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ASHLAND TIDINGS PAOH THREE" EE ram U o o Wap Tirade iriiitefl Thursday, September 20, 1018. About 95 per cent of Oriental Art Goods and Curios to import from the Orient. All kinds of cotton goods, baskets, wooden ware and all novelties are prohibited. But fortunately we have just got a large shipment lately, which wo are glad to offer to the public at very reasonable prices Just a Few Prices Stating How Goods Will be Handed Out: Blue and White Japanese Lunch Cloths Cotton Kimonos $2.75 and Up Baliy's Silk Comforters with embroidery We also received many kinds of China at.. ................. .Woto$M5 Cotton Kimono Pattern, enough for a iKi- .; Ware, all materials for Knitting Ba?s, Cotton and Linen Luncheon Set with blue mono $2.50 .Japanese Sandals 50c and Up Embroidery $3.25 to $9.00 Cotton Crepe by yard 35c and Up Bamboo Lamp Shad", silk lining, 50c Up Wooden Wares, and over one hundred Silk Kimonos $11.50 to $25.00 Silk -Slippers $1.00 to $1.75 All kinds of Sua;) Fusteners. .10c for 3 doz. kinds of Novelties and Toys. Come in and Examine the TIRE With a thous and claws. All sizes SOLD BY Til 8 Overland Millner Co. CAMOUFLAGE IS REAL protection for sfiips New developments In the art of marine camouflage have effected radical changes In the painting of i-bips to protect them from the ene ir.j. Modern naval warfare no long er reckons upon "Invisibility" as : defensive factor, authorities having arrived at the conclusion that paint itself, being dependent upon light, vill not overcome shadows. "Baffle painting" has been developed as a substitute to deceive a submarine commander as to the size and form of a ship, and her course and speed. Camouflage on land still Is success fully applied along the line of pro tective coloring, by which guns and toads and men aro made virtually in visible under screens which Mend with the surrounding terrain. In the case of moving ships, under condi tions constantly changing and the elusive horizon always a difficult inatter to deal with, similar princi plies were found les3 efficient than those which frankly admit the exist ence of a boat, but by peculiar color t'Ohemes offer the torpedo such a ;iieer, deceptive target that a hit U only a matter of luck. Lieutenant - Commander Xorman Wilkinson, Royal Xaval Volunteer Reserve,, the inventor of "baffle , pointing," came to the conclusion af ter long experiment that the moment a submarine corees to tlie surfac vlthln striking distance, no methol of painting wculJ render a ship suf ficiently invisible to escape bolus :-een. "There was a time,' the nrth-t'says, "v':on I thought it pofslble to in-ci't-ose or decrease a ship's visibility. Tint that was before the submarine was considered as a real active factor In naval warfare." Uis decision too!: into considera Real Gravely Chewing Pfeg is solving the tobacco problem, for inore saan every day. : Smaller eliew. Better tobacco. Th.Q r;cafl taste JAP ! if L-;"i' C.'icdy no mora P. O. 34 N. tion the submarine hydrophone, by which the presence of a ship, her probable size and her course can be ascertained under water. The prob lem, therefore, was resolved Into rendering the ship as difficult to hit a possible, and baffle painting, the only present nationally accepted method of marine camouflage, was evolved. Baffle painting is simply a project for breaking up all accepted forms of a ship by masses of strgngly con trasting colors, distorting her ap pearance bo as to destroy her gener al symmetry and bulk. The idea Is totally to mislead the submarine. Of course some vessels so painted have been sunk, but there are records of a far greater number at which torpe does were fired unsuccessfully. Equal in importance, a much larger propor tlon of baffle painted vessels which are Tt by torpedoes are able to nake port than ships- painted gray, owing to explosion In less vulnerable parts. The aim of the submarine U thrown off by the camouflage. Frequent reports, appearing some USE Land Plaster NOW Ashland Lumber Go. Phone 20 t'mes In newspapers, confirm the sua cess of the system and prove its value of defense against the submarine, The newspapers recently contained a Etory of an encounter between a baf- f'e-palilted freighter and a German U-boat, In which the latter was ram med and sunk. The article conclud ed with this pertinent paragraph: "The theory bearing on the incl- syntem of camouflage, designed es system of camouflage, deslkned es pecially to elude submarines, deceiv ed tho German commander. On his issumptlon he mistook the course hold by tin ship and Instead of com ing to tho surface at right angles to the course, got squarely In tho way." A clever story is told of a meeting N-t ween r.n excursion steamer and a v-;-,l1 outward bound from an Atlan tic port to dure the submarine under refection of her baffle color design. The parsonsrrs crowded the excur sion steamer's side to gaze at the (inner bout, which ploughed steadily forward. Apparently tlio camouflage f.'l steamer w::s heading straight for tho heavily loaded pleasure boat, and lasts. . Peyton Brand Real Gravely, Qhewing Plug 10c a pouch one? worth it laUt to rr.ac'i longer it coafs to cieuX.'ia.i ordinary plug Gravely Tobacco Company Dcnville, Virginia SEX? EE Central Avenue, Medford, Oregon when a woman shrieked, panic "was Imminent. "Shut up, you fool!" yelled a man who understood the principles of baffle painting. "She's heading six points off." It was true. The camouflage had so changed the aspect of the boat that she seemed to be going In a dl lectlon where she was not heading. That Is the purpose of baffle paint ing to keep U-boats guessing as to whether their prey Is "coming or go Snt," Marine camouflage Is under the di rection of the navy department, with the work executed by the shipping board's department of camouflage, headed by Henry C. Grover, of Bos ton. In each district of the shipping board Is stationed a district camou fleur, with a corps of trained men. The organization now comprises more than 100 camoufleurs, Including a number of artists of national repute. New baffle designs are continually In preparation. In the opinion of Mr. Grover, cam ouflage Is a decidedly disturbing fac tor. "We know from valued sources that the submarine does not like our baffle painting," he observed. "Mr. Wilkinson Informed me that the en emy had sketched a number of their baffle painted ships In neutral ports, but I don't think that will help them a little bit." A school for training camoufleurs has been established hy the shipping board, under the direction of William Andrew Mackay. The educational work s based on the results of re search, Investigation and the actual experience gained in the painting of ships by camouflage. Students In applying for this branch of service are required to have a good elemen tary knowledge of line and color and light and shade; therefore profes sional artists, commercial artists and icene painters are given preference CARE TAKEV TO DEFER AGKICl'LTl'RA h WORKERS Hcsnington, D. C, Sent. 26. Un der the rules of the war department for executing tho new draft law, sne cial provision Is made for Informing tho district boards In regard to farm labor requirement1) In order that nec essary food production may lie mr.ln tained, says a statement Issued by the Department of Agriculture. The statement continues: In tho new draft district beards arc charged with the duty of putting into deferred clasps those p.ns'ms who are nioro likely to further the war by remaining in civilian occupa tions than by cute: in;; tho army. Ac cordingly, three advisers a-o to lo selected for each district board one for agriculture, one for labor, and one for other occupations. The agri cultural advicer will lie appoint! d by tho board upon the recommendation of tho Secretary of Agrlculliiro. The niMa'.Ts aro not members" of (In board, but may, when invited, attend its meetings. Tho duties of the agricultural advi sor will bo to furnish to the board facts relative to farm labor require ments, not only of bin yut of the wliolo country. Ho should bo tho repository of all fact i haWna; relation to tho deferment of aurl vuituuu woritcrs, wnciher tuco lie necessury farm laborers, manage or operators. Ho wXIl ho expected to advlso tho dist: let boards hs to a shortago or surplus of necessary farm lunorors, managers or nnirt;m tin will bo expected to ndvhjo tho district boards as to a shortago or surplus of necessary farm workers for any given district, as well as for the entire na tion. Such information will bo" sup plied to tho advisers by the Depart ment of Agriculture. This will make AIT it possible to have ucost:r.ry workers transferred from districts in which they may not be necessary to other districts in which they are sorely needed. The adviser may also concern him self with individual cases that come before the district hoard. He will have the right, under certain condi tions, to examine the quotsionnalre3 and other records in the flies of the local board for tho purpose of ascer taining whether persons entitled to deferred classifications have actually claimed it. In case he flnd3 the names of such registrants ho may file for them a claim for deferred classi fication with the district board, which, In turn, may require the local board to certify the questionnaire and record of any such registrants for consideration. Reasonable time wjll bo given for the purpose of ob taining Information and supplying the affidavits required. If a local board determines to consider a case for deferred classification becauso a registrant Is engaged In a necessary occupation, notwithstanding no claim for deferred classification on that ground has been made, It shall en dorse the recommendation on the questionnaire of the registrant an forward It to the district board hav ing Jurisdiction. The district board wll thereupon consider tho case an proceed to classify tho registrant notwithstanding the fact that m claim for deferred classification by or In respect to the registrant lias been made. COOK DESERTED HIS "SUM" TO IIKI.I' CHASE GERMANS The company cook of an American detachment close to the battle front stirred tho "slum" viciously. It was evident that ho was disturbed about something. "This Is a great Job for a full grown man," ho commented In the Hearing of the Red Cross man who hi'd stopped to get a bite to cat. "Mero the wholo company Is fight ing lilto mad up tho road and I have to stay behind and wrestle with a lot of pots and pans." Tho Red Cross man tried to cheer tho disgruntled one with a disserta tion along the lines of "they also terve who only stand and wait." He pointed out that an army "moes en .13 stomach, ' and that (lie work of the cook was just aj important, a thatof tho fighting. man. "The fin ed" In the stew has jn.t as much lo uo with winning battles as th" fin.T or. tho tr!s;tr," bald the 'ied Cress lean. ' "That stuff is ai! right for talk," t"'id tin; cook, a:j he banged the com pany dog with tin' dish towel, "hii! you know It ::in"t light. i'i;:' m v l:-ivo to stay and a.etnUe tiu'.,e i . e.uu wncii an my puis are up lhu in tlio wiieatfiel l Hinein' them loehcs ragged." ' Another company v. .mi ,y, bound ("ward tlui thick of th bailie. Tv.m wounded men limped pa.it in the "ther direction, going to a field hes ri'al. "H'u ix r:c: t Ihiie f'gtl. boys,' ''ley said, a , (be ciok haudl'd them a drl-ik of '.vnier. "It -a fight I ever ;:nv," said ono with a bandago ."found his head.. "I wouldn't kufe m'sned it for a f:rrni. .lu.;t my luck to get a piece of shrapnel in the Iiea.i "lion wo had tii( Huns goin'." Tho company cook could stand It no longer. lie grapped a rifle and a tin hat and started up tho road to ward tlio placo whence camo the clattering of mnchlno gun and rifle fire. "Hiey, you," ho culled back, to the Kcd Cross man, "Just stick around and' w.ftch that slum for, me, will jou? The boys may want somo din ner after we have chased the lleines over the river." Exchange. TOKE- EM'ERIMEXTS TO SAVE SPACE ON MlirnXG REEF Chicago, Sept. 26. Major-General George W. Goethals, chief of the divi sion of purchase, storage and traffic of the general staff of the army, has commissioned Arthur A. Hammer schlag, president of the Carnegie In stitute, and Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Mcintosh, subsistence division, Q. M. C, N. A to co-operate with the Chi cago packers in experiments which may save up to 40 per cent of the tremendous cargo space now requir ed for shipping fresh beef. Presi dent Hammerschlag and Colonel Mc intosh have already reached (he stockyards and the experiments have begun. The experiments contcmplnte not only the conservation of shipping space, but also the problem of hav ing the packages small enough to he handled by the class of labor availa ble 'at unloading ports overseas and the quick and convenient Issuo at supply depots in France. They range from the mero cutting if tho carcass Into more convenient sizes and shapes to the entlro boning of tho carcass to be packed in boxes. Jt is estimated that if the plans prove; practicable a saving of from 15 to 40 per cent of the room now used In transporting the same amount of beef will bo made possible. Since fresh beef constitutes a considerable part of some 3.10,000,000 pounds of nccf and pork products now sent monthly to the ullled countries, tho saving by the new method may prove to be con siderable If found prnctlcal. The bones and Biirplus fats salvaged by i tho operation will be converted Into various by-products. The chief difficulties encountered so far have been the necessity of ob taining enough labor sufficiently skilled In this particular work and the providing of facilities necstary to liandlo tho quantities required without interfering with production of other meat products being prepar- d for our armies and those of our al lies. In considering tho question of pence by diplomacy, wo must remem- er that howltws anil machine guns ire tlio peace arguments best adant- lo the understanding of Germany and she ia likely now to t enoti:;li of then) to convince her Tlio news from ulunud Is certainly eh'unviiKin''. liui l is not yet time to b..t biiieids Intu jdowsliare;! and swords Into pninlnj; hooks. 9 on i I'I ! II MB I'-il M c? ocean toaso nwca rJcii cur arni!53 Kails insfenily-no bei?, U A sijgar saw and a truly f delicious and satisfy.!! tefcfe t m. drink for ycun$ PJs hie Why Putter With Corns? Use Gefs-lf Common-Senie, Simple, Never Faik Ton en tor ont jmr eornt nd tat ter, or joa can peel off your eornt nd raUe. Til. Jo7-penlln war 1 lb. "Ut-It" war. It la tha onlr happr. PaiulcM my m the world. Xwo drop "Crftiit rw m nt Ob-Um -cwtt" uUiCnki "CWI et "Goti-It" on any corn or eallaa drli t our.. Tb. corn finally lootens oft from the toe, ao thai yoa can peol It off with your nngori In on. ploco. pain leislr, Ilk. pnnllnfr O banana. 'Great, stuff, wlb I'd dono thut h lore." There's . only ono corn-peol.r "Oot-lt." Toe. wrapped up tin with tap. and band ages, toe nqntrnilim from Irritating; -aalvei, It' all u linrbarlty. Toes wounded by raior and knlveii, that' butchery, ridiculous, unneoemukry, danRoroui. Uio "Ueti-lt," ths liberty way almple, . paluleM.ftlwajMure. Take no chance. Get '"Uoti-ll." Don't be Imnltod by Imitations. He. that yon get ,t)ot-It." "Ueta-lt," the guaranteed, money back corn-remover, the only sure) way, costs but a trifle at any drug store. M 1 d by K. Lawrence A Co.. Chicago, Ilk Sold In Ashland and recommended. as the world's best corn remedy byi McNalr Bros. SCIENCE Wil li IHAISE v ,. (XK)TIE EXTERMINATOR Tho Department of grlcultunj takes tho French "cootie" more se rif urly than did the Yankee soldier, who facetiously remarked that slnco hir experience in France ho could un derstand why the pictures of .Napo leon always represented him with ono hand stuck In the front of his shirt. Tho Department of Agrlculturo. recognizes tho humor of thnt joke,, h.it it Is going to do more than laugh It ban dirc.tcd some of Its r.c'cntlsts to discover a preventive or exterminator for the "cooties," of which every man "over thoro" com pliins. t Tho effort will he to limit multipli cation of tho purni.ltes,- If possible, and to devise some chemical that will destroy t!;o pest without Injuring the i kin or th; clotliin;.,- of tho soldier. The work will include laundering proceuaes. 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