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t A8KLAXD TTOISGS Monday, January 21, 1018 CAGE TWO ASHLAND TIDINGS " EaUbLUhed 1870 Published BTery Monday and Thursday by THE ASHLAM PBJTIQ OOMFAXI (Incorporated) iteiB.Orwr OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY PAPER. TELEPHONE 39 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES Db Tear. when paid at explraUon $1.60 Dne Tear. when paid n advance J. Six Months, when paid in advance 1 gThrM Months, when paid In fcdranca 76 No ubscrlption for less than three months. Ail subscription dropped tt explraUon unless renewal Is received, In ordering changes of the paper always give the old. street address or foetotfle as well as the new. ADVERTISING RATES tapUy Advertising Single Insertion, each inch e Biz months, each inch iOc One year, each inch i 17 He Heading Notice 10 cents the line. Cbaalfled Column 1 cent the word first insertion, cent the word each other insertion. Thirty words or less one month, f 1.00. Cards of Thanks $1.00. Obituaries I cents the line. Fraternal Orders and Societies Adrertlslng for fraternal orders or societies charging a regular initia tion fee and does, no discount Religious and benevolent orders will be charged for all adrertlslng when an admission or other charge is made, at the regular rates. When no admission is charged, space to the amount of Btty lines reading will be allowed without charge. All additional at regular rates. The Tidings has a greater circulation in Ashland and its trade territory i all other local papers combined. Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. Now that the government has as sumed administrative control of the railroads of the country, the atten tion of the public is leaping forward to the possible contingency of govern ment ownership. Already the man agement of the roads have conceded that this would probably come, and express themselves as desiring such an outcome. There are many of the American people who believe that the govern ment must eventually control all pub lic utilities. Most people, however, require to be shown, and will watch with keen Interest the results of the present move. If the government can demonstrate its ability to bring order out of the present chaos of transportation conditions, it will go si long way toward convincing the doubting Thomases among us, and the step from government control to government ownership may be a ehort one and easily taken. There are a number of features of the present control which, If success- Jully worked out, will clearly demon strate the ability of the government to handle the huge problem. Fore most among these Is the matter of labor. For a number of years now the operatives have been consolidat ing their craft organizations and of late have presented almost a solid front to the management, so that any demand of theirs Inevitably assumed the aspect of a threat. And a threat from them the management knew to he fraught with grave danger. It will be Interesting to watch the progress of the government in hand ling this huge army of thoroughly or ganized workers. The railroads themselves have failed in the task. Can Uncle Sam succeed? When President Wilson proclaimed the road under government control, there was pending before the man agement a demand from the mn for something like a 40 per cent raise of wages. This the roads have prompt ly shifted to the shoulders of the government. Will the demand be granted, and if not. will the men have the nerve to press their demand? If this transpires, what will be the gov ernment's action? Government policy in other lines of control has not been at all favor able to labor organizations. For some time now the railroad heads have contended that the demands of the men were unreasonable. Uncle Sam is a liberal paymaster but should his view coincide with that of the management, the men may find that their attitude in the past has been a large factor in shifting them lrom the frying pan into the fire. HUMBUGfJKRY. Old P. T. Barnum said the Amerl can people enjoyed being humbugged, and almost every day we give proof to his assertion A short time ago there was held in New York a great bazaar in an effort to raise funds for supplying comfort kits for the soldiers. The enthusias tic public patronized it heavily, and the receipts amounted to the goodly cum of $71,475. But now comet the ridiculous side of this "patriotic" ef fort. Of this large sum precisely J 745 went to the soldier boys, while w33R zzz , . Fostoffice as second-class mall matter. xr?szzi a ? " I T l llIWi I the balance was absorbed by such items as "commissions on advertise ments for the program, rent of ex position space, salaries for clerks, workers and decorations." In other words, the public paid $70 730 for the privilege of subscrib ing'$745 to the fund for providing comfort kits for the soldiers" The matter would be laughable were It not so serious. Only a few such Incidents will be needed to cre ate a condition throughout the coun try that will make it impossible for the most worthy cause to receive any recognition whatever. While we are forced to agree with Barnum in large measure, yet our gullibility has Its limits. And we doubt If this is the only in cident of its kind. There are doubt less many others that have never come to the public notice. But this one is sufficient to call public atten tion to the large streak of buncomb in so many of the so-called "patri otic" functions. It Is time that the authorities were taking the matter in hand. They should Insist that in all cases of the kind, where the public h asked to contribute to any benevolent purpose whatever, assurance be given that at least the major portion of the dona tions reach the object for which they are given. The "Eat" In Meat It really doesn't matter who first put the "eat" In Meat the fact we want to call your attention to is that It is In every piece of Meat that comes from our market. There is a science in killing and dressing Meats that is only learned by long study and practice. We believe the best is none too good for our customers. East Side Market A. R. Brown, Prop. Phone 188. LANK tmXTY CEDAR MAY HE I SEI) BY U. S. Lane county white cedar timber may be used for war work by the government, says the Eugene Regis ter. H. B. Rankin, supervisor of the Siuslaw national forest, has just re turned from a trip to the forest to gather statistics on the class of ma terial and is now tabulating them for use of the government. There is a great deal of this tim ber in the coast section of Lane and Douglas counties within the forest reserve, and it is probable that con tracts will soon be made for cutting this, as well as the spruce which has been used extensively for airplane stock for some time past and large shipments of which have been made daily to mills in and about Portland. The spruce logs are cut near the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific and sent to the mills to be cut into lumber of the required dimensions. L. A. Nelson, logging engineer of the forest service who accompanied Supervisor Rankin on this trip, went on to Coos Bay, where he visited many of the logging camps. He says that the camps are running to their full capacity and that all of the log gers have become members of the Loggers' Loyal Union. An obsolete song: Spare That Tree." 'Woodman, EDISON PHONOGRAPHS $ 8.00 12.00 15.00 20.00 Two dozen 4-minute re tested Edison Records FREE with each machine Rose Brothers Exclusive Edison Agents Frightfulness Taught By German Leaders In giving to the American people the knowledge of German inhuman ity in Belgium, says a pamphlet is med ly the committee on public in formation, the evidence is drawn mainly from German and American lources. The German sources in clude official proclamations and other official utterances, letters and diaries of German soldiers, and quo tations from German newspapers. The "Rules for Field Service" of the German army advises each soldier to keep such a diary while on active service. In the wars waged In ancient times It was taken for granted that con quered peoples might be either killed, tortured, or held as slaves; that their properly would be taken and that their lands would be devastated. "Vae vlc tls ! woe to the conquered !" For two centuries or more there has been a "steady advance in introducing idcus of humanity and especially In confining (he evils of warfare to the combatants. The ideal seemed to have become so thoroughly established as a part of In ternational law that the powers at The Hague thought It sufficient merely to Hate the general principles In Article XLVI of the regulations : "Family hon ors and rights, the lives of persons and private property, as well as re ligious convictions and practice,- must be respected. Private property cannot be confiscated." Germany, In common with the other powers, solemnly pledged her faith to keep this article, but her mllltnry leaders had no Inten-. tlon of doing so. They hud been trained In the Ideas voiced by Gen. von Hartmann 40 years ago: "Terrorism In seen to be n relatively gentle pro cedure, useful to keep the masses of the people in a state of obedience." ThlR had been Bismarck's policy, too. According to Morltz Busch, Blsmark's biographer, Bismarck, exasperated by the French resistance, which was still continuing In January, 1871, snld : "If in the territory which we occupy, we cannot supply everything for our troops, from time to time we slinll send a flying column Into the localities which ure recalcitrant. We shall sloot, hang and burn. After that hns hap pened a few times, the inhabitants will finally come to their senses." Horrors Told in Soldiers' Diaries. The frightfulness taught by the Ger man leaders held full sway In Belgium. This Is best seen In the entries in the diaries of the Individual German sol diers. "During the night of August 15-16 Engineer Gr gave the alarm in the town of Vise. Every one was shot or taken prisoner, and the houses were burnt. The prisoners were made to march and keep up with the troops." (From the diary of noncommissioned officer Ttelnhold Koehn of the Second battalion of engineers, Third army corps.) "A horrible bnth of blood. The whole village burnt, tin French thrown Into the blazing houses, civilians with the rest." (From the diary of Private Hassemer of the Eighth army corps.) "In the night of August 18-19 the vil lage of Saint-Maurice was punished for having fired on German soldiers by being burnt to the ground by the Ger man troops (two regiments, the Twelfth Inmlwehr and the Seven teenth.) TIip village was surrounded, men posted about o yard from one an other, so that no one could get out. Then the Uhlans set fire to it, house by house. Neither man. woman, nor child could escape; only the greater part of the live stock we carried off, as that could be used. Anyone who ventured to come out was shot down. All the Inhabitants left in the village were burnt with the houses." (From the diary of Private Karl Scheufele of the Third Bavarian regiment and land wehr Infantry.) "At ten o'clock in the evening the first battalion of the One hundred and Seventy-eighth marched down the steep Incline Into the burning village to the burning village to the north of Dinant. A terrific spectacle of ghastly beauty. At the entrance to the vlllnge lay about fifty dead eivllluns. shot for having fired upon our troop from ambush. In the course of the night many others were also hot. so that we counted over 200. Women and children, lamp In band, were forced to look on at the horrible scene. We ate our rice later In the midst of the corpses, for we had had nothing since morning. When we searched rfie houses we found plenty of wine and spirit, hut no eatables. Captain Hamann was druuk." (This last phrase In shorthand.) (From the diary of Private Phlllpp of the One Hundred and Seventy-eighth regiment of Infantry, Twelfth army corps.) Writing from Belgium in 1916 Irrin S. Cobb a!d : ("Brlefly what I saw was this: I saw wide areas of Belgium and France In which not a penny's worth of wanton iestruction had been permitted to oc cur. In which the ripe pears hung un touched upon the garden walls; and I saw other wide ureas where scarcely one stone had been left to stand upon another; where the fields were rav aged; where the male villagers had been shot in squads; where the miser able survivors had been left to den in holes, like wild beasts." Even Soldiers Horrified. Some German soldiers, we are glad to see, showed their horror at the foul ieds committed in Belgium. "The inhabitants have fled In the vil lage. It was horrible. There was clot ted blood on all the beards, and what faces one saw, terrible to behold ! The dead, GO in all, were at once burled. Among them were many old women, some old men, and a half-delivered woman, awful to see; three children hnd clasped each other, and died thus. The altar and the vaults of the church are shattered. They had a telephone there to communicate with the enemy. This morning, September 2, all the sur vivors were expelled, and I saw four little boys carrying a cradle, with a baby five or six months old in tt, on two sticks. All this was terrible to see. Shot after shot! Thunderbolt after thunderbolt ! Everything Is given over to pillage ; fowls and the rest all killed. I saw a mother, foo, with her two children one hnd a great wouad on the head and had lost an eye." (From the diary of Lance Corporal Paul Splelman of the Ersatz, first bri gade of Infantry of the Guard.) " ... In the night the Inhabitants of Liege beenme mutinous. Forty per sons were shot and 15 houses demol ished, 10 soldiers shot. The sights here make you cry. "On the 23rd of AugURt everything quiet. The Inhabitants have so far given In. Seventy students were shot, 200 kept prisoners. Inhabitants re turning to Liege. "August 24. At noon with 36 men on sentry duty. Sentry duty Is A 1, no post allocated to me. Our occupation, apart from bathing, is eating and drinking. We live like God In Belgium." (From the diary of Joh. van der Schoot, re servist of the Tenth company, Thirty ninth reserve infantry regiment, Sev enth reserve army corps.) "Behaved Like Vandals." "August 17. In the afternoon I had a look at the little chateau belonging to one of the king's secretaries (not at home). Our men had behaved like regular vandals. They hnd looted the cellar first, and then they hud turned their attention to the bedrooms and thrown things about all over the place. They had even made fruitless efforts to smash the safe open. Everything was topsy-turvy magnificent furni ture, silk, and even china. Tliut's what happens when the men are allowed to requisition for themselves. I urn sure they must have taken away a heap of useless stuff simply for the pleusure of looting." "August Cth crossed frontier. Inhab itants on border very good to us and give us many things. There is no dif ference noticeuble. "August -'3rd, Sunday (between Bir il and Dinant, village of Disonge). At 11 o'clock the order comes to ud vunce after the artillery has thorough np prepured the ground uheud. The Pioneers and Infantry regiment 178 were marching in front of us. Near a small village the latter were fired on by the inhabitants. About '220 inhab itants were shot and the village was burut artillery is continuously shoot ingthe village lies in a large ravine. Just now, six o'clock in the afternoon, the crossing of the Mans begins near Dinant All villages, chateaux, end houses ure burnt down during this night. It was a beautiful sight to see the tires ull round us in the distance. "August 24. In every village one finds only heaps of ruins and many dead." From the diary of Matbern, Fourth company. Eleventh Juger bat tulion, Marburg.) All Male Inhabitants Shot "A shell burst near he Eleventh company, and wounded seveu men, three very severely. At five o'clock we were ordered by the officer in com mand of the regiment to shoot all the male inhabitants of Nomeny, because the population was foolishly attempt ing to stay the advance of the Germnn troops by force of urms. We broke into the houses, and seized all who resisted, in order to execute them according to martial law. The houses which hud not been already destroyed by the French artillery and our own were set on fire by us, so that nearly the whole town was reduced to ashes. It Is a ter rible sight when helpless women and children, utterly destitute, are herded together and driven Into France." (From the diury of Private Fischer, Eighth Bavarian regiment of Infantry, Thirty-third reserve division.) Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Dart left Thursday evening for Oakland, Cal., where they will spend the rest of the winter for the benefit of Mrs. Dart's health. YOU young men and women who have not yet formed financial connections should find that a call at the First National Bank will do much to initiate you into the "mysteries" of banking. We shall be glad to explain those fac ilities and services which will best suit your needs. Our unqualified endorsement Is given to the government plan of Thrift and Savings Stamps as a means of promoting profit able investment upon a small scale. ' "The Bank That Helps Itself by Helping Patrons." THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK m ASHLAND S OREGON J .W.MCCOYCMira MXTH AXM'AL POHTLAXD AUTOMOBILE SHOW Portland, Ore., Jan. 21. The ninth annual Portland Automobile Show will be held in the new city auditorium here from February 1 to 13, inclusive. Reduced rates to the show have been granted by the railroads from points in Oregon and the northwest. In connection with the automobile show this year there will be held also a big truck and tractor show to emphasize the forward strides made by the motor truck and the tractor during the past year. Thus the show will be of particu lar interest to every farmer who is thinking of buying a motor truck to add to the efficiency of his farming methods, as well as to the prospec tive purchaser of a passenger auto mobile. Great stress will be laid upon the practical side of the automobile at the coming. show. The keynote will be utility and practicability. The automobile has long ceased to be a luxury to be enjoyed only by the very rich, and has become a business and commercial necessity. The passenger automobile has freed the farmer from Isolation, has brought him miles nearer his buying and selling markets, and has saved him many working hours through the ground-covering ability of his car. Similarly, the motor truck and the farm tractor are Increasing the amount of work he can accomplish at actually decreased expense, and are adding vastly to farming effi ciency,. The government Is encouraging the use of farm tractors to speed up production of foodstuffs. All the latest motor car, truck and tractor models will be seen at the show. The committee in charge has issued a special invitation to dealers and all persons Interested to take advantage of the special reduced rail road round trip rates during the show to visit it. BEST WAR-TIME RECIPES. Apple Gems. One cup corn meal, 1 V4 cups flour, 'i teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons su gar, 5 teaspoons Royal. Baking Pow der. 1 cup milk, 4 sour apples, 2 ta blespoons molasses. Mix thoroughly dry ingredients; add enough milk to make thick hatter. Beat well. Add apples chopped fine and m,olasses. Bake in hot greased gem pans 15 to 20 minutes. Corn Meal Muffins. Three-quarters cup corn meal, 1 U cups flour, Vt teaspoon salt, 2 tea Portland's Ninth Annual Automobile Show Latest models in Farm Tractors, Tracks and Automobiles Portland's-Magnificent New Auditorium One Week Commencing Thursday, Feb, 7 ADMISSION SB CENTS Bednced Railroad Rates Certificate Plan Start A Bank Account CLARK BUSH A syr.CASM spoons Royal Baking Powder, 2 ta blespoons sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 table spoons shortening. Mix thoroughly dry ingredients; add milk and melted shortening and beat well. Bake In greased muffin tins in hot oven about 20 minutes. Rye anil Corn Meul Muffins. One and one-half cups rye flour, ',i cup corn meal, V teaspoon salt, . 4 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, cup milk and water, 1 tablespoon shortening. Mix thoroughly dry ingredients; add milk and water and melted shortening. Beat well. Bake in greased muffin pans In Hot oven 20 to 35 minutes. ! Rye Muffins. One cup flour, 1 cup rye flour, 4 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tea-spoon salt, 1 cup milk and water, 2 tablespoons shortening. Mix and sift dry ingredi ents; add milk and melted shorten ing and beat until smooth. Bake in greased muffin tins in hot oven 25 to 30 minutes. The first new marine ,corps service uniform to be seen in Med ford is that which graces the manly form of Bill Fancher, now here on a ten days' fur lough from Mare Island. It is the most distinctive and quiet of all the service uniforms, and Is all the more noticeable because of the former loud colors, used by the marines. The neat uniform is of dark forest green color and quite stylish In its makeup and design. Medford Mail Tribune. RECORD OF THE PAST. X'o Stronger Evidence Can Be Had la Ashland. Look well to their record. What they have done many times in years gone by is the best guarantee of fu ture results. Anyone with a bad back, and reader suffering from urin ary troubles, from kidney ills, should find comforting words in the follow ing statement: S. F. Long, 364 Helman street, Ashland, says: "I have used in all two boxes of Doan'a Kidney Pills and they gave me good relief from back ache and other kidney and bladder trouble. I recommend them witb pleasure." The above statement was gin on March 11, 1913, and on March 15, 1919. Mr. Long said: "My former recommendation for Doan's Kidney Pills still holds good. I know they can't be equaled for backache and kidney trouble. When I have needed a kidney remedy, Doan's have never failed to give satisfaction." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Long had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. T. Take care of the Thrift Stamps; the War-Savings Certificates will take care of themselves. Largest Automobile Show, Ever Held in the Northwest Feb. 7 to 13 Mi