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. " - - '
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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