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Newspaper Page TextnlTritt7 or Owion Com-, . L. PouglM. Librarian MHLANI) Tidings Hshland Grows While Uthla Flows': '; City of Sunshine and Flowers AshljnJ. Oregon. Lilhld Springs . "Oregon's Famous Spa" VOL. XLIII ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918 NUMBER 15 4 Allied Nations In 4th Of July Parade Among the Interesting features of the Fourth of July parade were the following characters and the people who represented them: Goddess- of Lllie-ty, Miss Emma Jenkins, by the Civic club. Ti jck furnished by A. W. Walker agency. George Washington, Will Coleman. In car furnished by Treichler & Pier Bon agency. Joan of Arc, Miss Harriet Trask find assistants, Misses Dorothy Tin ker and Jessie Inlow. Abraham Lincoln, W. F. Moore, In car with W. A. Turner. President Wilson and Secretary Lapsing, represented by J. II. Fuller of Talent and Itev. Edwards, In car with D. M. Watt. Speaker of day, C. L. Roames, with i E. V. Carter. ' Paul Revere, Dr. Jarvls, mounted. Uncle Sam, C. M. Frost, In car with ITayor Lamkin. Belgian officer and family, Prof. Wilson and family, In car with Mrs. Bcslough. French oflicer, Blanche Provost, In car with Jerry O. Neil. Lafayette, Prof. Vlnlng, In car vitli )I. G. Eastman. "John 2ull," Dr. Webster, in car with T. II. Simpson. Canada, W. D. Hodgson, in car uriven by himself. Scotland Highlander, A. McMillan, in car with Fred Engle. Ireland, in car with Mrs. Vaupel. Australian group, in car with Mrs I'al McXalr. Pervia, Charles King. Kussia, W. G. Curry, in car driven by C. W. Banta O. A. C, !n car with Miss Rosa Thomas. Japan, represented by cars of Ves Patterson and Court Hall, contain ing George And :" and others of the Mikado cast, all In gorgeous Ori crrtal costume. Italian officer, George Cyestor, In car with Mrs. Norris. Cuba, Dr and Mrs. Woods. Panama. Mr. and Mrs. Georga Kramer. ' ' (Greece, Mr. and Mrs. B. Jl. Greer. China, Mrs. Wall Chung, daughters rod girl assistar.ti!, on large float magnificently decorated with Orien tal laces and ornaments, rented from San Francisco for the parade. Brazil group in car driven by Miss Florence Allen. Lifesaving float, operated by Mas ters Dennis Espy and Kenneth Mill rrr. Decorated pony cart, Master Booth. Chautauqua float. Mrs. O. Winter. New Chiefs Elected At Elks Grand Lodge The administration made a clean tweep Tuesday in the election of offi cers at the annual meeting of the grand lodge of Elks at Atlantic City, iJ. J., all of its candidates being suc cessful. Fred C. Robinson of Dubuque, la., and Charles White, Chicago, won over James Richardson, Cincinnati, end J. P. Brennan, Denison, Texas, respectfully for grand secretary and grand treasurer. Bruce A. Campbell. East St. Louis, 111., was chosen grand exalted ruler, Mlhout opposition Other officers elected were: Thomas L. Rellly, of Meridan, Corn., grand esteemed loyal knight; F. L. Chapman, Groat Bend, Kans., (.rand esteemed lecturing knight; C. H Horn, Colorado Springs, grand tiler; W. H. Brown. Santa Monica, Cal., grand inner guard; C. F. J. McCue,' Cambridge, Mass., grand trustee, five-year term, and W. E. Driskon, Albany, X. Y., one-year term. Atlantic City was selected for the I ft 19 reunion. A second million dollar fund was voted by the delegates for war relif work. The money Is to be under the care of a commission headed by John IC Toner, former governor of Penn-i-ylvania. Express Co. Asks Increase of Rates An application has been filed with the public sorvice commission of Ore gon by the American Railway Ex press company for permission to ad vance all existing commodity rates applying to shipments between points within the stata of Oregon. The- application asks for an increase tf lo per cent in these rates. Bad Smashups On Pacific Highway Two bad smashups occurred on the Pacific highway Sunday night, In which fortunately no one was in jured. The first occurred at about ' o'clock between Medford and Cen tral Point, where a large automo bile ran Into the wagon belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bedding. To gether with Mrs. Beldims's brother. Glenn Coffee, this couple was travel - ng from Bandon to McDowell, Cal., in a wagon drawn by two horses. The impact threw all threo occu I ants out and the wagon's other con tents were spilled and badly dam aged. Fortunately the people fell on a pile of hay and bedding and were not hurt. The driver, who va3 the only oc- tupant of the car, took Mr. and Mrs. Bedding nnd Mr. Coffee to the Dow hospital In Medford, but Ihey were in no need of medical attention. The identification of the driver of the i.hr is not known. j Late Sunday night Vera Orr was : driving Mr. Owen of Grants Pass from the latter city to Ashland, when j between here and Medford (heir car land that of Mrs. Josie Offenbacher j collided. Botli cars wero wrecked, i.i't no one was Injured. Navy Continues To Attract Recruits Tho naval recruiting offlc-rs have been bury during the past week en - listlns voiinz men from the. eonntv : i.nd nearby sections into tho various i departments cf that service. Twelve i . lurtaers have left within the past ; i: days and more ere expected to ! leave shortly. Those enlisting are: Darwin M. Hoag'.and, iral S. Stewart j lepeuis ukm. u:."uuo.,b in and Leonard J. Freeman, all of Cen-, ";;il:il,S the enemy back from strong tral Point, who enlisted July 3. in i petitions f.-om which he -.night easily kip rarii'n ,1 n:.w nit n,i rm,n!1(Jch vital ground along the French tc San Francisco for trali'.iiig. El- mer E. Kyle of Central Point. Fran'.; i Mayfield of P.ogne River and Jam's! ,oen I'limlttcnt artillery duels, F. Butter of Jacksonville enlisted deepening here and there into bom July C, as seamen, second class. July ! l'rt?ni-.-.t cf great, intensity., This A. HPnrv A fWn... Hnv-,1 I Sfvrn ! W'n the tuse east ot Amicus, of .Medford, Fred Combesl of Bun com and Herbert R. .Mitchell of Jack sonville, enlisted as seamen, second class. J'tly 10. Joseph P. Hammer r.ley enlisted as fireman, third ciass. end Louis S. .Merrill of Montague, Cal., enlisted as seaman second claps. Ashland Boy Burned flTk m t T I TV Wnen&Oat lOOKHre Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hall received a Utter today from their son Orvllle who Is chief master mechanic on l onrd the submarine chaser No. 210, .... staling mat ins crart naa taKen nro, and he with many others was badly burned. According to some newspaper clip 1'Iiirs which Orvllle had enclosed with his letter, the craft was on the marine railway at the plant of tho Esslngton Shipbuilding company on the Delaware river, in Pennsylvania, v.here it was awaiting repairs, it was reported that the boat was fill "'i with torpedoes, and the residents cf Esslngton village, fearing an ex plosion, fled from the river front. The fire was extinguished by sub merging the stem of th? beat. Orvilla stated that he was badly burned on the back and leg. and ( tiiat his clothing and money were 0' destroyed. 1433 Rejected From Service of U. S. Total rejections in tiie draft which reported at Camp Lewis beginning june 2i and finished July 1, are 1433, according to figures given out pi the camp mustering office .Mon day. The percentage is 12.22, an in crease over that of last draft. .Eleven thousand, seven hundred nnd twenty-four men wore accepted out of tho 13,157 who reported. Most of the rejections were caused from a failure of the entrants to make the height regulations. When the war was declared the minimum height for entrance In th.t army was five feet four. Xext to a lack of sufficient height, ear dis eases was the next highest contrib uting factor In the number of rejec tions. Tlfteen thousand men will arrive at Camp Lewis in the seven days be tween July 21 and August 1. Phone Job orders to th Tidings. Greatest Fighting Where Allies In the sector to the southwest of Solssons the French have continued their gains, occupying LaGrllle farm, adancing to the outskirts of Long lort and penetrating the northern Loctlon of Courcy, according to the war office announcement last night. rr moment, the eyes of tho ; lJ,Ie(! wc:'ld are tur;lcJ u'va' froin ! rrHllc-- wllere the ;o"i!ar.s are be- l.eved to be preparing for a resump tion of their offensive. The most i.etlve area In the various theatres b Albania, where the French and Italians are continuing their suc cesses against the Ausl'lars. While it Is not expected that far i caching results will brought abcut by the offensive In this sec tion of the' world, the movement has pon-ibilitlcs. The rapid progress made by the French and Italians, the probability that the Austro-Hun-tarian line to the cast puBt Lake Cchrida may be outflanked, and the legibility that an offensive may, be launched along tho Salonika front-, lend to give the events In Albania some importance at a time when the main battls area is quiet. There have been indications that cn offensive m's;ht be begun In Ma cedonia. It is reported that the Bul garians r.:e war-weary and a powcr i ir.l blow might bring about notable I military and political rtEtiits. The I '"eutonic allies in Macedonia have l'l.een savagely attacking the entente , ,, liut , e ,)Cen dri ,1Bck 1 , . ., , , 1 rro!lcl1 trPs continue their of- tensive tactics east of the Itctz for-e-; tlcug the line from the Marne to the Alsno. The fighting has grad ually extended south .vard along the foiit southwest of So'ssev.s, with the I line cf drf ?r.se. i Along the British front there have v.here the Germans have drenched Found Rattlesnake In Rabbit Warren Mrs. W. II. Paul, who lives on up per Granite street, had a thrilling ex perience last Triday morning when I discovered a Huge rattlesnake in " raM.it pen. She had gone out to feed her Belgian hares, and saw several young rabbits lying dead in thf pen, some of which were crushed, and In the corner was the immense snake that had already eaten one of i . .. the rah.iits Mrs. Paul summoned a neighbor, Tom Praytor. who Bhot the Intruder. The snake had seven rattles and a button and Is the first rattler seen In the canyon for years. It Is sup posed the dry weather had brought his snakeship down from the moun tains after water. House Rifled While Inmates Were Away The home of the Eanta brothers at the Lane place on the Grecnsprln mountain was entered last week by a man and woman traveling with a team. Tho owners were In Ashland mending the celebration, and dur i !ng their absence the marauders took everything in the way of eatables In the house as well us a goat that was ratzing nearby. They were later located at the team camp ground In Ashland and placed under arrest. On their prom ise to leavo the state the couple w?re relenred. Gold Hill Cement Seeks Lower Rate Representatives of the Southern Pacific railway company and tho lieaver-Portland Cement company of Cold Hill, appeared before the pub lic service commission la Salem Wed nesday iu a hearing on tho complain i'! the latter, against the Southern Pacific, In seeking a lower rate. The Southern Pacific company contends that, since tho government has taken over tho control of the railroads, the commission no longer has Juris diction to regulate rates on Inter state traffic. The case will serve tc test that question. 1 in Albania Continue to Gain AuFtrallaa positions with shells nnd then attacked in an attempt to regain (.round lost when the Australians and Americans attacked on July 4. The enemy has been repulsed with lnrses, ' .Near Mcrris the British have im proved their positions. There have been no everts ot un unusual character along the Amerl-cup.-hcld sector of tho line, except at Chateau ' Thierry, whsr? American cviatcrs have been active On ? squad ron has penetrated far behind the Cerman lines and It Is bollovid U 1. rough', back valuable infermatio:!. The rlt-iallon In Russia remains cbscure and Germany has, as yet, made no move as tho sequel to the assassination of her ambassador. Count von Mirbach, at Moscow. In the mountain scctois of the Italian front tho Austrian have been pushed back slightly on the Brenta valley and on the Asiago plateau. Vienna, July in, via Loudon The te:;t of the official statement is sued by th: Austrian war office to night reads: "In the Brenta valley on" reserve troop!.- repulsed an Italian advance, in the fat-.' of pressure from strong enemy fores, our southern Albanian fi out has been withdrawn ncroM tho Perat-I'iirl line. Since yesterday morning the fi.:!itln'; activity there 'its been very moderate." Lou 'on, July in r!d Marshal I'jlr's report f-ori 'Jri-.ii head quarters in I"rp"c tonight s.tvs: "in the sucmssf'il minor operation carried nut by us last night In the lielrh'iorhnod cf Merrls, v.-.e raptured ni; e machine p.:nn a-.id two trcne'i r ortars, !n addition to a number of prisoners. Further prisoners have been brought In during (lie (lav by rr.r patrols on different parts of the front. "W'ith the exception of sonic '-1 tile Wlbry activity in tho, Morlan courl, Hinges and Locro sectors, there is nothing to report." Park Restored to Pristine Freshness The park commissioners have been bu :y this week removing the debris left after the threo days' celebra tion last week. The concession stands have been removed, the walks and r.rounds swept and cleaned, and the place has been restored to Its usual appearance. The camping grounds for Chau tau:ua attendants have been staked rut, and arc ready for those who will come In and spend a period In thlH delightful manner. Already one tent has been erected and Is occupied by Mrs. Elhia Caldwell and Miss Sabrey Pookor of Ro?uo River, who have come here to rttend the session of Chautauqua. Received Sad News From San Diego H. P. IIo!me3 received a lot-gram Tuesday stating that :!is son-in-law, Charles D. Sheldon, had been accid entally killed in the p hipyards of San I 'lego, Cal., where he had been em ployed. Xo details of the casualty have been received, only a later. mes- j saire came this morning saying that , the burial would be made In San -Lleiro. Mr. Sheldon wan the son of M. M. r.hcldon of C003 Bay, and had bee:i a resident of San Diego for the past two years. Ills wife was formerly .Miss Alia Holmes of Ashland. Striking Picture Of Naval Battle Another very successful picture of u difficult nature on display In the windows of Studio Ashland Is at tracting much attention. This pic ture bears the title, "Battle of Lithla Lake," and is a very realistic picture ul the naval battle fought there on the evening of July 4, 191S, which lesulted in a complete victory for .-'."bland and the Rogue River Round up. The service flag tells of someone n the fight. The question Is, who is tending him wheat? Patrols Fighting Bad Forest Fires Various sections of Jackson and the surrounding counties have been teslnged with had fires during the past week. Federal Supervisor Mc Duff of the Siskiyou national forest lusuod a call Tuesday for five experi enced firefighters at once to work on a threatening fire In Josephine county. Supervisor Rankin, who had bom I r.ubdnlM:; fires in the Rabbit Ears di'.trlct, reports that It is all headed rff and will probably bo burned oil! within a short time. He loft a corps cf men working thc-e tin fore part of the week. A new fire was also reported bum ins.' in t lie Flat crock region on the other rlds of the Fnipqua divide, but U; Is surrounded and it is' thought will soon bo under control. The Wtodruff Meadows fire In the Pros pect district is reported as under coi t vol. Assistant Foreat Supervisor Harold Foster has returned from ns tir.tlng in fighting the big fire on the Klamath reservation and I'l tho Cra ter national forest. This fire Is now prnctlcnlly out. Crater Lake Road Will Be Improved The Jackson county court this v.cek decided to make severul badly needed Improvements on the Crater Lake road which will make travel back and forth much moro pleasant. The Improvement.1! will be conduc tive to Increased travel between Med ford and the lake ar.:l were desired by the business rrcn. The court will have the road be tween Evo-;;repn nr.ch at Flnuooc Rock, which is about s'x mileii lrcm Prospect, and I'roT.peet draiig d and will install a rprinkler to keep It wet down. A crew will also be set to v.ork at r. moving the rocks from ho road in the vicinity cf I'nlon (' k and to level and f'll up the hiimps be) ween i,'h's',y creek and Silver camp. Park Commissioner Will G. fitr-d leports that up to Saturday, Crater Lake travel averaged about the sam as lust year, although tho park was open earlier. A total of 91 ft persons had registered as against S70 on the iaine date a year ago and 213 nutos a;;ainst 211 in 1017. Boy Lost In Forest While Fighting Fires George Mansfield, the 17-year- old con of Mr. and Mrs. and .Mrs. Georgs A. .Mansfield of Prospect, was lost in the forest at Rabbit Ears near the rnipn.ua dlvldo from 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon until Sunday i.:ornlng at 1 0 o'clock. Young Mansfield was a member of the fire fighting crew and was sent back from the fire line at 2 p. m. to take an a:; to the cook at the camp headquarters some distance, nvvav. i In some manner-he roon got off the) trail and was lost. When night cam1 and It was discovered that he had not returned to camp the fire fight ers began a search for him which did not end until 10 a. m Saturday. Mansfield was pretty well tired out with his wanderings and was glad to see his recunrs show up. Me was only three miles from camp when found. Escaped Prison By Enlisting In Army According to the Corvallis Daily Gazetto-Tinies, Hal Harrington, who ran a vacuum cleaning business In that city, was accuned of stealing var ious mechanical appliances and at one time breaking Into a laundry and taking a blower. For these offenses L'arrlngton was sentenced to serve from two to five yeurs In the peni tentiary, last week, then was p:roled on condition that he enlist In the army at once. Harrington was a former well known Medford and Jacksonville res ident, and had heretofore borne a C.ood reputation. He had tried to enlltt In the Canadian army Imme diately after the sinking of the Lu sltunla, but claimed his wife would not let him go. In spite of scarcity of Implements and shortage of farm labor, England, fcotland and Wales have all Increas ed their acreage of wheat this year. Lightning Struck ; Hotel Austin Cupola During a mild electrical storm Ti'csday noo-.i a holt of lightning ap parently wont astray and landed on Ihevflag pole at the Hotel Austin, ladly splintering it and scorching tho limbers of the cupola supporting it Rut for a rad'ator pipe running JUom the top of the lions'? near where (tin flag was, attached, which attract ":t the L'-'htriirr a-.id a.'forded an out let, the entire building might have been ablaze In a short tlmn. fevcral !:i?::;t.s of the hotel were affected '-by the bolt. Mrs Lewis, fir lp.ivlb !y, .end a chambermaid, cii: lo'iK'r"; ci.t cf a window, and both wee krocl:fd ovr. They were so ha l;y i f.' Hlri by the shock that the servers of a physician were nec essary. II. S. Nettler, an express missenger, who was sleeping on the top floor near the radiator, was thrown frc r,i Irs bod to the floor, bile Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Perry, who bad Just arrived from Crater Lake, were i-.iiocl.:il from their chairs cn the porch. When tho bolt passed ort of tho bo-.'si at. tho rear it bowl ed over a boy who was cleaning an antomoli'le ti; "re. The th.' d'-'partni sat responded to the call and -.x:i-imt!sho.l with chemi cals tho flames that had started. Very little damage io i!-.c;-,ht to result. During tho same ' torn Homer II II I Unas, wch out near Emigrant creek, nn;i witnessed a trv struck by light ning only a few fe:t ahead of him. Tlic bolt r:i" (Inwn tho tro and juinp- j cd to aw I iv iV.'ici:, vvh;r. It set two tires in th" foxtail. Very little ralil I aoi iiiiiii.-.:n'ed tik. titi'.r.n. Assures Ro dmgtx 0? Sugar Famine IVfiiiiM a-nraiu-v that there Is r.o danger of a cimar famine wero given by llio food administration last Tuesday and tho fui d situation gen-c-'-ally was declared to bo bettor than at any tlmo blnce Amc-ica undertook the feeding of the ailled world. Tho American public, however, will be expected to observe closely the new regulations limiting tho household per capita consumption of sugar to threo pounds monthly and to continue all other conservation measures. Whatever saving other than provided for in tho regulations that may becomo necessary to re move all danger of famine, will be done by manufacturers. It was pointed nut regarding the wheat situation that oven with the prospect of !H0,000,000 bushel wheat crop, there can be littlo if any lessen ing of present conservation measures. A reassuring wheat reserve must bo 1 nllt here and abroad, officials de dare, and maintained against a pos sible short crop nc?t year. Shrapnel Shells From War Fields L. J. Orres Is displaying In tho window of his tailoring establish ment some shrapnel shells sent re cently by Lieut. nValter A. Phillips, who Is In the air servlco in France, to his mother, Mrs. Lena A. Phillips. Each shell contains 2TiO steel shrap nels about one-half inch In diameter, and these shells on exhibition were tired by Lieut. Phillips. Another Interesting war relic In Mr. Orros' window Is' a Babre owned by M. C. Edglngton of this city, which his fattier carried in the Civil war. Mr. Edglngton, Sr , belonged to tha Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and the Milne still bears blood stains on its point which shown that !t had seen rctlve service during the War of the Rebellion. These relics of the two wars have created much Interest dur ing the past wee!? they have 'been on exhibition. Library Closed Sunday Afternoons The public library Is Hooverlzing In its service during this month and . next. The librarians are going with out extra asilstar.ts during their va cation period and the library will be closed Sunday afternoons through July and August. This will not work a hardship on the people of Ashland, however, as the park cud autur.iohlllng during the summer call most of the Inhabi tants out of doors and very few visit the li'j.ary.