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Orfoa HUlorlcal ttoalatr, 107 Bcon4 St ((JOTHB YEHR dH Strictly in Advance tbi &7Q Ashland Tidings HL AN D May we not be proud of Oregon? Oregon is the only state in the: I'nloa that ever red need tbe number of its normal schools. VOL. XXXIX ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1914 NUMBER 30 TIDINGS Masonic Gathering In Ashland Sept. 24 On Thursday, September 24, there will be one of the largest .Masonic gatherings In Ashland ever witnessed in southern Oregon. The annual con clave of Knlshts Templar of the state of Oregon will convene at the Ma sonic hall at 10 a. m. The Grand Commander of the state of Oregon, with all the other grand officers and Sir Knights from all over the state, all in full uniform, will be in attend ance. The afternoon of the 24th will be given to street parades by the Knights Templars and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, arrayed In their gorgeous uniforms and red fezes. It is expected there will Le many amus ing and interesting features in this parade. A very large attendance of Nobles is expected. . In the evening Hillah Temple of the Oasis of Ashland, Oregon, will hold its ceremonial for the reception of candidates at the armory. The head of the Order of Mystic Shrine, known as the Imperial Potentate, with members of his divan, will reach Ashland on the 11 o'clock train from the north and will remain in the city until noon of the 25th. It is expected the merchants and citizens of the town will do their purt in making decorations suitable for the occasion and in making the citj tthow her appreciation of these visits and her welcome to the guests. Knights Teniplarism is founded upon the ancient history of the cru sades, when the Knights Templars ol Europe, in full armor, lined the roads j leading unto the city of Jerusalem for the purpose of protecting the pil grims through the Moslem domain in their pilgrimage to Jerusalem. It is an order given to religious teachings and in which its members that ,g making Qrayback mountain are pledged to the support of thelfamoua it s the greatest scenic at Christian religion and the practice of j tractIon in the west, said this pho Chrlstian virtue. They hold a gen-1 tographer, whose business it is to eral conclave once in three years, at geek out the Btrange and tne beauti which the Knights Templar from all ! fu, and the lnerestinK in the north- over the United States attend. Each state holds an annual meeting at some commandery within the state, at which meeting the grand officers of the state and representatives from all the commanderies in the state at tend for the purpose of electing grand officers for the ensuing year and the making of by-laws and regu lations for such states. The Mystic Shrine is probably the opposite of the Knight Templar or- ganization. It seems to be founded i upon the Mohammedan religion. in j which the descert scenes of Africa and Arabia form a prominent part. It is sometimes designated as the "playground" and is evidenced by Jo viality and good-fellowship. School Opened This Morning School opened this morning with its customary rush of school children, j Families had to undergo the usual before school turmoil as before. j Many had to change their breakfast j hour till a little earlier. Every boy and girl seems,-lad to be back on the j education job. , High school opened with a scrip ture reading and benediction by Rev. Douglass of the Methodist church. Following this, all high-schoolers rose and sang "Loyalty" with a mighty fervor. Several of last year's class were present, and they also did not keep their mouths closed on the good old song that every Ashland school boy and girl knows and loves so well. The customary enrollment cards were then passed around and made out. The attendance this year will far exceed that of last. This morn ing almost every seat was filled. This shows that Ashland has many new people within its confines, for there was many a new face. President Sproule Goes North Sunday i . President Sproule of the Southern ' Pacific passed through Ashland Sun day on a northern tour of inspection. He thinks next year will be the ban ner tourist year for the cbast coun try, and that Ashland will be fortun ate indeed if she succeeds in getting her resort ready for the traffic next season. Wealthy easterners "who have heretofore gone to Europe will be turned by the war toward the coast in great numbers, and the west should reap a greater harvest from them than ever before. f ..."V.YJ. t ' ' ' ' 'j Southern Oregon Exhibit Under Way II. O. Frohbaeh, processor for Jack son county, was in Medford Saturday consulting with George M. Ilyland, director general for Oregon at the Panama-Pacific exposition, regarding the exhibit at the fair. The floor space and plans for the display for Douglas, Josephine, Klamath and Jackson counties were placed in Mr. Frohbach's hands and the details will be worked out at once. It is the intention to make the display of the four counties jointly in order to bet ter attract attention to southern Ore gon rather than to any particular county. The four counties have each appro priated funds for the exhibit and will unite in an effort to bring about ben eficial results from the display. Mr. Frohbaeh will be in charge of the dis play and already has the greater part of the fruit in process for the exhibit. The fair opens in February, and before that time arrangements will have been completed and the display ready. The executive committee of the four counties will meet in Klamatb Falls this month to go over the final details. Impression Of Josephine Caves A representative of the "Pathe Weekly" people was sent by his houso to make a series of moving pictures of tbe Josephine caves dur- ing the past week. Three hundred feet of film was made by this man, and he returned to Grants Pass after completing his work enthusiastic over the wonderful work of nature WMt an(J rnotograph lt for thc mil- lions of patrons of the moving pic ture theatres of tbe world. "I could have made 10,000 feet of film within those caverns and every foot have been of interest and marvelous beau ty," said the photographer. "The caves are simply great. They greatly exceeded my expectations, and the films I have made will attract world wide attention to them." This photographer who visited the oa hllsIn(lRB rrnnsition. and w no can take a coldly businesslike view of the situation, voices an un prejudiced opinion. His visit was an impersonal one. He expressed wonder that the caverns had not been more thoroughly exploited before. Before tourist travel could be largely turned toward them, however, he said it would be necessary to have an automobile road built to them, ana if it could go to the caves one way and back the other it would be more attractive to the touris:. In these caves Josephine county and southern Oregon have an asset that will pay great dividends as soon as they are properly developed. Time and money spent in making them more accessible will be well placed, and then thousands will stop over t visit where hundreds go now. A good start has been made this season, and the work must be prosecuted in an effort to reach the 1915 travel, which promises to be a record breaker, i Fruit By-Products Vital' Question A number of Rogue river fruit growers and ranchers will leave to day and tomorrow for Portland to attend the By-Product convention, called to provide means of conserving the waste of the products of the state, especially fruit. This convention is taking the ques tion up intelligently and making an honest effort to do by co-operation what is found impossible by disor ganized effort. The railroads are making special rates for this convention in order that a good attendance may be had. Tickets are now on sale and are good until after the 12th to return. Fruit growers generally are vital ly interested in this movement and are anxious for an intelligent solu tion of this "vexing problem. Many fare going from here. It is said that brains will tell, but usually the more brains a man has the less he tells. German Attack On Checked By The Allies -Russians Near Forts Paris, Sept. 7. The Germans' right flank has been turned by the allies, according to a telegram from the war office at Bordeaux. Simul taneously, it is stated, the British broke through the German lines, im periling the kaiser's entire right wing and forcing him to withdraw his troops from Lille and its vicinity to strengthen the wing. It is believed the Germans have ceased to march directly on Paris, having learned that the allies contemplated a general en gagement west of the city. The French were massed there, ready to entrap the enemy, but German scouts and aviators discovered the danger. It is evident the Germans suddenly changed their program. Military Governor Gallieni pub lished the following dispatch from the war office at Bordeaux: "The French and British are now engaged in general action with the Germans northeast of Paris. The battle lines extend from Nantouvil to Verdun, via Vitry and La Franceo in the De partment of Marne, nineteen miles southeast of Chalons and at the com mencement of the Rhine-Marne canal.- The French and British have compelled the Germans to retire from the region of Coulommiers, in the Department of Zine at Marne, on the Grand Morin river, after two days' fighting which ended Sunday night. The entire French and British lines are in action and the combat is vig orous in the extreme." NAVAL ACTIVITIES PROMISED BY ALLIES London, Sept. 7. Stirred by re cent evidences of German naval ac tivity in the North Sea where it sup posed the kaiser's hordes were safely bottled up in port, the British fleet is preparing to crush German's pow er afloat. It is admitted at the ad miralty that important events are im pending. FRENCH CELEBRATING OVER VICTORIES Bordeaux, Sept. 7. The French are celebrating as a victory the Ger mans' failure to attack Paris. The war office was of the opinion that the kaiser was only waiting until bis right wing was strengthened. Gen eral Von Beulow Is trying to reach it with a force from Rheims. That the situation in the fighting at the front is improving for the allies was asserted by War Minister Millerand. Allies Agree To Make Peace Only By Mutual Consent Washington, Sept. 7. Officials and diplomats here regarded the agreement just signed by Great Britain, France and Russia, not to make peace except by mutual consent, as an indication that the war would be fought to a decisive end. On ail sides the announcement was accepted as meaning the inevitable prolonga tion of the war. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan, who have been hoping for some indication through American diplomats abroad of readiness on the part of the powers to talk peace, were said to have been depressed by the news. Colonial Troops Gathered. Diplomats of the allied powers in terpreted the agreement as a reason on the part of Great Britain and Russia to wage their warfare in every quarter, irrespective of reverses in France. From all parts of the globe colonial troops are being gathered by England. Hope that the gathering strength of the triple alliance might impress Turkey with the wisdom of remain ing neutral was revived among diplo mats, though there was a complete absence of advices from Constantino ple. That the allies had endeavoreJ again to convince Turkey of the ne cessity of preserving her neutrality, as reflected in London dispatches, dovetails with recent advices to the American government. - Delay Produce Hope. The contest in diplomacy between Berlin and London has been causing considerable - worry around , the world. In the last few days, it H Paris RUSSIANS STRETCH ALONG BOO MILES Petrograd, Sept. 7. The Russians In east Prussia are advancing" on the Germans' fortified positions on the river Deime. They are also besieg ing the Konigsburg citadel. From north to south the Russian line Is stretched through east Prussia. Rus sians are also in the Polish provinces of Plock, Warsaw, Radom and Aus trian Galicia, a distance of approxi mately 500 miles. The czar's troops are pressing the Austrlans hard in Russian Poland. The Austrlans arc being reinforced by Germans. London, Sept. 7. Out of a crew of 251 all but 58 of those aboard the British light cruiser Pathfinder, blown up by a mine in the North Sea, lost their lives, it is unofficially re ported. Of the 58 survivors it Is said sixteen were wounded, four dy ing on the way to port on the trawler which picked them up. Antwerp, Sept. 7. By flooding the country southwest of here to prevent the kaiser's artillery from operating close to Antwerp's fortifications, the Belgians drowned many Germans, it is learned. The country about Ant werp, as in much of Holland, is be low sea level, and the water held back by dikes. When the gates were thrown open the sea rushed in so rapidly the German troops had not time to escape. Large numbers took refuge on the house tops and in trees. Those unable to reach places of safety perished. The Germans also lost numbers of cannon. It is estimated that the kaiser's ranks suf fered 5,000 casualties at Termonde j Friday and Saturday. I London, Sept. 7. Germany is ! staking everything on one mighty Ibatt,.. - In a solid phalanx 150 miles ' long the kaiser is hurling bis full strength against the allies. Driving to the southward from Nantenil, Gen eral Von Kluk's force constitutes their extreme right wing. General Von Helingon's body forms the ex treme left. Five German armies are between them, all striking desperate ly at the same spot. Experts declare it is obvious the kaiser's plan is to annihilate the allies' mobile forces and that they may divide their own force, leaving half to besiege and rushing the other half eastward to meet the Russians. ! said, the allies have exported Turkey I openly to align herself with Germany j and Austria, but the de'ay in the porte's action, construed by many is merely a means of completing mili tary preparations, nevertheless has produced a ray of hope thaf the wa- party in Constantinople will not tri umph. Many of the conservative party in Turkey are contending that Tin key'ti finances were so consumed In 13'' last wars that a new conflict woi.'d be economically ruinots and that liar Mediterranean ports would be at. the mercy of the Angle-French fleets, while the Balkan states waged a sep arate war on land, All the considerations have been placed before the porte by diplomats representing the allies. Last re ports, however, show wavering, with the military arm of the Ottoman em pire preparing industriously for all eventualities, RoumunbVft Attitude Vnknown. Reports that Greece had announci d her intention of making no war is regarded as having a quieting effect at Constantinople. Today it was learned on high authority here that Turkey was not so sure of Rouman ian support as previously. Roumanla, it was said, has had n secret alliance with .Austria for somj time and has always harbored a grudge against Russia. The Rouman ians, however, are really Slavic, and the Indications are that they plan to offset any help which Bulgaria might give to Turkey, a clrcurrstnue be lieved to have caused' the porte to delay action until it (an lei' in more of the intentions of its northern neighbors. : - 1 Big Tourist Movement in '15 Newspapers and railroad men everywhere are predicting tremen dous tourist movements toward the west next season. The European war has closed tourist travel channels abroad and Americans will no doubt bo forced to see America or stay at home. Ashland should make a supreme effort to complete her resort before the tourist season of 1915 opens. It is the greatest chance that has ever come, or may ever come, to her. It Is the duty of every citizen to get be hind the project with his influence and with his money, if need be, to hurry its accomplishment. The springs commission is busy on a plan which, if it meets with proper co- operation from citizens, will result in the work going promptly forward. The bond record Is now in the hands of New York attorneys for examina tion. If tho legnlity is approved by them the plans will he made public and work will begin if the people of Ashland will back the commission. Trunks and suit cases at End ers'. See the window display. Charles Butteriield Dies Suddenly Charles E. Butterfiel, a well-known Ashland boy, died suddenly at the homestead place of Margaret Lind say Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. Although he has been in a very con valescent condition for many months, yet the death was unexpected. He had been staying at the Lindsay homestead cottage with his mother during the summer in the hopes of regaining health. The funeral ser vices took place at the Lindsay ranch Sunday. His remains were burlej in that vicinity, among the beautiful pines that he had loved so 'well dur ing life. Many of the friends he had made attended tho funeral. Beautiful flowers and mountain verdure were heaped upon the, grave. Many Ash land friends mourn his loss. Wife Beating Creates Scandal Quite a scandal was created a few mornings ago by one of our well known real estate men beating his good wife up. Several of the neigh bor women claim to have seen a purt of the incident. AVe withhold the man's name, for he promised his w ife that it would never happen again, and he is now ashamed of his action, so should not bo condemned too harshly by other husbands. It wns at least 5:30 in tho morning, und eye witnesses declare that ho not only beat his wife up, but actually had the fire going and the coffee pot on before the surprised wife could get to the kitchen and fully realise how badly slio really wns beaten. Addition to the Club Exhibits Th Commercial Club Is indebted to J. W. Millner for n fine display of field corn on tho stalk and to R. J. Edwards for a plate display of Jap anese plums. The club appreciates the Interest of the people In bringing In exhibit material. Anything . left either at the Commercial Club rooms or at the exhibit building at the de pot will bo displayed with the name and residence of the grower. Don't be alarmed If a child takes to writing poetry at the age of seven; there Is always a possibility of living It down. Commercial Club Meeting Tonight Don't forget the regular meeting of the Commercial Club tonight und be on hand promptly nt 8 o'clock. Some Important amendments to tho constitution and by-laws are to be offered, the committee of tho Normal School Association will have a report to make and there will be other busi ness of Interest. Fifty cents Invested In a Tidings "For Sale" ad often sells a $5,000 property.' Did you ever try it? Martin Identifies Two -Suspects Steven J. Martin his positively' identified two suspects held iu tho city jail as the men who shot hini iu the local Southern Pacific. yard3 a week ago Saturday night. Although there was the identifica tion of the "long" man as the one ho fired the shot, Chief Povtor and the Southern Pacific detectives aru proceeding on the theory tuat Marl in "is in bad" and is making a play to clear his own skirts by placing the blame upon the two susx?cts. When Martin gave out his story of his trip from .Medford on the cir cus train he positively stated he had no conversation or words with the men on the same car with him; that he only passed a few words with them before reaching Ashland. When the suspects were taken before hini to" identification he disclosed that ho had evidently hud a general conver sation with the men while riding on the train. He tnUl the police the man who shot him wore a new pair of shoes, the clioe on the right foot be ing split over a large bunion or sor on the right of the instep. The taller of the two men under arrest has on a very old pair of shoes. His left foot is swollen, not the right. Martin talked to the men, calling their at tention to general remarks passed oa the way up. Chief Porter says the two men havo apparently established their presence In the Sweeney camp on the Siski yous on the morning of tho shoot ing, and from there southward. Ho does not believe the men in custody are the guilty ones, regardless of tho positive identification by Martin. The officials generally are of tho opinion that Martin icalizes tbut ho hud no business on the train, and as an employe of the railroad is subject to disciplines for trespassing upon the train in violation of orders of the road to employes. The police also believe Martin was more or less under the influence of liquor when ho left Medford, and is more or less of a drinking man and Is inclined to be quarrelsome when drinking. These facts havo not been established, but the police are so thoroughly convinced that Martin is not telling them the whole truth they will investigate every phase of tha case. In tho meantime the railway detec tives are keeping up their search for others whom they believe the trno facts. The two suspects will be taken to Jacksonville and held to tho grand jury for investigation. Stock Shipments Dropping Off Receipts for the week at Portland have been as follows: Cattle 879, calves 54, hogs 2,4 :t7, sheep 2,S86. Cattlo market steady for the week. Top steers $i!.7" to f 7. cows $5.75 to $C, heirers $G to $6.25, choice beef bulls firmer at $4.75, and veal mar ket strong ut $8 to $8.50. Receipts were under normal. " Swino trade steady to firm through out. Best quality lifcht stock $9 to $0.25, smooth heavyweights $8 to $S.25. Receipts somewhut smaller compared with a week ago. Both mutton and lambs in strong; position. Yearling wethers advanced 10 to 15 cents. Fancy lambs brought $6 and fat killing ewes $4.35. Out let broad and demand steady. Re ceipts comparatively light. Eight Business Schools in State A report issued by the federal Bu reau of Education shows there arer eight commercial schools and business colleges In Oregon. The 1913 enroll ment wns 1,705 pupils. It Is estimat ed more than half this number com pleted commercial courses and a largo number are now employed In Oregon business Institutions. In the entire nation there are CIS business colleges and commercial schools and they accomodate 160,557 students annually. This Is an aver age annual attendance of 260 pupils per school. Teacher of Music. Miss Mamie Holmes will give both voice and piano lessons at her home, 77 Manzanita street. Phone 3 4 3-J. .. ; 29-3t See Eadors' line of hats.
