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107 Bmob4 t (JOTHB YBHR r tPli Strictly in Advance IDINGS 'CUSSIFIEDADSa,; vestment. Let your needs bo known publicly and fill the want. Gfc? Ashland Tidings X VOL. XXXIX ,- ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1914 vrmnro Shriners and Sir The big double-decker lodge event is now on. The Knlghta Templar and the Shriners are having their big time today. The Grand Comniandery has been in session all day. At 5 o'clock the big parade will take place, when Ashlanders will get to see the new uninitiated hauled about hang ing to a rope or cringing in their cages. Wednesday evening the ' local Knights Templar, headed by the city band, escorted the visiting Sir ing at the Vining Theatre, where a Knights up from the train. A recep-1 special program has been secured, tion committee of ladies was on hand j After their entertainment at the Vin at the depot platform to greet the! ing they will be taken to the lodge arrivals. A delegation of Knights and Shriners came from both the north and the south. From Klamath Falls the delegates were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ira White, Mr; and Mrs. Dr. Truax, the Eminent Commander, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Wil lits, E. R. Reames, Gard Van Riper, George J. Walton, former manager of tho electric light company in this city, J. A. Maddox, Charles Graves and G. A. Krause. Many Sir Knights came from Medford. Grants Pass and all towns between Portland and Ash land. Wednesday evening all gathered at the Masonic hall, both gentlemen and ladies, and there enjoyed a re ception. About two hundred and fifty were present. A light banquet was partaken of, at which Hon. E. D. Briggs, Past Commander, presided as toastmaster. Before the refresh ments the Elk Quartet gave two se lections. The address of welcome was delivered by Sir Knight Newcombe, while Right Eminent Grand Com mander Sir Knight Tapscott of the state of California responded. Sir Knight Stone of the Grand Com mandery of the state of California next gave a few remarks concerning the occasion of the meeting. Miss Minnie Jackson then pleased the aud ience with one of her splendid read ings and brought down a great deal of applause. Sir Knight Robinson, the Grand Recorder of the state of Oregon, was then called on for a few reaiurKS; Lewis G. Clark. and Afternoon To Be Given To Frolic Tremendous, stupendous, astonish ing and amazing could be adjectives that would well describe the big do ings held at the Normal grounds from 2 till 5:30 Friday afternoon. Everybody is going to turn out and tee the fun, for there is really going to be a good home talent circus. Come and see the boxing contest be tween the German and the Russian. Two of the most able athletes in the city are going to pull this off. See the Roman ride. Meet your friends again. Eat watermelon. See the borse buck and its rider thrown right against the hard ground. Hear the speeches. See the ball game. Pay ten cents and ride out, and then pay ten cents and ride back. Buy a Nor mal tag. Take your girl if you have one; if not, take your wife. Shine our shoes. Put on your red neck tie. Doll up or come In your over alls. Everyone will be glad to see you. Have a good time. Eat water melon until you bust. Bring a hand kerchief to wipe off melon Juice from ears and head. Be a live one. Bring your pocketbook and step on it while you are there. Everyone likes to have a good time, and, "believe muh," we're go ing to have one tomorrow. Attorney Mulkey will probably de liver an address. He is a fine talker and very familiar with the Normal question. Remember, be on hand and buy your tickets from either the Vining or the Star theatre, for these have agreed to donate their box offices for the occasion. There won't be any deliveries during the afternoon, so everyone should order necessaries during the morning. Every store and business firm in the city has agreed to close, so those that don't go to the picnic will have a 'swell time not. Every auto own- be on hand at a few minutes before 2 o'clock, or the appointed time for me crowa to ie transported., For Sale or Trade. A good piano. 0. J. Rathburne. Phone 409-R; 1 31-8t Try Orres for French dry clean ing, pressing, repairing and altering. Knights Are Holding Big Session D. P. Mason, both of the Grand Com mandery of Oregon, followed with talks. The closing number of the program was a reading by Miss Merriam Gregg, and her talent was indeed appreciated. The Shrine will hold its ceremo nial directly after the parade at 5 o'clock. They will partake of a big banquet served by Mrs. Connor at the armory, where their affair will be held. The ladies will spend the even- rooms, where the gentlemen and la dies will again meet together and partake of refreshments. Commercial 1nl .Notes. The Commercial Club rooms will be closed Friday afternon from 1:30 to 6 o'clock on account of the big rally at the Normal School grounds. We're all going. New exhibits received during the past week are as follows: Mrs. C. Mingus, a fine display of Concord grapes; H. P. Holmes, two immense stalks of rhubarb. Those who have not receievd win dow display cards please notify sec retary, who will see that the omis sion is supplied. Individual membership cards will be issued to all members in good standing on request; otherwise only to those who pay quarterly in ad vance. Notice. There will be a demonstration of kippered salmon and black cod served with cream dressing at Holmes Bros.' grocery store next Sat urday afternoon. Golden Gate cof fee will also be served. 35-lt , C. N. Mackie, former partner o' Amos Ninlnger in the Ideal grocery, has been in the city since Friday. He left Tuesday for Newberg, Ore., where his family are at present. He himself has been traveling in Cali fornia. Electric Cooking School For Ladies The Ashland Electric Power and Light Company is pleased to have se cured the services of Mrs. Elinor Meacham Redington, who will give instructions in electric cooking in Ashland September twenty-eighth to thirtieth inclusive each afternoon from two to five o'clock in the Enders Block on East Main street. Mrs. Redington is acknowledged to be the greatest expert in electric cooking in America, having been in the service of the Hughes Electric Company for several years. Besides being well known as a lecturer on electric appliances Mrs. Redington is a graduate In scientific subjects and a most successful teacher of scientific cooking. Mrs. Kedlngton is the youngest daughter of Hon. A. B. Meacham, well known in Oregon pioneer his tory, and inherits her father's won derful gift of public speaking. Her talks on home topics Rre ex ceedlngly fascinating and her hearers never grow weary of her little talks on "Modern Home Making and Keep ing," for Mrs. Redington says it is "one thing to make a home and an other to keep it." Mrs. Redington speaks to crowded houses, six hundred women being turned away on the first day of her "Home Manufacturers Cooking School" in Seattle. There is never a dull moment in the three hours Mrs. Redington talks, while she concocts the most appetizing and dainty dishes dishes which are served to the aud ience at the close of the session. Star Theatre Changes Hands C. C. Clayberg of Redmond, Ore., has purchased the Star Theatre of Mrs. Hicks and will take charge at once. For the present the manage ment will be under the direction of Mr. Orra Angle, but as soon as Mr. Clayberg can permanently settle he will take personal charge. He antic ipates making extensive Improve ments In the house. He enters the business field In Ashland well rec ommended as able and aggressive and expects to make this his home. Smith Springs Are To Be Developed M. C. Bressler and C. J. Coburn have some big plans for the develop ment of the Smith springs, near Wagner soda springs, as a health resort. The principal features of the spring is plenty of soda water, be sides a natural, gas that is deemed to be good for sweating treatments. Water has been sent to Portland for an analysis, and at present operations are withheld until the Judgment of the water is returned. Bressler and Coburn have an op tion on the land, given by Mr. Hen dricks, the present owner. There is a wide range of land available for the resort. The promoters plan to build a fine sanitarium, to have the place landscaped, and to make a small lake, on which boats can run. ,' ine lay of the land is such that the j latter can be easily done. Mr. Bressler will interest eastern capital in the project, and, If the water analysis turns out as good as expected, will start development work as soon as possible. Frederick Hollister is For Congress. Against Hawley Frederick Hollister, candidate for congress against Hawley, was in Ash land, today looking after his candi dacy. Hollister is a man with the punch a successful business man a result getter a happy contrast to Congressman Hawley, whose greatest recommendation is that during all his years in congress he has failed to deliver one single benefit to his district. Hawley has consistently drawn his salary and voted against resolutions to reduce congressional mileage. In fact, about the only ac tivity the record shows on the part of Hawley during his incumbency was his keen opposition to a congression al resolution reducing the mileage of congressmen to the actual travel ing expenses from their districts to Washington. When that resolution came up he threw several active and vehement fits against it, and so prompt and so persistent was his ac tivity that it almost aroused a hope among his constituents that he had at last got enough awake to aecom- FREDERICK HOLLISTER plish one thing at least. But, as soon as the resolution was side tracked Hawley fell back into his Daughter Alleged To Be Insane Believing that his married daugh ter was insane, Sam Murphy of Tal ent appeared before Judge Tou Velle Monday afternoon and asked that she be committed to the state insane asylum, according to the Medford Sun. The case was particularly pa thetic in that the father seemed to be firmly convinced the young lady should be sent to Salem. Judge Tou Velle made an Investi gation and found that the environ ments In the life of the daughter were such that made life distasteful to her. He spoke to the young lady, who alleges that her father has treat ed her harshly and that because she refused to submit to this any longer has attempted to prove her insane. Although but eighteen years old, the young lady is married to John More, a Southern Pacific employe working in Ashland, who, it is al leged, refuses to contribute to her support. She has left her husband and Is living with, her parents. Dis trict Attorney Kelly will begin active steps In the case Immediately. . i. " - . 'Dry" Question ll To Be Debated The campaign on the prohibition amendment will open in AshlanTSun da afternoon at three o'clock with a Joint debate at Chautauqua Taber nacle between Earl Albert Russell author and lecturer and Journalist and Kdward Adams Cantrell minis ter and Chautauqua lecturer. The subject will be "Resolved, That prohi bition in Oregon will be detrimental to the fundamental interests of the people." Mr. Rowell will sustain the affirmative and Mr. Cantrell the ner ative. Both of these gentlemen are ex perienced platform speakers and the discussion promises to be one of the most interesting and Important ever held in Ashland particularly so as the question bears directly on the present proposed constitutional amendment for the prohibition or the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the state of Oregon. Paid. Adv. Clif Payne makes cupboard doors. lethargic swoon and has not since given evidence of life, except through his private secretary in writing spoiny political letters to Oregon constituents in the hope of reminding them that he was still anxious for another term. TVvo things are certain: Hawley is a dead one. He Is not a result getter. Hollister is a live one. Ore gon hangs on to the western border of the United States, far away from influential base at the best. With a dead one in congress the district will continue to get what she has beep getting since Hawley has been asleep on the job absolutely noth ingpersistently and aggressively nothing nothing first, last and all the time. And Oregon has enough of thau kind. This district should have a live one in congress. The Tidings is In favor of having It from a re publican congressman if possible, but have it we must. Hollister has demonstrated in this campaign that he is very much alive. He shows his familiarity with the needs of this district. We are firm ly convinced, after carefully watch ing his campaign, that if he is elected to congress he will be heard from. He has the force to put this district where it belongs, and where it must be to ever amount to anything within its proper sphere of influence upon the floor of congress. The Tidings has come to the con clusion that it will support the can didacy of Frederick Hollister, not on account of his politics, but because this district needs the kind of repre sentation that he is capable of giving, that he promises, and that his energy and ability so far in the, campaign indicate he has the disposition and red blood to deliver. liev. Bryant and wife drove over from Klamath Falls to attend the Masonic convention this week. They are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. i J. 1. Farrar, Southern Oregon Exhibit Plans II. O. Frohbach and Mr. JoBeph son returned Wednesday from a trip to Klamath Falls, Crater Lake and other points in Klamath county. They made the trip In the Interests of the Panama-Pacific exposition. They report the collection of grains and displays that Mr. Oliver, the Klamath Falls man, has gathered, is certainly fine and is a great credit to Klamath county. They were dis appointed to find that the Klamath mills had shut down and the slabs of lumber for the roof could not be furnished by them. Mr. Hyland of the Portland division will look else where for these. Crater Lake Is to be advertised as an Oregon asset, but through the ef forts of the southern Oregon repre sentatives it will be localized to a greut extent. A fine collection of photographs and paintings will be furnished by Mr. Klser, the picture collector and dealer, for the exhibit. Nothing definite has been decided about the placing of the Oregon ex hibit at yet. German Submarine U-9 Sinks Three British Ships London, Sept. 24. The corre spondent of the Daily Telegraph at Rotterdam sends the story of the sinking of the three British cruisers by German submarines: "Captain uerkhout of the steamer Titan, who saved more than 100 of the British sailors, witnessed the fight between the cruisers and the submarines. Some of the rescued sailors claim that two out of the three attacking submarines were sunk. Captain Berkhout told the following story: " 'The fight took place about 7 o'clock Tuesday morning, at which time I saw a German submarine tear ing away at great speed. Slight Explosion Heard. " 'Far away on the horizon I saw three cruisers, tho Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue, and after a while I no ticed that one of them had gone. I did not pay particular attention at the time, but when I next turned to look for them I noticed another had disappeared. There was some smoke and I heard a slight explosion. " 'At once I dashed in their direc tion and on arriving I lowered two boats to rescue a large number of men whom I saw swimming. All told, I picked up 111 men and three officers. All were naked, for they had thrown off their clothing in the water. " 'One of the officers was Com mander W. S. Sells of Portsmouth. His wrist watch had stopped at five minutes past seven, and it was 10 o'clock that I picked him up. All were exhausted. Rescuing the Crew. " 'While I was on my way, the re maining cruiser rolled over and sank. When I arrived I was pleased to find that two Lowestoft cutters had reached the spot before me. They were pulling naked men out of the water. One boat was absolutely full of men and other men were strug gling all around, but they were near ly exhausted and almost numb from Supposed Hidden Wireless Station Somewhere bark In the Oregon mountains near the const there Is thought to be a German wireless sta tion which is flashing to prowling Teuton war cruisers tips on the sail ings of English ships and warnings ai;alnst the enemy's warship?. Th's is in violation of the government s ruling requiring all stations to have a lcense and a censor to blue pencil dispatches. The Department of Agriculture took up tho matter on complaint of Thomas Erskine, British consul at Portland. Forest rangers have been instructed to search every unfre quented bit of the Pacific coast to see if they could discover the mysterious wireless station. It was said that the Oregon rangers had found no trace of such a station. The report originated In an anony mous letter to Consul Erskine. It said that wireless antennae wero rigged on pine poles In the moun tains near the coast, but the letter was vague as to the exact location of the radio. Consul Erskine took the letter to tho office of the United States district attorney and the in formation was forwarded to Wash ington. Consul Erskine admitted he had n report of a hidden station on the Pacific coast. He added that he did not believe the rumor hud much foundation. The Pacific Highway is finished north of Talent and Is now being paved at the rate of a thousand feet a day between Talent and Ashland. Suspects Have To Be Released The two men held for the shooting of S. J. Martin were releused last Saturday by Prosecuting Attorney Kelly. No hearing was even given them, Mr. Kelly deeming It unneces sary, as he believed them to be abso lutely Innocent. One of the men Im mediately secured a Job on the South ern Pacific line as dishwasher In the diner, and thus earned his passage to San Francisco. The Martin case, as far as these men are concerned, Is dropped. 1 i- cold. Many were clinging to wreck age, one group clustering around a floating table. " 'The Flora picked up more tlian two hundred and the Lowestoft boats rescued others before I came up. One destroyer came up to late to rescue any, but she took away some of the men to England.' " THK 1.V IN WAR. Again the status of the warfare on the line In France remains un changed, according to the official re port of the French war office. The battle has developed into a war of assault with the allies in tht role of attackers, against the strong ly entrenched positions of the Ger mans. The French report says that In these circumstances progress of necessity must be slow. In the eastern war zone the Rus sians report that they are still pur-, suing the retreating Austrlans in Galicia. while on the German front, the German and Russian armies aro In close contact. No engagement has occurred as yet, however, A press dispatch says the Servian have retaken Liubovia from the Aus trlans and that the losses were heavy. A news agency dispatch is author ity for the statement that the Ger mans have entrenched and mined the approaches to Brussels and also aro fortifying the region around Ath, northwest of Mons, to prevent the Belgians falling on the Germans should a retreat from France be forced. Another German report says that n single German submarine sank the three British cruisers In the North Sea 'Tuesday. While the location of this daring torpedo attack has not been definitely established. It is as sumed that it took place somewhere off the mouth of the Kiel canal. The latest estimate of the casualties in the disaster gives about 1.400 of the 2,200 officers and men on board the three warships as lost. Battle Settles On Siege Tactics London, Sept. 24. The unparal leled struggle on the river Aisne which commenced nbout a week ago Saturday has developed Into siege operations. The two armies, Htt'oiig ly entrenched, aro carrying on an artillery duel while the Infantry makes attacks and counter attacks which are in the nature of sorties) from a besieged fortress. Occasionally one or the other gains a little ground, but it is so little that the opposing forces remain In their, trenches or take up positions in new entrenchments immediately beyond those from which they are driven. It Is now becoming the conviction of military men that nothing but out flanking movements can hnvu any serious effect on either side. The Germans, according to their official report, have been strongly reinforced both on their right, where General von Iv I nek Is milking such a stubborn stand in almost impregnable posi tions on the hills north of Aisne, and In the center where the Germans are making almost superhuman efforts to recapture Rhclms. It Is probably their desire to recap ture this town at all costs, because of Its Importance as the key to Im portant communications that will im prove all their connections for attack or retreat, that has led the Germans to continue the bombardment, which has resulted In the destruction of the famous cathedral. This bombardment has been of tho most severe kind and Is being direct ed from Brlmont, which the French, recaptured but lost ngain. and from other hills around the town, and I of deadly character. The French have brought up additional heavy ar tillery In an attempt tf drive the Germans out of these hills, for until this Is done the situation in the town must be difficult. On the allies' left the French re port claims another advance on the right bank of the river Olse as far an the heights of Lnssigny, west of Noyon, which has been the center of heavy fighting for a week past. Severe fighting also continue north of the Aisne and In the Ca ronne district, where the Germans, the French official communication says, have been repulsed at all point with considerable losses.
