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Tfot Histories! tMir Aodltorlum "Ashland Grows While litbla fkms'1 ,. City of Sunshine and Flowers Ashland. Oregon, Utfila Springs . : r ' ; ; : - "Oregon's Famous Spa" VOL. XLIII ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JtTLY 25, 1918 NUMBER 19 1W Off g( .100 . fi ILJlS N T7 TP LE V Two-Mile Advance By Allies Along Line South of Soissons With the Army on the Alsne an Marne Front, July 24. Extremely hard fighting has been going on along the lino south of Soissons, where tha Germans are concentrat ing in full strength in order to pre vent the further Imperiling of their lines, over which supplies must reach them. Rut the allies have made gains. The main railroad Is now useless bo far as the Germans are concern ed, while the heavy guns of the al lies are reaching many of the wagon Toads which the enemy has fought to hard to retain. The Germans can olitain limited supplies, lint it Is believed that these will not be sufficient to warrant reeplng the big array in the salient. Faris, July 24. Highly satisfac tory gains by the Trench and Ameri- i 1 reloup, the oan forces on the Aisne-Marne front are reported In the official statement cf the war office tonight. In the cen ter of the line an advance of nearly (wo miles was made. Desperate en gagements were fought in the direc tion of Epleds and Trugny-Epieds. vji'ch villages the Americans again recaptured from the Germans. To lhe north of Epleds the Franco American line is now beyond Cour poil. Violent German counter attacks find rear guard actions In greot itrength still fail to serve as bar riers to the advance ci the ; Sois-sons-Rheims salient. They have aided in slowing down numbers of the German forces and tave part of the great number of puns and quantities of war mate rials. The advantage of the fighting has rested with the allied troops, who have pushed on northward past the Milage of Epieds and ousted the Huns from the greater, part of the Chatelet forest. In this region tin? allies now hold the villages or Epied.i and Trugny-Epieds, which were cap tured by the Germans and were re captured Wednesday in a counter at tack by the Americans. Pressing on noryiward, the allies have driven their front beyond Courpoil, which lies about six miles and a half north cast of Chateau Thierry. Along the Marne at several points. notably in the region of Charteves and Joulgonne, and further east at allies have put the rorthcrn bank of the Maine further behind them In advances and cap tured a large number of cannon and machine guns and considerable wa inaterials. In the region between the Marn .'.nd Rhelms where the German ;rown prince has brought forward I.irse numbers of picked reinforce ments, his warriors a-e meeting with hard usage. Following up the ad vances of the French and Italians of Tuesday, the British immediately to the southwest of Rhelms apparently have 'begun a movement which pos sibly portends good results. Here the British have overcome a strong counter attack, and following Klamath Falls Boy Obtains Souvenirs According to the Klamath Falls Herald, Mrs. Nate Otterbcln Is the proud possessor of a unique souvenir in the shape of a pair of vases made from shells of the famous French "7o" guns now being used with sucii deadly execution against the Boche forces in France. Some time ago a letter from her ion, I.ouls Hoaglund, with the avia tion forces now in France, notified i;pr that the souvenirs were on the way, and further said that the shells were used In the greatest battle of the war up to that time. He also informed her that he had received his service stripe for six months for eign service, and expressed the hope that before he was entitled to an other one the argument would be fettled and he would be ou the way 1 nek home. I ouis Hoaglund Is a grandson of Mrs. A. I,. Harvey of this city. Sudden Death Of Well Known Woman lire, Alva R. Wilkins of Dunn muir died at th9 homo of her broth er, A. II. Pracht, on Vista street last Sunday morning, at the age of 40 years. She had been In poor health for a long time and had come to Ashland several weeks ago to be with her mother and brother, and though her condition was serious, her death came unexpectedly at the end. Funeral services were held Tue&- day afternoon from the home of her mother, .Mrs. Max Pracht, Mrs. Per nie Johnson officiating. Mrs. Henry lenders presided at the piano and Mrc. D. I). Xorris sang two solos. In terment was made in Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Wilkins is survived y hor husband, two daughters, her mother, Mrs. Max I'racht, two bro thers, William B. Pracht, in the ('. S. naval service at Bremerton, and A If. Pracht of AshbSnd. Huns See 10,000,000 YanKs i the fast pace, but on the three sides! it. a violent bombardment and struck of the new U-shaped battle front, the German line at Vrigny for a Important gains have been made. toodly gain. This movement, if it Driving slowly, but surely, south is pressed to further advantage, will if Soissons, the American and the kcrionsly menace the Rhclms-Fis-Frcnch troops have rushed their mes railway, a scant three miles to fronts further eastward toward that the north and also will tend mate ' i art of the Solssons-Chateaii Thierry rlally to lessen the width of the railway line that is still in the hands; mouth of the pocket through which of the enemy, and further south, j the Germans are endeavoring to r r.long both sides of the Ourcq river,! treat from the Solssons-Rhelms sal and the road leading to Fere-en-j lent. Tardenols, Germany's great store-1 Gauged by the war maps, the new l ouse for the supply of her troops inroads of the allied troops into the in the south, important penetrations German-held territory necessarily into enemy-held territory have been! added further to the extreme gravity i:,ade until the maximum point : rf the situations of the Germans in where the allies are fighting, near tide the huge pocket and with the Colncy, is about 10 miles from long range guns on both sides of the their point of departure last Thurs-J I heavily shelling them far behind (;a-r- I 'he actual fighting front, with air- In the Marne region north of men bombing them assiduously, and Chateau Thierry the Americans and with th iiifantry attacking them on French have met with the-fiercest all side with rifle and light gun kind of resistance, for the Germans fire, their situation seemingly is a a-e striving hard to extricate largo hazardous one. WITH the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, Sunday, July 21. A German captured by the Ameri cans today formerly was a baker in New York. He was asked what the German soldiers thought about the Americans. "Since Thursday," he said, "the Germans had concluded that the announcement that a million Americans were in France was false and rumors among the Germans on this front are that ! there are ten million Americans in France." I i ii Water Of Link River Rolled Back By Wind Probably Lot 3lncc the day.! whan the waters of the river Jordan rolled lack at the command of Moses for lhe children of Isra ?1 to cross dry shod has r. more wonderful phenoiii- ... . . I Mrs. Kleinhammer Died At Phoenix Mrs. Frances Ann Kleinhammer, a former well known resident of Ashland, died at the home of hor (laughter, Mrs. Catherine Van Dyke, Interest Still Maintained In Present Session of Chautauqua Interest has continued unabated rrgatlon ever presented In Ashland hi the Chautauqua as It progresses i is putlng It mildly. At the evening this week, and each day brings new concert a trio of grand opera singers attractions which meet with the j of unusual brl'lance appeared as bearty applause of the attendants. vocalists and added greatly to the Monday afternoon after a pleasing cl.arm of the entertainment. prelude by the Zodeler Symphonic Quintet, Charles Crawford Gorst, j Aniericas well known naturalist, Wednesday evening Edna Lowe, the noted health lecturer, gave an ad dress on "Danger Signals on the rave an illustrated lecture on birds , Road to Health." Miss Lowe has mid their songs. .Mr. Gorst knows appeared before Ashland audiences .ind loves birds, and his study has previously to this, and is one of the brought him in iutimate relations Kith their lives and habits. More than this ho so perfectly Imitates their routs that those who love the little feathered denizens of the wlld vood could readily picture the tiny :ongstcrs by the whistles he pro duced. More old-time frcieds from lar off sections cf the country were in ought before tlu minds of the au e.Ierce Monday afternoon by the re production of their song by Mr. Gorst. finest In placj upon the Chautauqua platform. Her lecture was listened to with interest by many who de rived much valuable Information from her talk. One of the best musical companies Chautauqua has produced this ses sion was presented yesterday In the Treble Clef club, under the leader till p of Jessie Kan Taylor. Tills was a quartet of young ladies whose beautiful Hinging, charming dances ' and costumo readings have won tv. a mile northeast of Phoenix, Tues day afternoon at 2:20 o'clock, of-na of this kind occurred than the dropsy. Death came at the age ofidrjlng of the rapids in Link river TO years. She was a widow of Clause at the west end of Klamath Falls, kleinhammer, who died In 1909. She! ' the winds sweeping up the canyon 1 nd been a resident of Jackson conn- j f-'om the south, ty since she became fifteen years ofj These rapids, which have a fall 'of age. and all her children were bom f et in two nill"s and which fur in tills county, all of whom are alive, j i 'sh enough power under ordinary '1'hey are: Fred Kleinhammer of i eruditions to trim every wheel In the Mcdford, .Mrs. Catherine Van Dyke county, were blown back one day of Phoenix, Arthur Kleinhammer of i tms week in a few hours, leaving At tiie evening program the Zedo- unique place in pjatform entertaln Icr Sjnipiionic Quintet presented n r.ient. The Impersonations of Miss t'asslcal program of brilliant inter- Taylor wero particularly cnjoyahlo pretion. The speaker of the evening i,nd called fori!) tin heartiest ap was ,'ames A. Burns, president of'pir.uso at both program1. Oneida Institute of Kentucky, whose J The Bed Cirss department or any lecture was on Hie "Remaking cf oihr body of women has nothing the Mountaineer." Mr Hums was on Ned Woodman when It cotne3 to lj'-n In the Cumbe.iand mountains i en nctlvu to'ign.i accompanying from where lib: rather left tr escape busy fingor.i. This entertainer while lhe terron cf the feuu3 in that re-! drawing ntt. active and amusing sket glon. To this section the boy rn-j tln'a kept up a rapid-fire of hum turned at an early ag and took upjorous and pnet'c line of talk that, liie f:imlly quarehi wilii his 1-li.tlves iimtised au'l ih-iil d his uudkuice, against other.' of the neighborhood ' and kept them spell-hound with his The Instinct inherited from his falli-; flashes of oratory and wit. er, however, led him to desire bet-i Lincoln Wirt's lecture was one of in- thing:) cf life, so he later went ; the big features of the Chautauqua to school where ho received a few j at the session last night, and was months' training, when ho letumed , one that all patriotic Americans may In his mountain home and endeav- j consider themselves fortunate to (red to Hid the Inhabitants to a have heard. Mr. Wirt has been at I eter way of living The story of his the battle line Hire-? times, and has- farly s!nte;gles to insllt'ite a school i'l the wilderness tinder almost In surmountable difficulties was graph- viewed the war close up. Ho pre faced his address by saying that he war. ashamed of IiIr last appenranc.5 Kansas Society Met In Annual Reunion Kansas was th? popular state In Ashland Tuesday when the annual reunion and picnic of all the former residents of that Uate now living In the Rogue River valley wa3 held in the park. This was a highly en joyable affair and many former1 Jay bawkers were present extending greetings to old-time frlerd3 and ac rjiiaintances and forming new tics vith those recently admitted to the charmed circle. t During the morning V. O. X. Kmith, cashier of the Citizens bank and president of th 2 Kansas society, lecelved the following telegram from Governor Arthur Cnpper of Kansas: "V. O. N. Smith, pre3!dent, Ash land. Ore.: Speaklrg for the people of 'the old home stota,' I send warm est greetings and most cordial good witiies to the Kansas society of fouthern Oregon. We ara glad that on this day yonr thoughts turn back t-o your former state. May sucess r.nd happiness continue to be yours. "ARTHUR CAPPKR, Governor."! Mr. Smith presided at the meeting! held in the Chautauqua auditorium! in the morning and made an address .if welcome. He also spoke of the part Kansas people have taken In rational affairs and especially In' the Civil war and said her noble son4 are marching side by side today In this country and on foreign soil be side other states to forever wlpe'6ut autocracy and militarism and to 'es tablish freedom for all. Mrs. George Andrews of Medford pleased her sunflower friends' with (Continued on pae S ) j Rich Vein Struck At Gold Hill Mine J. G. Davis and associates, of Sac ramento, Cnl , lessees of the Sylvan lie group of gold quartz mines north ct Gold Hill, have made a second strike of rich ore on the property. The new find is a sulphide ore, slml ar to the rich Galena base ore of Colorado. The vein Is In a drift on a 600-foot level, over 20 fet wide, and runs from $1S to $30 per ton l:i gold values. The fii'3t strike, made several months ago, netted the lessees many thousands of dollars. Machinery for a large standmlll Is being installed on the property, and will be in operation soon. ' Jacksonville, William Kleinhammer '.I Oakland, Cal., Mrs, F. L. Hammer of Modesto, Cal., and Miss Frances Kleinhammer of Marshfield, Ore. Mrs. Kleinhammer was a member cf the Pioneer society and the Pres byterian church. Funeral services will be held atj the home of her daughter, Mrs.-Van! Dyke near Phoenix, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. j K. Baillie, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Phoenix, and interment j will be made In the Ashland ceme-! tory. Bakery Closed For Violating Food Law Den Zernstein, proprietor of the Bon Ton bakery, who was penalized for violating the United States food ugulaticns, was summoned before Food Administrator W. B. Ayres In Portland last week and admitted Ins Cullt. t srnsteiii was charged with fa'ling to make his weekly reports, tailing to weigh the substitutes used ;n his bakery, and In failing to use the repulred amount of suhctltutes In bread and pastry. . The licence of the bakery was sus pended by Mr. Ayers and the doors of the bakery closed forone week. The bakery is again in operation. Phone job orders to th Tidings. Drafted Boys Stop In ThisThis Week The Civic club and the Depot hotel are again feeding large contingents of drafted men who are coming from the south to encamp at Camp Lewis. The first lot came In Tuesday for Knch, and more will lie In every day at various meals, finishing Sat urday. The men apparently enjoy thr service extended to them by the Ashland people and are a pleasant lot of boys. the bed of the river so dry that It could be crossed on foot at almost any point. Large numbers gathered to witne.-u what appeared to lie a miracle, an I to catch the trout left in the little lools and holes in the rocks. The power plant on the liver was, of course, put entirely out of com mission, and the other plants on the Klamath river below may be affected 'i the current has already been cut off for several hours. The river is lower than at any time in recent vears Klamath Falls Herald. G. A. R. Members Get Out Rate Only (Copied from general orders for benefit of old soldiers.) "The one cent rate does not apply to old soldier who arc not members ol the Grand Army of the Republic. Th? old soldier who has not enough Interest In his service to become a I member of the Grand Army, is not cititled to th's rate. If he wishes this concession he should Join the Grand Army." ically related, and the success Hint I In Ashland when a year ago last has resulted from thin linrculead task j fall he was hero preaching peace "to :s, wiiii!i inn:iuio, wnicn lomiy isii-eat tne hand. lint ho has a very one of the monuments of the un flagging labors of tliis man for the people ha loves, That Ashland anil the pnrjliv Rogue iiiver valley are great lovers of music was thoroughly demonstra ted by the excellent audiences that creeled the appearance of Thaviu's Kxopsliion band both afternoon and evening Tuesday. This band gave two splendid concerts, ono In the af ternoon and one In the evening, and that It was of the finest musical ag- Death Of Former County Resident Word was received In Ashland this week of the death of M. (!. Lawrence cccurrlng May 3 at Sierra Madre, Cal., and was due to paralysis. Mr. 1 awrence was the owner of Huck bo:n Lodge, the beautiful estate In lhe. Slskiyous near Ashland, and was different viewpoint of conditions i.ow, and pacifists have no place in hi1: sympathies. Mr. Wirt went to the front under the auspices of the American Red Cross, and his tale of their accom plishment? la sufficient to thrill and Inspire everyone They are reliev ing the poor and needy, bringing help and comfort to the sorrowful,, healing to the injured nnd health and strength to the diseased. The (Continued on Page Eight.) Had Narrow Escape From German Drive Mrs. Donald Clark recently re ceived a thrilling letter from Miss Dcrothy Connor describing her ex periences In tho recent Gorman drive which smashed through Hralne, France, whore Miss Connor had charge of a cantocn. limine Is on veil known In this community. Ilej the Vesle river between Soissons and f iifered a paralytic seizure about I Rhelms, toward which the allied th-ee years ago, when he went away lorccs are now making rapid prog Irom here in the hope of obtaining rees. relief. Mr. Lawrence had many friends Miss Connor, daughter of Mrs. Charles Connor, formerly of Jackson- In Ashland and vicinity and his i vllle, was on the Lusitunla when tli9 beautiful country home was a popti-l boat was sunk, and had a narrow 63 ir resort to many who were for- tape from death. Nothing daunted, Innate enough to enjoy .Mr. Law rence's acquaintance. Union Service In Chautauqua Building Union church services ill be held in the Chautauqua building next Punday .evening, as well as. all suc cessive Sunday evenings during the month of August. Services will l.e c.Id at 8 o'clock and all churchee of the city and their pastors are cor dially invited to participate. Make these services happy and successful REV. W. N. TERRIS, Sec'y. Ministerial Ass'n. Seibs Are Inoculated With White Plague The recent report of the Siberian government that prisoners captured bv the Austrlans and Germans are Icing Inoculated with the virus of tuberculosis and other diseases Is ) clng dally verified by escaped Ser bian prisoners. Industrial Club Started In Talent d 1c for rddltion for Just a little more than a song. IJllllngs Agency. . she soon returned to take up relief j work near the fighting line, and had i been at Dralne many months when j the Germans broke through the Che , min des Damns and drove south. Miss Connor describes the fright ful bombardment and seeing the Ger man planes coming over the north- .. , , , , ., '!'i horizon. A French sold er po nt- The formal organization of the. , , . , , . . 1 , , . , , . , , , , , , . ed to them and sa d, They are only Talent Industrial club was effected at . . ' ' a iew nines aneau or tne Herman ad vance guards." After tending sev eral wounded r.old.rs, Miss Connor hastily got together a few personal belongings and climbed into a Ford car bound for Paris the last car to leave before the invading forces ar rived She lost seve-al valuable ar ticles, and the canteen, of course, with all its supplies and furnishings, fell into the hands of the Germans. Miss Connor is now In Paris and wrote that as soon an the allies swept l ack tho hated Huns she would re turn to Tiraine and continue her re- ,lief work. Mcdford Sue. a meeting In that town Thursday i liehtof last week. Miss Luclle Hold iiilge, who Is an experienced cbjii worker ane' 1 1 ize winner, was elect ed president. Miss Krr.m Robisoi', vice-president, nnd Miss Veletta Iiur uett secretary. Very definite Inforiuctlon as to Just how the several members are setting riong with their work was 6 iuined at this mecl'.r.g. and cx cel'orl results are prr,r.ilFed from '.he c.anizatlon. Phone Job orders to th Tidings.