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VOL. XXXIX
ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1914
NUMBER 34
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Soldiers Kneel in Prayer
Then Face Deadly
Machine Guns
On the Battle Front, Saturday, via
Paris, Sept, 19. Overpowering fa
tigue and privations, resulting from
five days" of unrelenting struggle
brought about last night a temporary
lull in the combat of the powerful
armies that are face to face along the
rivers Oise, Aisne and Woevre.
The roar of cannon, machine guns
and rifles died down early last night
and the presence of two armies com
posed probably altogether of 1,000,
000 or more men within touch of an
uneven line and ready to spring to a
fatal grip,' scarcely could be con
ceived, so intense was the stillness,
broken only by an occasional ca
grant report. The soldiers of the
. allies and the Germans alike were
snatching a little rest huddled in the
strong entrenchments, in places the
trenches being half filled with water
as equinoctial storms continue.
The French and British, like the
Germans, have now entrenched and
settled down for the stern fight which
threatens to be even longer and more
v sanguinary than the battle of Marne.
Progress is being made at some points
by the allies, but slowly, and the de
velopments of the last twenty-four
hours are not important except that it
Is officially confirmed that the Ger
mans have received reinforcements
from Lorraine.
There were a few isolated encoun
ters today, but both sides appear to
have abandoned the rush movements
across the open which marked the
early stages of the war. Obviously
the dealy machine guns have taught
a lesson.
One of the Incidents of yesterday
when the fighting was awful in its
sacrifice was widely recounted today.
A British infantry regiment, upon
receiving an order to advance and to
take a German position, knelt for a
moment in prayer. Then tbe men,
knowing that their charge was to be
terrible In cost, sprang to their feet
and with fixed bayonets' clam'jered
out of the shelter of tbe trench. In
short and rapid rushes they advanced
in wide open order, alternately lying
down and then making another dash
of fifteen yards. From the German
position came the thick hail of the
machine guns, the attacking soldiers
hurrahed and sang as they pressed
forward. Many fell with cries of de
termination on their lips. Finally
those who remained of the regiment
reached and took the German position
Briggs Receives
Word From Brother
A. C. Briggs has a brother, Rev.
F. F. Briggs, now on the way across
the Atlantic, leaving war-ridden Eu
rope behind them. They left Liver
pool September 10. He is accom
panied by his wife and three children.
In a letter received by Mr. Briggs
they state that during their short stay
in The Hague, while the conflict was
going on, some jolly minded person
had hung a big sign across The Hague
Peace Conference building with the
Inscription "To Let" upon It. We
print below a letter which was re
ceived by the mother of A. C. Briggs,
who resides in Washington, D. C:
"This Is the first chance we have
had of sondlng word with any assur
ance that It would go. Every cour
tesy was shown to Americans by the
German government. Germany feels
that she has been misrepresented in
America by reports which come from
France and England. But I am sure
every American will be glad to tell of
the uniform courtesy of the govern
ment, even to the enemies of Ger
many. "In our pension was a Russian fam
ily of six who were In Germany when
the war broke out, and, of course,
could not be allowed to go home. But
the only evidence that they are pris
oners in Berlin is that they must
report to the police every three days.
' Otherwise they have perfect freedom.
. Still there was some suffering.
Americans who came In parties and
had paid their expenses In a lump be
fore starting suffered worst."
Mrs. Briggs writes:
"No country could have treated the
people of another nation better than
Germany has treated Americans. The
frauleln at our pension In Berlin told
us to stay there longer, as she was
afraid we might get killed, but that
we need not pay her until after the
after a desperate hand to hand en
counter. This was only one among many
similar acts of courage and discipline
on the part of French, British and
Germans alike at various points along
the line.
Wounded German officers who
were taken prisoners tell of fearful
losses. Some of the companies of the
Imperial Guard lost all their officers
and are now commanded by volun
teers.
In the midst of heavy gales the bat
tie between the allied forces and the
Germans in northern France con
tinues, apparently with unabated
fury, after seven days' of fighting.
Seemingly the most serious battles
have occurred around Rheims, on the
plateau of Craonne and near Noyon.
The French official statement an
nounces the capture of prisoners near
Craonne in what is termed a "rather
serious engament" with the Twelfth
and Fifteenth German corps. The
Germans in this vicinity have carried
out a number of violent attacks,
which, however, are reported to have
been repulsed.
The famous cathedral of Notre
Dame, dated from the thirteenth cen
tury, Is reported to have been struck
by German shells.
The British authorities give no
statement as to the progress of the
battle but have issued a list of of
ficers killed during recent days. The
list contains the names of Captain R.
N. Grenfell, the polo player; Captain
Lord Guernsey, eldest son of the Earl
of Ayleeford, and Colonel F. R. R.
Bolleau of the general staff, who died
later of his wounds.
From Petrograd it is announced of
ficially that the Russian troops have
captured the fortified positions of
Sen lava and Sambro in Galicia. The
Austrian rear guard has been re
pulsed beyond the San river, and the
Russians have taken 3,000 prisoners,
3,000 cases of ammunition and some
guns.
The Russian official reports also
say there has been no fighting on the
German frontier.
A report from the Austro-Italian
frontier from Rome says that 300,000
Austrian troops are watching the
Italian border.
The Austrian dreadnought Viribus
Unitis, one of tbe largest ships in the
navy, is reported to have been badly
damaged in an engagement in the
Adriatic but escaped her pursuers.
Dr. W. E. Blake has returned from
his vacation trip north and his office
is again open every day except Sun
day, from 8:30 to 4:30. He has
made the trip to Portland in his big
touring car. He was twenty-six hours
in making the trip up and about the
same length of time returning. He
has been gone for over two weeks.
He made the trip without a particle
of trouble, and also reports that the
roads are fine.
For Sale or Trade.
A ' good piano. O. J. Rathburne.
Phone 409-R. 31-8t
Millinery at Kohagen's.
Teachers to
Meet in Medford
The teachers' Institute of Jose
phine and Jackson counties, which Js
to be held in Medford, October 12-14,
will have the advantage of the pres
ence of Dr. H. D. Sheldon, an old
time, much-liked Oregon educator
who came back this month to the
state university as dean of the de
partment of education.
After he gave up his dcanshlp n
education at the state university in
1911 he spent seven months in Ger
many, studying teacher-training in
the German schools and the work of
the German universities and normals.
He then visited English universities
and normals.
' Buy those C. & E. school shoes
at Enders' if you are looking for ser
vice. ' -
News of the
i Local Tourists
Rev. S. M. Dorrance, former rector
of Trinity Episcopal church here.
landed in Boston September 5. He
came over on the Laconia of the Cu-
nard line, and notwithstanding the
vessel was painted a pronounced ul
tramarine hue in order to distract at
tention, it was halted twice on the
way over by British cruisers. Over
1,500 repatriated Americans were
among the Laconia's passengers. Miss
Bertha Case, sister of Mrs. F. D.
Wagner, remains In Marseilles, south
ern France. She is an art student
and writer, and reports conditions not
far removed from the normal in that
locality. Mrs. E. II. Day, aunt of
Manager Newcombe of the Western
Union, is supposed to have sailed
home from France some time since,
but has not been heard from recently.
She had been traveling extensively
on the continent. Rev. E. H. Hicks,
former pastor of the local Baptist
church, who started some two months
ago, accompanied by a Lane county
friend, on a tour around the world,
the objective point being a visit t
the Holy Land, has dropped out of
sight for the time being, but is sup
posed to be outside of the sphere of
the European war zone.
Ashland Gets Her First
Booking From Mineral
The Frank Tourist Company of
New York city has made Its first ho
tel booking for Ashland. They have
booked a doctor and his wife at the
Oregon Hotel for the latter part of
September. They are now perfecting
arrangements with Mrs. Connor to
book tourists for Ashland mineral re
sort. The Frank company is the largest
tourist company in this country. It
is their business to route and .place
people.bn. tours of the world, includ
ing all European watering resorts.
Ashland's fame is spreading. Al
ready it is attracting the interest of
physicians from the Atlantic sea-
coast.
If the resort is completed and prop-
erly exploited for the next year thou -
sands of them will be booked through
this company now that the Hotel Ore-
The Care of
Automobile Tires
Inner Liners.
These should be used only in emer
gencies or to prolong the life of a
wornout tire. Never, however, apiUy
them as a permanent repair, as they
are utterly destructive to a new tire.
Use of Chains.
Where U3ed, adjust carefully. If
too loose they will cut and loosen the
tread; if too tight, they cut and
bruise where lapped over casing.
Keep Your Tires (lean.
Cleanse daily. If possible. Scrape
of mud and soil and wash with water
and a little soap of good quality, ap
plied with a not too wet sponge.
Watch closely for cuts, blisters, etc.
Have them repaired at once.
Change Tire.
Don't wait until a change is neces
sary, but put extra casings into ser
vice at intervals. You can often save
a tire by shifting It from a back
wheel to a front, where the wear is
not so hard.
Keep extra casing in covers and
away from moisture. Use at inter
vals. Keep tires away from oil. This
is rubber's natural enemy and will
quickly destroy it. Mineral oils,
such as used on roads to lessen dust,
are not so bad, but animal oils and
fat are deadly.
Many motorists have been in the
habit of running their tires soft In
the summer season, using as their ex
cuse the belief that, on account of
the heat's increasing tbe pressure of
air in tires, they have been running
soft to avoid possibility of a blowout.
They are wrong. Enough heat would
never be generated to cause danger
from this source, and owing to the
extreme likelihood of underinflation
the schedule or proper pressure
should always be followed, regardless
of season. Pressure will reatly -increase
from overload of weight, than
temperature. Most motorists will In
flate their tlrea when the car is J
HighShriners
If Are Coming
Portland will receive the Shriner
guests and give them a good time
Tuesday, Illustrious Potentate Har
vey Beckwlth of Al Kader Temple !s
in charge of the reception committee.
Many Shriners are coming from tem
ples in the east and after stopping off
at the Portland temple are coming to
the big ceremonial at Ashland. The
Oregonian gives the list as follows:
"Imperial Potentate Smith, who Is
on, a sixty days' tour of the United
States, during which he will visit
thirty-eight temples; J. Putnam Stev
ens, imperial deputy potentate, of
Portland,. Me.; Henry F. Nledring
haus, Jr., imperial chief rabban, of
St. Louis, Mo.; William S. Brown,
Imperial treasurer, of Pittsburg, Pa.;
J. T.i Jones, imperial captain of the
guard, from Oklahoma; Ellis L. Gar
retson, imperial first ceremonial mas
ter, from Tacoma; J. Henry Lewis,
honorary member and representative
of Osman Temple, St. Paul, and W.
O..,. Washburn, potentate of Osman
Temple of St. Paul.
We are going to the big Normal
doin's Friday afternoon. Make your
appointment with Studio Ashland for
a new picture In the forenoon. It
Springs Advertising
gon has gotten in good touch with it.
There" is no question that next year
will be a big one for the Pacific
coast. No doubt but the bonds will
be sold within the next thirty days.
When they are Ashland should begin
to prepare a large and systematic ad
vertising campaign at once. The lit
erature should be going in large vol
ume by January first. Careful prep
aration should be made and enough
ptfbl'nUy force added to the avertis-
ing, tbe S. P. Company to assure
Ashland getting her big share of the
tourist movement next year.
Ashland can be made a great resort
If she tries. Her people must get the
I big idea and have the willingness to
i put proper force behind the project
, to make it go,
Buy a Mallory hat at Eiiders'.
M. E. Hicks Dies
Very Suddenly
Myron E. Hicks, the well-known
Star Theatre man, died suddenly as
the result of heart failure late Fri
day afternoon. He had gone home
feeling pretty well, but upon his ar
rival he felt sick and laid down ou
the couch. In a few minutes he was
worse and the physician was called.
He died before the doctor could reach
his side.
The funeral occurred at 1:30 Sun
day afternoon and there was a large
attendance. Spanish war veterans
acted as pallbearers. Many flowers
were brought to honor the dead. In
terment was In Mountain View ceme
tery. Mr. Hicks came here about one
year ago from Tonopah, Nev., where
he was engaged In the theatre busi
ness. He had a very Interesting his
tory, having served in the Spanish
American war and seen much army
life. He had traveled extensively,
until he was able to converge read
ily upon many of the interesting
points of the world and the United
States.
Mr. Hicks leaves a wife and little
daughter, Olive. They will leave soon
for Los Angeles, where they will join
the parents of Mrs. Hicks. The thea
tres, one at Talent and one in Ash
land, which belong to Mrs. Hicks,
will be run for her by Ora Angle,
Walter Smith and Glenn Eaton.
That old suit can be made as
good as now by thorough cleaning
and a few small repairs. Paulserud
& Barrett have a reputation for thor
oughness In their work.
empty, or, In other words, without
any load, then will put In a thousand
pounds. -This Is what increases
pressure, and very frequently blow
outs. I have tested a number of tires
and have found the pressure Increas
ing from five to twenty pounds.
' M. CHARLES HAST.
Coast Steamer Sinks
Seventy-two Lives Lost
Only Two Survivors
Astoria, Sept. 19. The steamer
Beaver, of the San Francisco & Port
land Steamship Company, docked here
at 1 o'clock today, bringing among
her passengers Alexander Farrell, a
survivor of the steamer Francis Leg-
gett.
Farrell was confined to his state
room through exhaustion after ten
hours of floating about in the sea from
3 o'clock Friday afternoon until 1:20
o'clock this morning.
Tbe wreck was caused by the deck-
load of the Leggett shifting, causing
It to turn turtle, and as far as known
only two persons out of the seventy-
four reported on board were saved.
The Beaver did not sight nor come
in contact with the lost ship, but ran
Into the wreckage about midnight
last night, at which time It found the
Association Oil tank steamer Frank
H. Buck there with one man already
saved and on board, and her boats
out searching for more.
As the Beaver lined up a lifeboat
from the Buck came alongsideand
placed Farrell on board. He was in
a state of collapse, but when the
Beaver had reached Astoria had re
covered slightly.
liOggt'tt Captdzed Friduy.
Captain Mason said that from all
he could learn from Farrell and the
officers of the Buck, the Leggett
capsized shortly after 3 o'clock Fri
day afternoon.
The wreckage in which the steam
ers Beaver and Buck found them
selves was at a point thirty miles
northwest by north from Yaquina
headlight. The wreckage was of
light lumber and far reaching. The
call the Beaver answered came from
the Buck at 12:30 o'clock this morn
ing and said that the Leggett had
sunk, but gave no details, and had
none when the two vessels later
ranged alongside. They stod for sev
eral hours and when they started
north with their one passenger each,
did not outrun the fjptsam from the
Leggett until 6 o'clock this morning.
Jap Wiirshlp Send Wirelews.
The first Information of the disas
ter reaching the Beaver was a vague
message from the Japanese warship
Idztimo. a bit earlier In the night,
and the ship's officers were on the
lookout for the wreck. The Idzumo
did not respond to further Inquiry
from the Beaver, but remained silent
to repeated calls.
Before the Beaver and Buck left
the scene the following had drawn
near and were doing their utmost to
find and further survivors: The
Northland, Daisy Putnam and E
Segundo. Later the Putnam arrived
here but brought no further details,
and It Is believed that no other sur
vivors were rescued.
There were twenty-one Seattle peo
pie on the Leggett, most of them re
cent arrivals from Alaska.' They left
here at 4:20 Wednesday afternoon
on the Milwaukee line and boarded
the Leggett at Hoquluni.
Astoria, Sept. 19. In his berth on
board the steamship Heaver, exhaust
ed as a result of his experience, Alex
ander Farrell, one of the two sur
vivors of the steamer Francis Leg
gett, told a vivid story of the last
moments of the Ill-fated vessel.
"Revolver In hand," he Bald, "Cap
tain Johnson commanded the men to
wait until all of the women were
taken In the lifeboats.
"I am at a loss for words to de-
Rural Schools
Having Fair
The Nell creek, Siskiyou, Pilot
Rock and Dead Indian schools are
having an Industrial fair this week.
Supervisor Chase informs us that the
exhibit is of unusual excellence this
year. Robert Peaehey'a school has a
fine manual training exhibit. Mr,
Peachoy has shown himself to he on
the progressive list. Last year he
organized the manual training class,
furnishing the tools himself. His
work was bo successful that this year
the county has given him a rack of
tools and substantially Increased his
salary. Other exhibits of equal qual
ity are on display.
Teach the children to use the
door mat and save mother hard work.
See the new line of fibres at Dodge
tt Sons'. 75c to $2.
scribe the terrible disaster. We left
Gray's Harbor at 8:30 Wednesday
morning. The crew and passengers
together numbered about seventy-five
persons, I believed. We had no trou
ble in crossing the bar, but later the
sea became awfully rough and waves
rolled mountain high. Jn the after
noon conditions became worse and
the sea pounded so heavily the cap
tain gave orders to jettison the deck
load. Soon after this the sea took
off the hatches and the hold filled!
with water.
"Captain Johnson then ordered tho
passengers into their cabins, ani
many were still there when the boat
went down.
"When it was seen that there was
no hope for the vessel, Captain John
son ordered the lifeboats launched.
You can say that he was the hero of
the occasion. Ho commanded the
men to wait until the women were
In the lifeboats and threatened to
shoot the first mail who attempted to
disobey.
"In the first boat launched were
thirty persons, two of whom were
women. There were only six women,
on board, and the other four wer
not at that end of the ship when tbe
boat was launched.
"As soon as the boat struck tho
water It capsized and all the occu
pants were thrown into the water,
and I think they drowned immedi
ately.
"It was an awful sight. I could
see them clinging frantically to any
piece of timber that had been vashed
overboard. A few minutes later an
attempt was made to launch a second
boat. It was almost certain death.
and only a few boarded it. It con
tained four women and their hus
bands. This boat met the same fate
as the other. No boat could live long
in that sea.
"I was standing on the bridge
when the Leggett went down. I went
down, with it. I tried to Jump clear,
but my feet became entangled in a
piece of roap and I was unable to free
myself. The boat capsized as shti
sank. I don't know how long I was
under water, but when I came up I
was half drowned. I grabbed a rail
road tie that was floating nearby and
was picked up hours later by a life
boat from the steamer Buck."
Chief Surgeon
Talks On Springs
Chief Surgeon F. K. Alnsworth of
the Southern Pacific Company spent
Sunday In Ashland, at the request of
President Sproulo, going over the
springs situation with Chairman
Greer.
"Ashland certainly has a wonderful
opportunity," he said, in answer to
the query, "What do you think of tho
project?" "I visited the German wa
tering resorts this spring and I am
sure you have waters here as good as
theirs and your environment and ac
cessibility should justify the building;
here of a very successful resort. Th
success of every watering resort In
based about ten per cent on the wa
ters, twenty per cent on the psychol
ogy and seventy per cent on tho ad
vertising. The Southern Pacific in
going to put the full force of Its ad
vertising system behind tho enter
prise. Mr. Sproule believes absolute
ly In it, and when he gets behind a
thing he usually makes it go. You
are fortunate Indeed In having his
hearty support, but Ashland has a
part to perform In the advertising;
line. She should put greater force
behind this enterprise than she has
ever before attempted. This is tho
greatest undertaking she bus ever
tried. It will succeed If carried out
along tho Hues planned by the water
commission, but It will take a lot of
publicity force. Ashland Is now com
paratively unknown. No matter how
good your resort, the people will not
come unless tftcy know about it, anil
it will take a lot of effort to let taunt
know. Ashland must first get a ffno
tourist hotel, develop her springs and
park and then pour money into an
advertising campaign judiciously and
plentifully, and she cannot fail. Yoit
have a chance to build a watering;
resort of magnitude here quicker than.
it has ever been accomplished in
America before. Go to it. The S. P,
Company is with you and will do her
full Bhare if Ashland shows a dlsposL
tion to carry her part."