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TlTVir TTV TT "Ashland Grows While Ulhla flows' City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland. Oregon. Uthla Springs "Oregon's Famous Spa' VOL. XLII ASHLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1918 NUMBER 76 iULlJJ State Rotables Will Address Public Rally Wednesday Night Addresses by, a number of state notables and patriotic music will be features of a public rally under the auspices of the Ashland Comerclal Club to be held at the Elks Temple Vednesday evening of this week. The program will Include brief ad dresses by Hon. Robert N. Stanfleld, speaker of the state house of repre sentatives; Hon. S. B. Huston, state senator and prominent citizen of Fortland; Hon Gus Moser of Port land, state senator and also promi nent in state affairs for a number of years paBt, and others. Patriotic tcplcs to have the right of way. The Ashland Concert Band will be 5n attendance and Mrs. Henry Pro vost will sing the Marseilles and other musical numbers will be fea tures of the occasion. Mrs. Julia Hockett has consented to sing "Rule, Britannia, Rule," and Pupils In Contest Win Certificates In the Jackson county spelling con test held January 29, 260 pupils won certificates of merit for having re ceived 100 per cent. In the Decem ber contest 153 were winners, and the present increase indicates that much interest is being taken In the work. Following are the names of tne students from the schools of Ash' ltnd and vicinity who won the certifi cate of merit: Ashland Mary Elmore, Sylvoria Hach, Byron Peffly, Wilfred Wagner, Thelma Wolford, Willie Bibby, Flor ence Wilson, George Barron, Rosle Hake, Doyle Sullivan, Ramona Wise, Josephine Barber, Margaret Keagan, Marie Prescott, Caroline Tilton, Mary Galey, Virginia Roach, Sanford Rose Clifford Van Landingham. Lorraine Brookmillcr, Lova Buchanan, Alta Tokum. Beryl Craig. Margaret Mc- Nabb, Flosle Good, Alice Ruger. Bellevlew Vera Ignatius,. Irene - Miller, Chester Farmer, Aubry Miles, Albert Eske, Myles Farmer, Richard Gray, Grace Kelts, Eleanor Moore, Annette Weimer, Aletha Gray. Talent Carmalita Ziders, Frank Stratton, Lawrence Burnett, Valeta Burnett. Wagner Creek Frances Abbott, Howard ' Combs, Eva Kerby, Effie Torey, Maud Buck. The date of the third contest will be March 19, and will be taken from the various sections covering lessons 81 to. 120 inclusive, together with re view words previously studied during that year. Visiting Nurse Is Offered County An offer has been made to Jackson county by the state tuberculosis league, wherein it Is proposed to sen! to the county a trained and thorough ly competent public health nurse for a period of three months or more, to inaugurate a systematic compaign for disease prevention. The offer is the outgrowth of a realization, to which workers who have been fighting the great white plague have come, that there is only one way in which that disease can bo more successfully com bptted than by conserving and build ing up the general public health. There Is a further purpose of a gen- cr?l service to a community, by fur nishing trained and competent help advice and direction, to those, espec ially mothers, who are, or think they are, unable to hire professional atten tion. It is planned to put Into effect in Jackson county a thorough demon stration of a good that such a nurse can accomplish. She will be subject to call by all citizens, on all sorts of health service, preventing epidemics, watching patients after a doctor has teen dispensed with, advising and teaching proper hygienic methods wherever her services are welcome. A delegation from Medford, head ted by Mayor C. E. Gates, waited upon the county court at a meeting last week to urge Its acceptance of the offeij. j Business Men's Meeting. The Ashland Business Men's Asso ciation will have regular meeting In city hall, upstairs, at 7:30 Tuesday night, February 12. Spring cam paign to be worked out In detail. H. H. ELHART, Sec.' Ashland Business Men's Ass'n. J. G. Anderson will render an Amer ican patriotic air, "The Flag With out a Stain.". Ladies are especially invited to at tend the rally. v Governor Withycombe," who had accepted the invitation to be the gjest of the Commercial Club on tills occasion, has been compelled to cancel all engagements for a few d;iys, on account of an attack of la grippe. Besides the speakers men tioned above, a number of other prominent citizens from the north ern part of tho state are expected to attend, as are also some of the rep resentative citizens of Medford and Jackson county. Following the program of music and speaking In the main hall, the Commercial Club has arranged to hold a reception and smoker in the basement banquet room for Its mem bers and its guests of honor. Many Oregon Men On Board Tuscania From the available list of surviv ors of 'the ill-fated transport Tus cania that was torpedoed and sunk last Tuesday are the names of 117 men from Oregon and Washington. This list will probably grow as re turns come in. Of these two from Ashland arc mentioned, Second Lieu tenant Daniel W. Parker and Fred E. Snyder. These with Virgil Haw ley, who is supposed to have been on board the Tuscania, are all so far as can be learned who were sailing on this ship. Other survivals from near by towns are Shannon E. Oliver of Phoenix, Edward F. Parker cf Grants Pas's, Joe R. Redfi,eld of Glendale, William B. Curtis and Sidney W. Ecrnitt of Marshfield. Virgil Hawley Is Safe In France The family of Corporal " Virgil Hawley, who is a member of Com pany F, 29th regiment of engineers, foresters, were much alarmed when tidings came of the BliiMng of the transport Tuscania, for fear he was aboard. Company F or the foresters was listed as sailing on this ship, together with Companies D and E and a quartermaster's company. X te'egram was received later, howev er, stating that Corporal Hawley bad sailed som 'ie before and Is already safe In Frai.:e. Company F is so large that it had been diVided, one company leaving several weeks ago and the other being on board the ill-fated transport. jWonipany- ing Corporal Hawley arc icnald Puckett and Frank Allen, also of Ashland. The 20th engineers is the largest regiment in the world, although only one battalion was on the Tuscania. The aggregate strength is 17,000 of ficers and men. The wok of this regiment, which was raised with the active co-operation of the American Forestry Association, is to cut tim ber in the French Torests for military ut,es at the fighting front, for hos pitals, Y. M. C. A. buildings and other purposes. Corporal Hawley is the son of V. V. Hawley, who lives near Ashland, and the brother of Dr. Maud I. Haw ley. Plans Made for Banqi" Tuesday Arrangements are completed for the Lincoln Club banquet to be held la Medford tomprrow evening. Piomlnent speakers from about the state will be present -md give ad dresses, Dick Posey of Ashland will have another of his original poems and there will be sc"-al good musl cnl numbers. A Uigj attendance of ladies and a number of visitors from out the country will be at the affair. Ashland expects to have about forty representatives, while Jacksonville, Talent, Phoenix, Eagle Point, Butte Falls, Central Point, Gold Hill and Rogue River will be well represent ed and there will be a number from the country. Forecast for the week beginning February 10. Pacific coa,t states: Rain Monday or Tuesday north of central California, and again Thurs day 6r Friday; fair southern Cali fornia; unimportant temperature change?. , , Prizes for Essays Offered by Bank In order to stimulate the interest 1.1 the thrift movement, the First National Bank of Ashland has pur chased, at its own expense, the na tional thrift charts sixteen in num ber which aro on display at the bank building. The pupils of tho schools will visit the banking house, study the pictures and will return to the Bchool rooms, where the lan guage work of the schools will be based upon the thrift idea. The fourth, fifth and sixth grades of the Hawthorne school will be in compe tition with the fourth, fifth and sixth otf tho Junior high school in composition work. A first prize of $2 and a second prize of $1 will be awarded a fourth grade child writing the best composi tion or thesis on the thrift move ment. The same will be true of the fifth and sixth grades. After the compositions are written the teacher will select the five best compositions from each grade. Those selected will, In turn, be submitted to a com mittee consisting of three well known citizens who will decide as to the best production. The school win ning the most points in this contest will be awarded a $5 war savings certificate. Tho prizes are to be paid in thrift stamps or war savings cer tificates. In addition to the prizes offered in grades four, five and six, there rill be a first prize of $2 and a sec ond prize of $1 for the best thesis in each of the grades from seven to twelve inclusive. These are also to lie paid in thrift stamps. The thesis in years four, five and Fix Is not to exceed 500 words; in years seven, eight and nine not to exceed 750 words, and in years ten, eleven and twelve not to exceed 1,000 words. The Boot Shop started a big re moval sale Saturday morning to con tinue for fourteen days, after which the store will be moved to the room recently fitted up in the new Archibald block. Some unusually fine bargains are offered at this gale and many people of Ashland and vi cinity are taking advantage of It. Mrs. Gilmore of Hornbrook was in Ashland Monday, where she came to take treatment at a local hospital. Mrs. Benton Bowers was a busi ress visitor in Medford Saturday. American Soldiers Captured By Germans Northwest of Toul While it was only a routine item in the German official statement of Saturday, a few words in which the headquarters staff announced a minor operation In . Lorraine held American Interest to a far greater degree than the other war news of the day. They carried the news of a raid upon the American lines and the capture of American soldiers by a German reconnoitering party. "Northwest of Toul," said the re- cent statement authorized by the American censor as to the location of the sector now being held by men of the United States army. And It wes near a town northwest of Toul that the Germans announced having te.ken "some American prisoners." The town is Xivray and it is situated about ten miles east of St. Mihlel, indicating that the Americans are holding a line along the southerly . edge of the famous St. Mlhel -sail-, ent, in French Lorraine southeast of Verdun- I This raid by the Germans was but one of several concentrated by the various belligerents on the western front, the most important of which ! into, the grain-growing territory and aptly also was carried out In Lor-(thus secure supplies of food for their raine but by the French, in the vl- hungry populations. Their own peo cinity of Dloncourt. The French , pie seem to have built great hopes penetrated a German position here, on the effectiveness of this peace cleared out the trenches and brought . with the Ukrainians, but apparently back 30 prisoners and a machine , gun. I we're In progress In the west the cen tral powers were busying themselves with their manifold peace negotia tions with various groups of more or less importance on the eastern front, and announced that they had come to a peace agreement with the Ukraine, signed at 2 o'clock Satur day morning. ,: This announcement, marking the first peace concluded by any of the beligerents. may turn out to be one of epochal. Importance. It had been largely discounted, however, by the Honor Guard Will Open Service Room The Ashland Honor Guard has plans on, foot to open a room some where in Ashland to servo as a serv ice? room for tho use and convdnienco of the general public, where all In formation concerning the war and the Interests of those connected with it from this immediate section will bo posted. Tho use of several rooms has been offered, and soon as plans am formulated one will be accepted where dally bulletins of tho war will be posted, to be copied in a ledger and preserved. Also racks will be posted on the walls where all letters from soldlero in camps or at the front will be placed, to be taken eut and read by tho public, and returned. On Its completion the Ashland service flag will hold a place of honor in this room. Thl3 is being constructed by Miss Irene Ringhelm of the high school, assisted by Miss Rath York, and spaces will be left in the flag to place more stars as Ashland boya are called to war. Other features of this room will be an assortment of bags hung on the walls to recelvo donations for tho use of soldiers, such as kid gloves, gun wipes and the smaller articles tbey require. A bag in which to drop cancelled stamps will also be a feature, and a china pig, with a plea to help feed it, will occupy a prominent space, in order to collect such loose change for Incidental ex penses a3 may present themselves. ' When the room Is in working or der any one who can give a day out of their other duties to take charge of it is asked to donate that time, so the care of It will not become heavy on a few. The Honor Guard er.pects to work out many other help ful features for the convenience of (those who will be anxious to hear folly from the boys at the front. When the grand jury convenes on Monday, February 18, so far as Is known only two Important cases will be before the jurymen for considera tion. The most Important Is that of William Butler, charged with the murder of Joseph McDonald Stew art, The other case Is that against Chester Mcintosh, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, who stabbed Antonio Bonderson during c.n altercation between them at Ash land last week. L. O. Van Wegen came in from Klamath Falls last night on No. 16. apparent anxiety manifested by rep resentatives of the Ukrainian rada at Brest-Lltovsk to sign a peace of some sort with Germany and her allies and also by the uncertainty as to the reality of the peace which has been achieved on paper. Doubt exists as to the extent of the control exercised by the rada over the territory comprising the so called Ukrainian republic which It purports to 'represent. That control is disputed by the Bolshevlkl, who broke with the rada representatives ipt Brest-Lltovsk and; appointed I Ukrainians, whom they objected to as "bourgeolse" secretly negotiating J with the central powers. Bolshevik end Ukrainian troops are engaging each other for the mastery of the territory, which includes some of the 1 est grain-growing provinces of Rus- s'a, and each is claiming success In t!ie" operations. Germany, and Austria are tacitly admitted to have seized upon the opportunity to sign a peace with the I krainians in the hope that they could work their way commercially their leaders are none oo certain of the relief it will give for one thing because of the uncertainty as to the security of the rada's power In the territory. Thus they are reported trying to Incite Roqmanla to join forces with the Ukrainians In an attempt to defeat the Bolshevlkl and to be holding out to the Roumani ans the possibility of their taking portions of Russian territory in Bes sarabia as a reward, labelling the transaction as compensation for the loss of Dobrudja to the Bulgarians. The Ukrainians, It has been report ed, were to get part of Russian Po-1 land for signing a peace. J Mayor Lamkin's Proclamation Issued for Father and Son Week Mindful that there is now greater occasion than ever before to cem,ent the bonds of fellowship between fathers and sons, the Y. M. C. A. offi cials and Governor James Wlthy come have set aside th,9 period of February 11-17 to be observed as Father and Son week, and I am in deed glad to commend the idea to the hearty support of the patriotic people of Oregon. Oregon has thus far furnished twenty thousand of the flower of Its young manhood to the service of our country in the world's great cata clasm. Just as these noble boys who have already shouldered solemn re sponsibilities for this nation and for the world are entitled to our constant thought and prayer, so their younger brothers at homo deserve tho fullest possible measure of parental encour agement and counsel. It is through the hearts of our young people that the fervent spirit of loyalty to our Father and Son Dinner Planned National Father and Son week, be ginning today and lasting until Feb ruary 18, will be observed generally throughout the country by the Y. M. C. A. and the various churches in the lp.nd The movement originated with the Y. M. C. A. several years ago, but soon got too big for the associa tion to handle alone, so It was taken up by many other societies auxiliary to the churches. The purpose of the observance Is to develop Intimate, sympathetic relationship between the boy and his father. The present year Is particularly fitting to observe Fath er and Son week, when many home ties are sundered by the absence of boys In the training camps to prepare for the nation's conflict, and the im portance of 30ns to get In closer torch with their fathers was never folt quite so keenly before. The week will be observed In Ash laud by a dinner given by the Men'i Serial Club of the churches, to which a'l boys of tho 'teen age' In the Sun day schools of the city and their fath ers will be Invited to participate This dinner will follow much along tho lines established for the first time lntt year, when 184 were present at the banquet given by this club. Ar rangements arc in the hands of effi cient committees which are as fol lows: Program Dr. Gordon MacCracken, Trot. G. A. Briscoe, O. F. Carson. Dinner W.. D. Hodgson, W. W. Ci-ldwell, J. W. Hasklns, H. C. Gnley, O. R. Sllngcrland, Clark Bush, H. P. Holmes. Decofatioim and Arrangements Dwight Gregg, Stewart Hast, Fred Cochran, Leo Peachey, Lyle Sams. The dinner will be held in the Methodist church Friday evening at 0:30. All boys in the 'teen age with their fathers are nioRt earnestly so licited to como and get acquainted. Many boys aro embarrassed over tho Idea of dining out with father, and the motive of this dinner Is to let them find out what a really good fol low father Is, and to realize that the son means more to the father than h has ever dreamed. The commit tees will have all necessary arrange ments completed during the week and the event promises to be ono of the most delightful social affairs ever given In tho city. Making Southern Oregon Tour R. N. Stanfleld, republican candi date for United States senator, has formally opened his campaign with a tour through western and southern Oregon. It Is the Intention of Mr. Stanfleld before the date of the pri mary election to visit every section of the state. He will carry his can didacy direct to the people, tell them where he stands on state and nation al Issues and respectfully solicit their support. He will visit Ashland about the 12th of this month. Myron Powell of Medford, who Is enlisted In the navy, passed through Ashland Sunday .evening on his way to Bend, where he will spend a short furlough. Fifteen members of the Red Cross passed through Ashland Sunday evening for Bremerton', where they had been transferred from Mare Island. ! country and devotion to our flag is to be communicated to posterity. Never In all history have the young men been called upon for such important work, and never have indi cations been surer that the young rnen'of today are to be accorded tre mendous opportunities as they grow into manhood. Therefore I urge the adult men of Oregon to call their boys and tho boys from other homes to their firesides and there impress upon them an appreciation of their responsibilities, and tell them in a friendly way how deeply we are in terested In them and how much we ere depending upon their mental, moral and physical fiber. Fathers of Oregon, ask your boys to study the life of the immortal Abraham Lin coln, whose birthday Is to be ob served on the second day of Father pnd Son week, and try to Inspire them to pattorn their lives after his example. C. B. LAM KIN, Y. W. C. A. Drive Extended One Week Up to date there have been turned In $2S3.25 for the Y. W. C. A. drive that has been In progress during the past fortnight, with the country dis tricts yet to be heard from. The time has been extended until the middle of the month. This Is the first money a3ked for for the girls in the government service.' It is esti mated that there will be 4,000,000 of them in service by the end of this year. These girls do not go out In companies with officers and all kinds of assistance to help them over tho rough places, but go In most in stances alone without friends or even acquaintances. The club women of tho country are face to face with many conditions that must b met with if the future morals and social standards are what all wish.. The Y. W. C. A. is well organized and. have 200,000 trained workers to. put In the field, and the money asked for is to meet current ex penses. If there is any one who hns not contributed to this fund and should wish to do so, leave It at the State Dank or hand to any one who sollct ed your district. Ashland responded; generously for our boys and it Is: hoped It will not be lax In protecting cur glrK Another Victory For Ashland High The basketball game between Ashland and Phoenix last Friday I1.. ght resulted In another victory for At'.hland high. The score was 49 to 21. A noticeable feature of the game was the "comeback" of Phoe- rix toward the end of the second half, the scoro at the end tf the f.rst half being 25 to 5. Clary was the star player of the evening. The Boy Scouts played the second tenm as a preliminary. They were worsted by a scoro of 31 to 14, but put up a plucky fight throughout. !)alo Young and Robert Herring did some especially creditable work. The girls' team plowed the Cen- inil Point girls as a preliminary to the Medford-Phoenlx game at Med-, ford Saturday night. The local girls were defeated by the Binall margin of two points, the score being 4 to 2. Medford was the winner of the boys' game. The score was 23 to Three Geiman Aliens Register This Wek Three alien Germans have regis tered with Chief of Police Fn'rher during tho past week. Of tnac two erne from Ashland and are Adolph Iiromser and Oscar Robert Kluth, and one from Talent, Fred R. Kelt. Mr. Bromser registered as an occu pational cook, aged 34, with a resi dence at 832 A street. He has one IrotheM In the German army. Mr. Kluth Is a car repairer, aged 31, and resides at 424 North Main street. He claims to have six brothers In the Gorman army. Kell Is a rancher near Talent and gives his age as 45.. He came to America In 1902 and haa taken no steps as yet to become nat uralized. The registration data of these men is accompanied by photon graphs and finger prints. i