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Auditor,.?! "Ocfft. MALARIA GERMS CANNOT LIVE THREE MONTHS ! IN THE PURE OZONE AT ASHLAND. OUR PURE WATER HELPS. ASHLAND CLIMATE WITHOUT THE AID OF MEDICINE WILL CURE NINE CASES OUT OF TEN OF ASTHMA. " - - ' lan: r. VOL. XLIII ASHLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1919 NUMBER 18 More Soldiers of 91st Have Arrived Farm Accountant to be Here Saturday United States Troops Are Rushed to Northern Russia Mexican Revolution Began By Blanquet Epworth League Had Rally in Medford 0 With 12,059 troops on board, the steamship Leviathan arrived in New York Wednesday from Brest. There were small detachments of the 91sl divlslpn troops and 77 officers and 1 044 men sick or wounded, together with a few casuals and nurses. The 91st division units were 40 officers of the 347th artllll?ry, for Camp Kearney, and 32 officers for the 348th field artillery, for Camp Funston. More 91st division men arrived whf n the steamship Liberator docked th'erte from St. Nazolno. These were thb 363rd Infantry headquarters of the 3rd battalion and companies D, E, K, L and M, 23 officers and 1148 men, for Camp Kearney. The 363rJ comprises Californians, most of them from San Francisco. The steamship Orjzlba from St. Na. ' raire brought 91st division troops .also, Including the following: One - hundred and eighty-first infantry j brigade headquarters six officers . and 19 mn, Including Brigadier Gen eral John B. McDonald, commanding, for Camps Keam?y, Lewis, Sherman and Upton; 364th Infantry's head . quarters of 1st and 2nd battalions and companies C, D, E, F, G and H, 29 officers and 1379 men, for nine camps; 348th machine gun battal ion's headquarters, medical and ordnance detachments and compan ies A, B, C and D, 18 officers and 836 men, for seMen camps'; 361st in fantry's regimental' headquarters and headquarters and supply com panies, 21 officers and 495 men, for six camps. Also on the Orizaba were base hos pital 94, for Camps Bowie, Dodge and Funston; a tew casuals and nurses, and six officers and 39J2 men Hick or wounded. Altogether the Orizoba brought 3301 troops. . Colonel Avery D. Cummingg, a regular army officer of Spokane, Wash., la command of the 361st In fantry, who jwasobejard ,wWl, hi, staff, wore a distinguished service moss for gallantry, in leading his troops in thte capture of the town of Gesnfes, France. Others aboard were Chaplain John W. Beard of Hoqulam, Wash., for merly pastor of the First Presby terian church there, whp carried many wounded men to safety thru heavy 6h?ll fire In Belgium, for which he received the French croix de guerre with palm. Lieutenant W. L. H. Osborne of Roseburg, Ore., also was among the offliqers. He was with the 34Sth machine gun battalion, which suffer ed between 250 and 300 casualties, It was said, of whom 40 were killed Method Advanced For Victory Loan Beginning with the third Liberty Loan, a different method was adopt ed in Oregon than that used in other states for handling the work of the Liberty Loan campaigns The plan utilized and which will be employed In the Victory Loan provides an or derly method of listing, rating and soliciting each individual. ' Oregon's splendid record In the preceding lib erty loans indicates the efficacy of the system. At the joint meeting of the county chairmen of organization's of men and women in charge of the work thruout the state, It was unanimous ly decided that all solicitation will be 'done under this system and thru uni fied direction. Work of both the women's and men's organizations -will be co-ordinated in alt promotion work. In parades, community sings, liberty loan rallies and similar ac tivities, the work is naturally Joined. i SALEM MAY OPPOSE ' HIGH TEIjEPHOXE RATES t -v.,- The. city council of Salem has au . thorized "jlje mayor io appoint a com mittee to consider establishing" a municipal telephone system In event the public service commission allows the increase in telepiibhe rates. The council asserted that a' plant' cbuld be established for $200,000' and give service at 70, per cent of the present COSt. '..r..,' . . .,.!.-, . Get your order. In ,now for Easter suit at Orres tailor shop. Prices are right. In order to assist farmers who have taken up record keeping thru the Farm Bureau, and who are hav ing troub with their inventory in the matter of placing values on the various possessions, R. V. Gunn of the farm management department of the Agricultural College, la in Jack son county this week for the express purpo) of assisting farmers to make out their records. During' the day Mr. Gunn will be at the county agent's office, while in the evening meetings will be held at various paints In the county that can easily be reached by the farmers of that vicinity. Saturday evening one of these meetings will be held at the Ashland Commercial club rooms at 8 o'clock, and all farmers in this Section are requested to comfe and bring their books. Mr. Gunn will show them the correct and accurate manner In which to keep their accounts, take inven tory in the matter of placing values on different kinds of (equipment, lanll and stock. . ; Farmer who have to pay on in come tax will especially be benefit ted by attending this meeting. Workmen Relieved From Assessments For the first time since the Ore gon workmen's compensation law became effective an exemption cov ering more than a single month has been declared by the accident com mission. This was made known Sat urday when the commission announc ed that employers and employes who are under the compensation act will be exempted from payment to the compensation fund for the months of April, May and June. The amount of money represented Is In excess of $5H0,'0OO.' ' The statement says in part: "This is made possible because of a surplus that has accumulated in the lndustiial accident fund during the pait year, this surplus being sufficient to meet all expenses and the estimated awards to be made by the commission during the three months' period for which exemp tions have been declared. It Is nota ble in this connection that the ad ministrative expense of the commis sion, since the date the law, became effective, has been but 6.17 per cent of the receipts, all other money com ing into the fund being available for the payment of claims to Injured workmen. "The last legislature at the sug gestion of the commission, changed the system of exemptions, and after the beginning of the new fiscal year, July 1, 1919, no further monthly exemptions will be declared. In lieu thereof any accumulated surplus will be credited annually to the contribu tors, each being given credit for the proportion his payments during the year bear to the entire amount. This will work out more equitably to those employers who did not have continu ous payrolls, and who were not in a position to receive credit under the monthly exemption plan." REVENUE TAX MEN IN ASHLAND TODAY Deputy G. R. Harper, G. V. Wlm- beifly and John Wilkinson of the in ternal revenue service are in the tU'ty assisting Individuals and cor poratdons In, the preparation of tax returns. Mr. Wilkinson is in charge of special taxes, a number of ntew ones being . incorporated in the new revenue bill, which will affect near ly all Ashland merchants, especially confectionery stores, dry goods mer chants and sporting; goods stores, as well as for hire oars. The new law provides that a tax of $10 shall be paid upon all for hire cars not ex ceeding seven passengers, and a tax of $20 for cars dairying over serein passengers ' Another important provision re quires that any person, firm or cor poration paying $1000 or more to any one for salaries, wags or com mission, rent, interest c pifcmlums shall report Such Information to the commissioner at Washington UBlng forms' 1096 and 1099, copies of which may be ogtalned from the col lector's office at Portland. LONDON, April 3. The situation I in tho Murmansk region of northern Russia is giving the British military authorities considerable anxiety. An nouncement was made, today that British relief committees will follow Immediately the American troops now on the way to North Russia, It is pointed out that while the si lted troops are Isolated by the- lco, the Bolshevlkl are likely to attempt to drive them into the sea. The Bol shevlkl have superior forces and as thjelr section of the Dvlna river thaws sooner than the part occupied by the allies they have an important advantage. The allies therefore, believe It i3 essential that the troops be reinforc ed or relieved at the earliest possible moment. , "The allies will be In the position of Pontius Pilate washing his hands if they do not come to our rescue," was a statement made to the Asso ciated Press today by Simon Petlura, military and civil head of th Uk rainian republic, a man to see whom the correspondent had journeyed for nearly two weeks over brldgeless riv ers, on slow trains, In automobiles, afoot and by wagon. Simon Petlura has had many epi thets applied to him, of which few are favorable. Ife Is, however, gen erally regarded as a mysterious per son who is usually a fugitive and Is looked upon as something bfatween a Mexican bandit and a Moscow- convict. He Is known by reputation in a vague way thruout middle Eu rope as the man who has succeeded in holding a difficult position with surprising tenacity for the past year or more. He has enjoyd the same class of enemies as Joseph Pilsud skl, the Polish military dictator, en countered before the latter became betttec- known. ARCHANGEL, Tuesday. April 1. Repeated Bolshevik attacks along Road Building to Pass All Records Adoption of plans to expedite highway construction under the en larged program recently authorized by congress is expected to rtesult in moije miles' of roads being construct ed this year than In any previous year In the nation's history, Secre tary of Agriculture Houston an nounced this week. If all states take advantage of the opportunity offered and make available for, road building sums equal to those apportioned by federal road officials a total of $343,800,000 may be expended. - As a Hesult of a recent confer ence between the secretary and state highway commissioners, the depart ment of agriculture has taken up with the rallrpad administration the question of freight rates which are represented as being one of the prin cipal obstacles in the way of active resumption of highway building. Orres will dye for you. Young Jackie Pleased With Navy Milton Beigle, who returned home this week after receiving his dis charge from the naval service In Norfolk, Va., is looking hale and hearty after almost a year's service on the briny deep. Million had an interesting experience while starving in the navy, with Just enough danger attached to the life to make exist ence spicy. He sallied from Seattle last July and went direct to Charles ton, S. C, via the Panama Canal. From there his boat was consigned to Chile where they secured a load of nitrate, which was returned to Nor folk, after which they left for Bnest, France. The ship on which Milton served waa utilized to carry War munitions and .food stuffs to France, and was one of a large fleet with a number of convoys to protect them from the In vading submarines. They touched port In France at Brest, La Polllco and La Rochelle, and were In the lat ter port when the armistice was the front line and both the right and left flank positions controlling Odoz- erskala were repulsed today by al lied forces. The Americans, French, British and Russians who, either separately or together, are holding positions thruout this territory, have .everywhere held tholr linN intact. The Bolshevlkl in spite of their heavy losses yesterday attacked the rail road front south of Odozorskala this morning but they failed. Allied forces east of Boluhola Ozera, where Americans, Russians and British aro fighting, were under attack all day yesterday at a point about 15 miles west of Odozerskaia and four separ ate axsaults w,ere made there again early this morning. All broke down under the allied fire. According to Bolshevik prisoners ' the lenemy ila somewhat demoralized because of his heavy losses during the two days. In the Seletzkoe sector, forty miles easUof Odoasrskala the allied ad vanced posts were attacked by a strong enemy patrol this morning, but the Bolshevlkl were driven back by machine gun fire. On the Onega river west of Bol slioia Ozlera the enemy, yesterday shelled the village of Kleshova which Is lipid by a Russo-British gar rison. In this territory enemy out posts were driven back at Plluk, and the allies captured two prisoners. Thb allied troops ar) tired and out numbered but fighting a stubborn defensive battle in the snow which Is rapidly showing signs of a thaw. NEW YORK. April 3. Young Men's Christian Association officials today Identified the two workers re ported in yesterday's dispatches from Archangel, Russia, to have been cap tured by Bolshevlkl, as Bryant R. Ryalt and Malcolm V. Arnold. The spelling of the names was apparently confused In cable transmission. Ry .l'Li'3t years old and has befn In Russ'ia a year. His mother, Mrs. C E. Ryalt, lives at Gladstone, Ore. Eugene Editor Sees Thieves Taking Auto "Won't It go?" asked J. E. Shel- ton. of Eugene, when he found two men attempting to start his Ford and ride away with it there Tuesday. Tlile two would-be thieves started to explain that they thought the ma chine belonged to some one else. They . slipped away while they still had the chance. Th,9 machine had bi?en pushed down an alley Into the darkness. The thieves are thought to be outsiders who came to the city Tuesday night In the crowds that viewed the exhlb Its on the trophy special. Mr. Shel- ton, owner of the car, Is editor of tlie Eugene Daily Guard JUMPS 3,300 FKET TO TEST NEW PARACHUTE R. E. Caddin, an American soldier, leaped from an airplane and was car rled 3,300 feet safely to earth Mon day near Camp Lewis. The leap was to demonstrate a new style parachute attachment. signed. They latter returnod to Vlr glnla and went back again to Franco, this time with load of foodstuff al most exclusively. The last trip, Milton stated, was vastly different from his first voy ages. Then they were on a camou flaged boat that sailed in thlo dark and took many more days In which to make the trip. No lights could he seen about tho ship after night, and the sailors were not even allow ed to smoke.- They were convoyed by a cruiser and submarino destroy ers going across, and while crossing the English channel, thfcir ship was convoyed by airplanes and balloons. Milton served as machinist mate, first class, during his service, and is grjaafiy pleased with the navy, which he thinks Is a much superior gervico than the army. While ho is rejoiced to get home again, and is not parr tloularly anxious to renew his naval life, he would not exchange his ex perience for all the soft snaps civil ian life could offer. General Aurelo Blanquet, Mexican minister of war during the adminis tration of President Vlctorlano He erta and iVwcribed as second In com mand to General Felix Diaz, recent ly reported as having undertaken a revolutionary movement against President Carranza, has arrived safely In Mexico, "after a very dan gerous trip," according to an an nouncement made by Roberto Oayon, his secretary. The purpose of General Blanquet's return, Mr. Gayon said, was to re organize the Diaz fortes, overthrow the Carranza government, re-establish the constitution of 1857 which he says was repudiated by Carranza, and revoke the alleged confiscatory decrees of the present government. Blanquet was accompanied by Gen eral Juan Montano, chief of staff; General Enrique Gonzales, chief of artillery; Colonel Francisco Traslo- sheres, Judge advocate; Colonel Louis Acosta, Captain Gulllermo Rosas, and two other Mexican off! cers of the old federal army, accord ing to Gayon. Two Oregon Men Eligible For Oxford For the first time In Its history the University of Oregon this year will be entitled to select two men for the Rhodes scholarship, which provides for a course at Oxford uni versity, says the Eugene Guard. This was made known In a letter received from Frank Aydelotte, American sec retary to the Rhodes trustees, whose headquarters are at the Massachu setts Institute of Technology In Cam bridge, Mass. The appointments in 1919 will be made on a different basis from those or former years. In the past the aspirants for schol arships have been subject to a quali fying examination. This plan has been done away with, according to Mr. Avdelotto. and this year the men will make formal application to University authorities, who will en do rule the requests of those men whom they consider best fitted for the work. The men will bo chosen with n view to securing those best adapted as to scholarship, character, interest In out-of-door sports, and instincts for lendorshio. Selections will bo made by committees In each slate constituted for that purpose. Luton Ackerson, who was recently discharged from the service, was tho last University man to receive tho scholarship. He attended the Eng llsh college during 1917 and left to loin the United States army. The University of Oregon made no ap pointments in 1918. Fifteen other states, Alabama, Ar kansas, California, Colorado, Gcor gla, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minne sota. Mississippi, Missouri, Nebras ka, Texas, Washington and Wiscon sin, aro entitled to two scholarships Other states In the Union may send but one man. The appointments here will lie made in October. HOOD RIVER HAS WO PROMISE OF FRUIT Hood River, Orb., April 2. Plum and peach trfees on the lower levels of the valley are blooming and the buds of apple treles are swelling fast. In case th warm weather continues Hood River orchards will be In bloom alround May 1. Kept dormant by the cool weather of the first three months of the year, strawberry plants aii .beginning to grow. With the earth water-soaked bfcrry pros pects are better than in the past three years,. It Is expected the yield of 191,9 may bj Increased almost 50 per cent over tho 00, cars handled last year, when the Apple Growers' association returned an average of $3.33 per crate for. the fruit. Price outlooks Uils yteaf are as. good. , Conditions In apple orchards are good. .Trees ar,e In a healthy state and growers are busy this, week ap plying oil sprays for pests. Lime sulphur applications for fungus dis eases will follow, soon. .The ,1919 apple crop Is estimated at more than 1,600,4)00 boxes, the district's record tonnage. ( Ashland Epworth Leaguer at tain! d the rally In Medford fifty strong and better last Tuesday eve ning, which was th biggest event la Methodist church circles held In the valhy In a long tlm. The rally waa given in oonnf'ctloa with the Centen ary Movement of that denomination, and It has been given to the young peoplo of the Methodist church to or ganize an immennh band of workers In the mission fields at home and aluroaad to enter special work with In the coming year. Hence tho ef forts of thp Epworth League to ral ly its mercies to tho call In all sec tions of the country. An afternoon session was called at 4 o'clock which was addressed ' Dr. Carl G. Donoy, predent of Wil lamette University of Salem, follow ed by Edgar Purdy, Epworth Ljeague sVcrttary of the Portland area, who has been loaded by his. field to head the Centenary Movement In the Ep worth League Dr. G. H. Parkin son also gave an iueplrlng address on "The Stewardship of Interces sion." A splendid banquet was given 1(1 the church basement, at which up wards of 150 delegates and visitors sat down to the tables. Arthur Hobs acted as toast master and together; with talks by Dr. Doney and Mr. Purdy, tlii following four-minute mH gave addresses: "The Work of the Young Peoplo Today," Mi Bil lings, Ashland; "A Community With out an Epworth League," Miss Dun- lay, Central Point; "How Much I tho Church Dependent on the league!" Mr. Palmerlce, Ashland; "Problems of the Epworth League," Rey. Edwards, Ashland; ."The Duty of the.Yob.ng People in tHe Church " Rev. Carlos. The popular mvtig of the ov)b ring was held at 7.30 and waa. at tended by a large number of enthu siastic Leaguers and their friends. The leading address at this meeting werie: "Th Stewardship ot Proper ty," Dr. Carl Doney; "The Steward ship of Life,", Dr. (5.11. Parkinson;. "Can We Do It?" discussions . ami -, goals, J. Edar Purdy. The Ccntenaary Movement In tho Methodist church Includes the call for 03,000 young proplo to go In the raiwion fields to serve in thef various capacities as the needs ar? present ed. Of the quotas asHlgned from tho different districts all over tho coun try, Ashland should havo eight offer their services In this call Nurses Will Visit Tubercular Victims; . " ' " : v",v At the last meVtlng of the Ore gon Tuberculosis Association the dis charged so-l dlers and men rejected on account of tuberculosis from - this state, 450 In number, are to be vis ited by a trained public health nurse. These nurses will travel thru the state visiting these men and urglnir them to do something for themselves. elthler ,1 going to one of tho tuber culosis sanitariums ot Fort WWppIe, Arizona, or Fort Baird, New Mexico, or to enter ope of Oregon's Institu tions either public or private. If this plan is Impossible homo treatment win be recommended, ad vice given and literature distributed. In Multnomah, Jackson and Coos counties where there are public health and tuberculosis nurstee, the value of this plan has become so ap parent that It was 'decided to follow It tlrruout the state. The University ot Oregon has an nounced a special course lu puuno health nursing to be given at the summer school this summer. This 13 a move that Is much appreciated by the Tuberculosis association, Inas much- as tlwre Is a deplorable short age of nursps with public health training. In fact sevteral positions will await those vjho complete this course as a numucr or uregom. ooun ties are asking for public health nurses which thus far the associa tion has been unaWe to fill. New neckwear, new gloves, a new suspendjN" and everything in men'a w4ear. Mitchell's.. : ,18-lt Now cornea "Calif." as ihp off tclal abbreviation fo; California, to avoid, confusion with "CW." Now "Mo.' and "Me," ought to dp something equally distinguishing. v