washington, D. C. Admitting practically all of the acts in the im peachment charges against him, but emphatically denying that he cor ruptly used his judicial influence. Judge Robert J. Archbald, of the commerce court, Monday filed his formal answer in the senate. He as serted that no case had been made against him by the house of repre sentatives. , ; Archbald admits being involved in numerous coal deals while on the bench. He admits soliciting high railroad officials to further such deals. He admits that promissory notes bearing his endorsement were presented to attorneys and litigants in his court. He candidly concedes he wrote letters to and visited rail road officers to further private busi ness negotiations for himself, asso ciates and friends. But the jurist says every such act was innocent. He declares many were without hope of private gain, although realizing the railroads would have cases before him in the commerce court. Archbald admits he figured in ne gotiations with railroads heads' for settlement of the suit of William F. Boland, Archbald's accuser, against tne carriers, but denies that he did so for any pecuniary consideration. The judge also admits writing let ters to Helm Bruce, attorney for the Louisville & Nashville railroad, without consent of other parties in the case, to get Bruce's opinion upon evidence in the case. He denies such, action was wrong. "Solely out of friendship for Fred Warnke," Archbald says, he asked Reading Railway officials to extend Warnke's coal lease. The charge that he received mon ey from Henry W. Cannon, capital ist, identified with many railroads which were concerned in litigation before him, for a European trip, is met by the statement that Cannon is a relative by marriage. Archbald denies ever favoring roads in which Cannon was Interested. That he re ceived a purse of $525, donated by lawyers In his court when he left for Europe, is admitted, but Archbald says It was a mere testimonial or friendship, which he could not have refused without impugning the mo tives of his friends. STAR AXD JUMP, Stowaway Japanese Attempt to Swim' v Ashore at Portland. Stabbing the' engineer in the shoul der, M. Inowye and S. Yamamota, stowaways oa the Japanese steam ship Hokuto Maru, and who had been handcuffed together for safe-keeping, leaped overboard as the vessel was coming up the Columbia river Monday, evening and attempted to swim ashore Lashed to a board, and apparently most exhausted, one of them was picked up by a fisher man and taken to Kalama and placed in jail. Two other members of the crew escaped immediately after the arrival of the steamer at the Banfield dock at 2:30 in the morning. These were K. Kosaka, a coal passer, and Y. Tel. the cook, and they still are at large! The Hokuto Maru, Captain S. Iwaz awa, came' from Otaru with a cargo of 1,200,000 feet of oak logs con signed to the Pacific Lumber & Man ufacturing Company. The account of the affair is that the stowaways, handcuffed in quar ters below, became engaged in a quarrel as the steamer was bound up the river. The engineer went to their room to put a stop to the row. While trying to settle the disturbance, it is alleged that, handcuffed as they were, the belligerants managed to stab the engineer and to get over the side of the vessel. How they did it is a mystery. ANGLER PAYS FIXE. Shows Fish to Warden Hut Can't Produce License. Gold Beach, Ore. While Chief Game Warden Baker was taking his noonday lunch at Myers creek, a short distance below here, a stranger came over to show him what a fine string of trout he had caught. After admiring the speckled beauties, Mr. Baker asked him for his license, and when he failed to produce one, in vited him to come before the justice of the peace here and show why he should not contribute toward the pro tection of the game of thestate. He proved to be O. B. Hinsdale, at one time a lumber mill operator of Gard iner, more recently from Los An geles. After paying a fine of $25 and buying a license, he proceeded on up the coast, but before going he made a solemn vow never to show any fish to anyone unless he had a license. ', Mr. Hinsdale and his family were traveling to Marshfield by easy stages. IMMEXSE COUGAR KILLED. Body of Animal in Coos County Is Over Eight Feet Long. Camas Valley, Ore. The largest cougar ever seen in this neighbor hood was killed Fpiday by W. H. Lehnherr, in the eastern part or Coos county. The- body measured 8 feet 2 Inches fr6m tip to tip, the feet measuring 6 inches across, the hide alone weighing 17 pounds. The cougar has been making his rounds in this neighborhood for some time, his tracks having been seen near some of the mountain settlers homes. He had grown quite bold and trailed two prospectors from Philomath who came out of the mountains late in the evening. Place for sale? House for rent' Want anything? A few lines in the Tidings want .columns will do the business. i