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. ik I .7 ; -v f "Ashland Grows While Uthla Flows" V City of Sunshine and flowers Ashland, Oregon, Uthla Springs - "Oregon's famous Spa" A.. VOL. XLII A8HLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 29. 1918 NUMBER 98 Great Ashland Patriots Enlist The call to every patriot of this city and vicinity both male and fe male! At last the governor has seen the great need of state protection, tad has called for a militia. Now it 1b up to us. Do you believe in Amer icanism? Are you standing back of the boys on the firing line? Can we stand passively by and see our crops destroyed and our munition factories blown up? Is anarchy going to reign or are we going to stand by the gov ernment and make lawlessness un popular? Remember, a few companies of militia, fully equipped will have more of a moral power over pro-German-Ism than any other agency that can be employed. It is as necessary to preserve order at home as it is to have men on the firing line. Do you get that? Monday night will be the beginning of a four days' drive to recruit a company of at least 75 men, from 18 to 40. Boys of 16 will be ac cepted with their parents' consent. J. B. Thornton will be captain. Re Babe EUIed By Train at Talent Little Anita Caven, the 12-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Caven of Talent, was struck by train No. 54, northbound last Friday evening, and injured so badly that death resulted several hours later In a hospital In Medford where the little sufferer was rushed on the train that Injured her. ' According to the mother's story, the little one had been put to bed about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, af ter which the mother had gone out In the yard to cut grass. Thinking the child sleeping safely in the house, Mrs. Caven had then called at a neighbor's, and during her absence the child awakened and toddled out of the house to the railroad tracks. Engineer E. Lang, according to his statement, mistook the little white object on the track for a newspaper, and did not realize what was before Ms onrushing train until close to the child. The emergency brakes were applied and the train brought to a bait so abruptly that passengers were thrown from their seats, but not soon enough to prevent the engine and three forward cars from passing over the Infant. The left leg was severed at the ankle, the skull crushed and other ugly bruises Inflicted on the little body. The child was placed aboard the train and hurried to the Sacred Heart lospltal In Medford where the les was amputated below the knee, but death resulted at 9:45 without the child regaining consciousness. The grief-stricken mother accom panled her injured babe to the hos. I.ital and the father, who is a log ging engineer for the Applegate Lum ber company, was notified and ar rived shortly before the death of his little daughter. The Caven family formerly lived la Ashland and little Anita was awarded first prize at the baby show last year. There are eight other children in the family beside the un fortunate, babe. Former Medford Man Given Jail Sentence Jesse C. Applegate, sheriff of Washington county; John W. Bailey vice-president Commercial club at Hillsboro, not far from Portland, and harles B. Buchanan, a prominent lmsiness man.of Hillsboro, were sen tenced to 10 days each Thursday for importing liquor Into Oregon. The sheriff stated he probably would send In his resignation to the county com missioners of Washington county. The men were caught by federal agents Thursday while loading liquor Into aSj auto at Fano, a small sta tion near Hillsboro. They claimed to be looking for suspected bootleg gers, but did not explain the posses sion of a consignment bearing a fic titious name. Later they confessed end agreed to plead guilty. Sentence was passed and the men are now In fhe Multnomah county jail. Mass Meeting Called To in the State Milita member Monday night, at the arm ory. Band concert at 7:30, meeting at 8. Plenty of music. A list of good speakers will be on hand. That list Includes Mayor Lamkln, Profes sor Briscoe, Capt. J. E. Thornton, W. E. Newcomb, Rev. C. A. Edwards and others. We ask all patriotic organizations, the G.A.R., W.R.C., Red Cross, Honor Guard girls, Boy Scouts, etc, to get behind this drive and turn out en masse. Everybody come. Seats for all. Eugene has four companies. Med ford has two. Ashland has gone over the top on everything else, she must n't fall here. Ask your friends if they are going to enlist. If not, ask them why not. Every energy must be used to win the war. Personal preference must be put aside. The economic conditions of the country are going to win or lose the war. We are sending soldiers abroad, we must insist upon Americanism at home. The militia Is the solution. Don't for get, Monday night at 8, at the arm ory. Liberty Day Was Observed In State Friday as Liberty day, desig nated by President Wilson as an oc casion of patriotic gatherings in every part of the state, was not observed in Ashland. The postorfice was closed at noon, but the city executives and Liberty loan committee considered that; owing to this city completing its bond quota. It would be unnecessary to call the people forth from the busi ness and occupations for any sort of demonstration of the 9ay. Liberty day was observed In Port land as a final demonstration of the vonderful spirit with which Oregon has responded to the appeal of the Third Liberty loan and come out first in the fulfillment of its quota. At this time the state honor flag was un furled. In addition to the honor flag, a Third Liberty Loan Honor Roll, containing the names of all the coun ties, the amount of their quotas, the amount subscribed and the percen tage above their quota, is being plan ned by Manager Robert E. Smith, and should it meet with the approval of the Liberty loan committee, the roll will be accurately filled out about May 4, when the amounts and per centages will be definitely known The roll will then be framed and hung In the lobby of the state house where It will be preserved as a state record. It is hoped that duplicates of this state honor roll may be print ed or embossed and placed on rec ord in the court houses of the vari ous counties, in order to show the part played by the county In the Third Liberty loan. It is the desire of Manager Smith to establish this as a precedent and to keep a like roll of honor for each future drive. S. P. Makes Large Gain Buying Bonds Dunsmulr, April 28. Special The Third Liberty loan campaign received a hearty boost yesterday through the twelfth federal reserve district when a progress report was made by the Southern Pacific showing that over 0.000 of its employes have subscrib ed to date $2,353,150. This amount is being apportioned to the various districts in which the subscribers re side. In addition the Southern Pacific stockholders have subscribed $2,000,- 000, of which half goes to the ter ritory traversed by the Pacific sys tem. The Los Angeles district is leading today the amount of money subscribed, having pledged $236,000. The Coast division Is next, and the Salt Lake division-third. Salt Lake leads in percentage of employes sub scribing, with the Coast second an.1 Los Angeles third. The Los Angeles shops, number ing 2074 employes, subscribed to n man, being the first big Southern Pa cific department to register 100 per cent. The Southern Pacific employes will exceed their combined subscrip tions for the two previous loans. War Conference Held Next Month Every war worker In this county has been requested to attend Ore gon's first war conference to be held in Portland May 22 and 23, under the auspices of the state council of de fense. The meeting has been called at the request of federal official and Is of extreme Importance from several angles. First, the war workers will have an opportunity of hearing men speak who have a national or inter national view of the war; second, the workeTs will have an opportunity of discussing local problems and co ordinating their views with the views of others in attendance, which will prove of mutual benefit to all who at tend, and, third, the gathering will pave the way for a great state-wide speaking campaign which Is to fol low shortly after the conference. Already 22 war conferences have been held in eastern and southern states. Reports have been received by federal officials that the confer ences have resulted in renewed en thusiasm on the part of the workers and an Increase in patriotic efforts throughout the states In which the conferences were held. Every branch of war activity will be represented at the conference. The county chairmen from every county and the active workers have been asked to attend and it Is predicted that this gathering will be the great est patriotic showing yet held In the state. Given Right Ideas By Use of An Axe Because a Greek flunky at Tell can Bay camp 2 did not have the right idea in regard to Liberty bonds H. S. Dunning, a teamster at the camp, attempted to give it to him with a double-bitted axe, Wednes day, says the Klamath Falls Herald The Greek was unconscious for about an hour, but finally recovered, with the mark of the axe on his head. The blow followed as the outcome of an expression in regard to Liberty bonds, held a few days- previous. It was brought to a climax at breakfast Wednesday morning, when Dunning asked for a bowl, and on falling to get it oved to another table. Fur ther words passed between the two, and as Dunning started out to the Kitchen to tell his troubles to the cook, he .was annoyed by the Greek, so Instead vented his complaints on the flunky by means of the axe which was handy. Dunning to now In the county Jail awaiting his trial, which will be held soon. Ashland Praised By State Chairman Ashland, Ore., April v26, 1918. To the Editor: On April 24 I mado a remittance of $66.75 in final pay ment of subscriptions made to the Red Cross drive last June. The total amount subscribed by the Ashland-Talent-Phoenix district was $10,828.91, the total amount col lected was $10,628.42, 98.1 per cent of the total pledged. In making this final remittance to the Portland headquarter I said, "Everything considered, jl feel that the collections show a remarkable percentage of the total amount sub scribed." Today I received an ack- r.owlegement and I feel sure your readers will be interested and pleased to read the following from Mr. Henry L. Corbett, the state chairman: "I feel as you do that the. col lections7 in your district show a very remarkable percentage. There are only one or two districts that have done anywhere as well and these were small districts where subscrip tions were made almost entirely in cash, but I think no district In the slate pledged as much money as yours has done stands as high In per centage finally returned." Surely our pride in this splendid showing Is a pardonable one. E. V. CARTER, District Chairman. Orres cleans clothes. Phone 64. To-Night at Armory; Must Not Interfere With War Conduct Washington, April 29. Warning was given today by Attorney-General Gregory that acts of sabotage or de struction of any property which might result in Interfering wth the war's Conduct, now are punishable under the new federal sabotage act and that the department of Justice plans severe action against violators. The act is broad In Its application, said a statement, "because It Includes every possible kind of supplies of a nature which could be used by the United States government or any of Its allies In the prosecution of the war; It Includes not only the flnlshe l articles, but all parts and Ingred ients." The attorney-general explained that It Is Impossible for the depart ment to. categorically deny all the false reports circulated these days about the prevalence of enemy propa gandists or the Inefficiency of the de partment of justice in fighting enemy activities. Officials of the department today cited, however, the conviction of the Hindus In San Francisco recently; the trial of the I.W.W. leaders In Chi cago; the trial of the publishers of The Masses Ip New York; the Indlct- taent of Rose Pastor Stokes In Kansas City on a charge of making seditious sota, as typical recent examples of prominent political leaders In Minne sota, as typical recent exemples of the activities of the department of justice In combatting dangerous In fluences within the nation. Grants Pass Man Accidentally Shot John Stevens, a pioneer rancher of Vl7illanis creek was accidentally killed about 7:80 o'clock Wednesday morning when the top of his head was blown off by the discharge of a .30-30 rifle at his home, 28 miles from Grants Pass. The house also caught on fire but the blaze was ex tinguished before it had done a great deal of damage. Chas. Stevens was working In the field when he happened to look up and saw smoke coming from the kit-1 rhen window. He rushed In anil found his brother lying on the floor with the top of his head torn away, the rifle by his side and some bed clothes which had ben hung In front of the fire in flames. John was go ing to do some ironing and was air ing the bed clothes' by placing them on chairs In front of the fire. It is thought that he got the rifle with the intention of shooting some thing and in going out caught his foot on a chair, knocking the bed ding over onto the Btove and caus Ing the gun to be discharged. Slacker and Alien Arrested Last Week John Dongman, an alleged slacker, was arrested in thlB city last week and sent to the county jail, from where he was taken by Deputy Unit ed States Marshal S. F. Pace to Port land, where he will be given a hear ing. Dongman is said to have registered but failed to fill out his question naire. It is stated (that the man is an epileptic, and possibly reallzod that he would not be accepted In the draft, and had been careless about filling out his required papers. Ernest Pech of Medford was also taken to Portland at the samo time on the charge of being an alien en emy and having guns in his posses sion. Drafted Men From County to Go Soon The twenty Jackson county men called In the present draft have beeu notified they will depart from Med ford for Camp" Lewis on April 30. They will go aboard a special mili tary train bearing drafted men from California. The six Jackson county men drawn In a special draft will leave about the same time for Fort McDowell, Cal. Franco-British Forces Turn Germans From Victory at Yapres By one of those "back-to-the-wall" i British have been able to make be stands for which they have been fa- tween Vlllers-Bretonneux and Han mous In this war, the Franco-Brit-1 gard and the success of the French IfJi forces have saved the situation m again forcing their way into Han !n the Ypres sector from turning into j gard village and possessing them an immediate big success for the .pelves of other valuable ground In Germans after the loss by the allied I this region. forces of the dominating peak of Kemmel. Had the enemy been able at once to develop his success In the Kem mel sector, as ho attempted to do, the result probably would have been disastrous to the allied troops In the Ypres salient. The British, however. held firm against the attacks which lasted all day south In the neighbor- hood of Voormezeele, two miles south of Ypres, and the French were equal ly firm in defending the line in the sector of Locre, west of Kemmel, pro tected by the heights of Mont Rouge and Schenpenberg. Thus the enemy was brought to a standstill for the time being, and Sat urday morning did not bring with It the resumption of his Infantry at tack. He was assumed to be prepar ing for a renewal of the assault, how over, while the Anglo-French forces were establishing themselves more firmly for the defense of the hill posi tions lying back of Mount Kemmel, at which, It is said, General von Arnlm, commandlng the German army In the Ypres sector, will next strike. The next day or two probably will decide whether thq allied command will attempt to cling to Ypres and rhe salient which encircles It In. the: face of the threat to the Immediate rear of the Ypres positions. A Brit ish withdrawal from the salient has been predicted by many of the mili tary observers, although the British war office has declared such a move was not necessarily forced by the loss of Mount Kemmel. - The military situation in Flanders, as a whole, does not seem to be a partlculartly happy one from the al lied viewpoint. The scheme of the entente high command, however, It Is pointed out, does not appear to bo particularly regardful of the map ex cept whre vital pos'tlons are threat ened and confidence is expressed in the ability of the allies, under their unified leadership to keep the situa tion well within their grasp on the northern as well as the southern bnt tle front. In the south, Indeed, below the Somme, new evidence has been given of the strength of the allied position through the continued progress tha Ashland Has Task Of Feeding Troops The Civic Improvement club and the Depot hotel have had ther hands full during the last three days feed ing the drafted men aboard the troop trains passing through on their way to the camps north. Ashland was one of the stopping places appointed to feed the soldiers, and the men are being cared for by theHO two places. The Civic Improvement club has secured the basement of the Elks temple where the meals are served. Saturday the trains stopped here for luncheon and dinner, Sunday lunch eon was served, while today break fast and luncheon were provided. Up to noon today upwards of 2000 men have been fed here. About 400 have come in on each train. Half are being accommodated in the dining room at the Depot hotel and the rest are sent to the Elks room on East main street. This morning about 450 from San Francisco were guests of the local eating houses, while those coming In Saturday and Sunday were from points south. They are a pleasing lot of men, with all the irrepressible spirits that dominate American youth, but with a fine sentiment about the seriousness of the undertaking before them which s more noticeable at this stage than was observed among the first drafted troops going through. The residents of Ashland will have a warm snot n their hearts for these California soldiers, who In turn seem apprecia tive of the attentions paid them. Serve plenty of potatoes and you ont miss the bread. The Germans, as the week closed, were virtually no nearer their ob jective, the allied base at Amiens, than they were before their smash ing attack on Wednesday between the Somme and the Avre, while sev eral more of their divisions have been badly smashed In the fighting against i the British and Frenco-Amerlcan de- fense. The southern battle field also was comparatively quiet Saturday night, except for the Incessant duel of heavy guns. The Germans were holding Mount Kemmel, Kemmel village and Dran outre In force, and the battle lines were drawn up east of Mount Rouge, Schorpenberg hill, La Clytte and Dlckenbusch lake. It is obvious the capture of Kem mel and the surrounding territory presents a serious threat' against the allied defenses In the north. It would be more serious If Con- eral Arnlm should succeed In his ap- parent attempt to take Bcherpenberg. Mont Rouge, Mont Des Cats and the other elevations in the chain of which Mount Kemmel is a part. Another enemy blow against these defenses may be expected at any time, The fighting between Dranoute and the Ypres-Comines canal was Intense. The day opened with a Franco-British counter attack-in an endeavor to force the Germans from the po- tlbns they gained on Thursday, an(j . this move was followed quickly fly another Gorman attack. By 9 o'clock the fighting was raging fur'j0ugy an along the line. The contest between L cre an(j l, Clytte, In front of Rchevpenherg, was particularly fierce, fori this elevation was one of the ma'.ft German objec tives. Three timr the enemy troops were flung forward In force, and each occasion they were thrown back. The fourth assault, however, carried them Into Locre. Further despornte attempts by the enemy to break through In front of Pchonponberg failed and he sufferei losses. The attacks along the Ypres Comlne canal continued throughout the day and the enemy pushed for ward to the region of Voornozeole. Public Meeting to Discuss Fund Plan A public meeting will bo held at the city hall Wednesday 'evening for the purpose of discussing the advisa bility of attempting to organize what shall be known as the Ashland Pa triotic fund, as outlined in the ar ticle written by E. V. Carter on page eight of this Issue of the Tidings. A limited number of notices hava been sent out announcing this meet ing, but as it is Impossible to notify every Ashland resident personally tha committee in cnarge or the move ment has Issued a general Invitation to every patriotic citizen to come to this meeting and listen to the discus sions and present their own views on a -matter that should be of gen eral interest to all. The Ashland Patriotic fund plan Is clearly explained In Mr. Carter's ar ticle, and this meeting, which will be called at 8 o'clock In the city ball Is for the purpose of considering the advisability of adopting it for the future. Attention is callod to the article written by E. V. Carter and printed on page eight of this Issue of thci Tidings setting forth the plans of or ganizing a patriotic fund for Ash land. The artlcice Is Interesting and should be read and considered by all patriotic residents of Ashland. Mrs. P. K. Hammond left Friday morning for Portland where she will meet her son, Phillip L. Hammond, who has been sick at Camp Lewis and who has been given a furlougn until his complete recovery. Thia young man has Just received his com mission as second lieutenant. r'l fi
