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FEW WAR HEROES
LISTEDJUNKNOWN’
Wonderful Work Performed by
Graves’ Registration Corps.
Subscription P rice D elivered in City:
One m onth ............................*. . . $ .65
Three m o n t h s ..................... 1.95
Six months .................................. 3.75
One year ..................................... 7.50
KEEP RECORD OF EVERY GRAVE
Mail and Hural R outes
One m onth .................................. $ .65
Three m onths .............................. 1 .9 5 1
death of his wife.
Col. George H.
Penrose, a nephew of the senator, suc­
ceeded him, E. E. Davis continuing in
charge of the detailed work.
C la ssification
of
Deaths.
In connection w ith the work, the
official classification of the causes of
death are significant. They a r e :”
K ille d In a c tio n ....................................’...31,249
Sickness* (1,136 on tr a n s p o r ts ) ............ 2 3 . 4 i
F ro m w o u n d s ............................................... 13 7ii) '
A c c id e n ta l ...................................................... 2,5 , ,
C a u s e s u n d e te rm in e d ................................ 1,939 1
S u p p o sed ly d e a d .........................................
tl'.j I
D ro w n in g ............................................................ 3.6 I
S u icid e ............................................................. 272 1
H o m ic id e ........................................................ 151 i
In e n e m y p ris o n c a m p s .............................
IS I
E x e c u tio n s ...................
it j
Six m onths ...................................... 3.50
Identification Work Carried Out With
One year
Thoroughness That Is Marvel of Ef­
ficiency—Number of American Dead |
SNAKE LIKES TREATMENT
That Have Not Been Identified Is
Between 1,000 and 1,500, in Striking R eptile Comes Back Each Day to Have
Contrast to Tragic Totals of Other
W ound Dressed.
Countries.
Boy scouts stopping at Camp Mat­
inecock, the Queens Boro boy scout
Amid the pomp and pageantry when camp, a short distance from Tuxedo,
a world paid homage to America’s N. Y., are taking particular interest
unknown soldier on Armistice day, lit­ these days in the activities o f a two-
tle thought was given to the wonder­ foot garter snake that was captured
ful work of the army quartermaster and liberated a few days ago after be­
corps in identifying thousands who ing badly injured during the encoun­
fell in the great war, writes Junius B. ter with the lad that brought it to
Wood in Chicago News. The casual­ camp.
ties of the American forces on land
The snake sustained a severe cut
and sea were, roughly, 310,000. Out on the hack, and the scouts, believing
of that number the adjutant general’s that the creature was going to die,
office records 77,133 as fatal and as brought it to Edwin A. Osborne of
occurring outside the borders of the Richmond Hill, the camp herpetolo­
United States. The "unknown” was gist, who applied an antiseptic wash
one of these.
and let the snake go. The next day
The cemeterial division has 77,048 the reptile was found a short distance
graves registered. Of these, 42,098 from camp and brought back, when
bodies have been transferred, all ex­ a second treatm ent was tendered.
cept a few hundred distributed to For three days the snake has returned
different countries In Europe, being for its treatment, and from all indica­
brought to the United States. There tions the wound will be healed be­
are eight official American government fore long.
cemeteries. However, there are close
to 560 village burial plots in France,
Belgium, Germany and other countries
from which soldier dead have not been ;
removed.
MOST PERFECT BABY IN
The record of the last resting place
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN
of the “unknown” before he was
brought with three of his comrades to
Chalons-sur-Marne and selected for
the nation’s honor, Is a carefully guard­
ed secret of the W ar department.
While he probably came from one of
five large American battle-front ceme­
teries, it is not impossible th at he
came from one of the 500.
May Have Been Marine.
Figuring on the proportion of cas­
ualties in the different branches of the
service, chances strongly favor the
“unknown” having been a soldier. He
might have been an officer, and there
Is a stronger possibility that he was
a marine.
The latter branch lost
many in its first bitter fight iu Rel-
leau woods, and more than one grave
In that cemetery is marked “Unknown
American.” The possibilities are
smaller that he was a bluejacket from
the medical corps of the marine bri­
gade, or a soldier from some other na­
tion’s army.
The number of American dead who
have not been identified is between
1,000 and 1,500. This is in striking
contrast to the tragic totals of other
countries, whose unidentified sons run
into the hundreds of thousands. One
reason for that is that at the time of
the American participation the allied
front was advancing and the dead
E dna ltoeth, ageti sixteen m onths,
usually were behind our own lines.
Another reason is that the A. E. F. of Brooklyn, N. Y„ who w as aw arded
paid more attention to this sentiment­ a prize a t the New York h ealth show
al phase of the war. I have frequent­ as the m ost perfect baby in tlie bor­
ly seen burial parties working under ough of Brooklyn. B orough P resident
fire, digging shallow graves and care­ R eigelm an is shown about to give lit­
fully marking them, so that identity tle E dna R oeth h e r aw ard.
would not be lost when the body was
removed to a permanent cemetery.
SEND MAN BY MAIL
Unless the graves’ registration corps
has been singularly careless, the iden­ A m erican L o st in London Gets Back
tity of the “unknown” can be limited
to H otel by M a il.
to a much smaller field than 1,500.
Walking into a post office in the
For every grave marked “Unknown East End of London recently, a news­
American" a record was kept of where paper reports, an American visitor
and when the body was found on the said: “Pin lost. I want to get back
battle front. With such a record it to my hotel in the West End. Can
would be comparatively easy to deter­ you help me?”
mine what division, possibly what reg­
The girl behind the counter replied:
iment, was in action at that particu­ “We can send you by post.”
lar spot at that time. Its number of
“P o st!” echoed the man in astonish­
unknown would be a small fraction ment.
of the total for the entire expedition.
“It’s quite simple,” the girl rejoined.
The possibility of the “unknown” be­ “Yoar name and address, please? You
ing a straggler separated from his will be sent by express letter pbst iiu-
unit, however, would «iter.
mediptely. The charge is sixpence a
Cemeteries in France.
mile.”
She “handed over” the lost tourist
The A. E. F. cemeteries in Europe
to a small messenger boy and- the two
are:
set (»ut arm-in-arm for the American’s
L o ca tio n
N am e .
B elleau W oods ....... a.................. A isn e-M arne hotel.
R o m a g n e S o u s M on tfau con .........................
The American Is not the first per­
.....................................................M euse-A rgonn e
B o n y .............................................................. Somme son to be “posted” in this way. Last
F ere en T ard en ola...........................O ise -A isn e year the same newspaper*sent by post
S uresn ea (P a r is) .................................. R u resn es
B rookw ood (E n g la n d ) .................B ro o k w o o d a member of its reporting staff to a
W aerin ghen (B elg iu m ) .......F la n d e r s F ield destination some miles out of Lon­
The first five of these are known as don with the object of calling atten­
battle front cemeteries, the one at tion to the fact that the British postal
authorities do accept human beings as
Romagne being by far the largest.
One illustration of the thoroughness “correspondence.”
with which the identification work hus
DEED FOR A SMALL BOY
been carried on is shown in the case
of an aviation officer Whose blaziug
plane fell within the enemy’s lines. W om an T ra n s fe rs L ittle One to A n ­
o th e r by W a rra n ty Docum ent.
He was buried without identification
marks, and the grave not found by
A warranty deed,’ formally trans­
the Americans until after the armis­ ferring ownership of a small boy from
tice. A laundry mark and the tag of one woman to another, has been placed
a Rochester (N. Y.) uniform maker on record at Tampa, Fla.
was the only clew. The uniform man­
The deed shows that the transaction
ufacturer was given the data and re- 1 took place last January Jn Hardin
quested to co-operate. He sent 300 county, Texas, Mrs. Nettie Davis deed­
letters to retailers. Several replied ing her three-months-old son to Mrs.
thut they had sold uniforms to officers Norma L. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson re­
with those initials. Th* divisions near cently moved to Tampa, and had tlie
those cities were checked up. One deed recorded to prove her owner­
dealer was in Texas near an aviation ship.
field, and by cross-checking the avia­
Courthouse officials express the
tion squadrons flying over the sec­ opinion that the deed is illegal, in that
tor where the body was found the of­ it is unfair to the child and deprives
ficer was identified.
him of the rights of heritage, as pro­
The graves’ registration corps was vided in papers of adoption. In the
organized by Col. Charles C. Pierce, a event of the death of Mrs. Wilson be­
former Episcopal rector in Philadel­ fore the boy is of age, officials said,
phia, who continued at its head un­ he would pass as a chattel and be­
til his sudden death in Tours, France, came part of the estate, if the transac­
May 16, 1921, three weeks after the tion was held legal.
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D isplay A dvertising
Single insertion, each in c h ........... 30c
YEARLY CONTRACTS
D isplay A dvertising
One tim e a w eek........... ,,......... 27 %c
Two tim es a week...................... 25 c
Every other d a y ......................... 20 c
Local R eaders
Sach line, each tim e .................... 10c
To run every other (Say for one
month, each line, each t i m e ,. 7c
To run every issne for one month
or more, each line, each tim e .. 5c
C lassified Column
One cent the word each time.
To run every issue for one month
or more, %c the word each time.
Legal R ate
First time, per 8-point lin e ......... 10c
Each subsequent time, per 8-
point line ..................
5c
Card of t h a n k s .............................fl.0 0
Obituaries, the line ...................... 2 & c
Fraterm d Orders and Societies
Advertising for fratern al orders
o r societies charging a regular Initi­
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ligious and benevolent orders will be
charged the regular rate for all ad
vertlsing when an admission or other
charge is made.
W hat C onstitutes A dvertising
In order to allay a m isunderstand­
ing among some as to w hat consti­
tutes news and what advertising,
we print this very Simple rule, which
;s used by newspapers to differenti­
ate between them : “ALL future
events, where a s admission charge
is made or a collection is taken IS
ADVERTISING.” This applies to
organizations and societies of every
kind as well as to individuals.
All reports of such activities after
they have occurred is news.
All coming social or organization
meetings of societies where no
money contribution is solicited, initi­
ation charged, or collecton taken IS
NEWS.
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JOB WORK
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TH E FR ANK LIN PR IC E LIST
Same prices— reasonable price—
to all
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon,
ustofflce as Second-class Mail Mat-
HE.X iu doubt, choose a suit.
L \e r rejdy, in gucd taste for
almost »-wry occasion, it re­
mains pre-eminently women’s s'urnch-
est ally in the m atter vf smart ap­
pearance.
Top a tailored suit with a fetching
hat, grace it with the companionship
of a brilliantly-colored vestee or per­
fectly-matched blouse, tune to it the
new strapped sandals with modish
hose, wear with it the best of gloves
and “it must follow as the night the
day” that aristocracy of fashion is the
reward.
/
As to the silhouette, straight-line,
unbelted models are favorites, such
as our illustration sets forth. When
belts are worn, for quite a few Rus­
sian blouse effects are noted, metal
girdles, or entrancing Interweavings
of gay-colored patent leather, enelr&e
W
not the waist line, but the hip Una.
Which means that low waist effeets,
to the point of exaggeration, are ap­
proved.
Regarding fabrics, it gladdens the
heart of us to know that our early
love, broadcloth, Is reinstated in the
favor of best designers both in this
country and In Paris.
Among the novelties, ctre (waxed)
braid is a favorite. The. suit illus­
trated has four rows, two by two, of
the new embossed cire braid, which,
by the way, is the last word in fash­
ionable trimmings.
Poiret twill in
navy blue is fashioned along the new
straight lines in this model.
COPTUMT W VOUMN MCVSMKt UNMM
N ation ’s F irst B u dget
000, a decrease of nearly $500,000,-
The United States governm ent, for 000 from the 1922 estim ates. It
the first time in its history, has a congress hews closely to the line and
budget system. For the first time really effects this substantial reduc­
tion in- governm ental outlay, then
the president has presented to con­
indeed will the budget plan be hailed
gress appropriation estim ates pre­
with keen satisfaction by the Ameri­
pared under the budget law. The
can taxpayer. It is generally con-
system was inaugurated several
i ceded th a t the system, theoretically,
m onths ago, following enactm ent of
■ is sound. It rem ains to be demon­
legislation by congress creating the
strated w hether or not It pans out
new order of things in conducting
well in practice.
,
the nation’s finances. Its develop­
ment, under the vigorous direction
of General Charles G. Dawes, has
been watched with keen puSfic in­
terest.
This departure in m anagem ent of
the nation’s governm ental affairs
should be treated as non-political.
Both political parties have advocat­
ed its adoption. Members of con­
gress representing both parties vot­
ed for the measure when it came up
for enactm ent. It is essentially a
QUALIFICATIONS.
business project, from which politics
"Do you think women would make
good soldiers?”
should be divorced.
f they were as persistent In bat­
The budget estim ate proposed for tle “I as
In argument they would be
the fiscal year 1923 is $3,505,000,- Invincible.”
Local Celebrities
Public Forum
The P u b lic Forum colum n is a
m edium for th e exp ression s o f
T idings readers. A rticles su b m it­
ted for publication m ust not ex ­
ceed 4 0 0 w ords. V iew s exrpessed
under th is h ead are not to be con­
fu sed w ith th e ed itorial opinion o f
the new spaper, th e T idings being
w illin g to allow p resen tation of
both sid es of any q u estion except
p olitics and religion.
Editor Tidings:
I wish to make a correction as
kindly as possible. There was an
article in the Tidings yesterday,
signed by S. Patterson, statin g noth­
ing will convince the mayor until he
has an expert farm an acre of ground
to find out the am ount of w ater re­
quired for th a t acre. I pever sug­
gested or advocated an expert farm
of an. acre or any num ber of acres
to determ ine the am ount of w ater
required.
C. B. LAMKIN.
T o ta l
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For Xmas
Choice Chocolates
Holiday Cigars
and Tobaccos
The Plaza
Junior High Notes
B reak fast Bacon, 35c; B a m s, 35c;
Shoulders, 2 5 c ;
Steaks,
25c;
Lard,
R oasts,
15c;
All
14-ltfc;
The fourth grade of the Junior B oilin g Beef, 20c; W eenies, Ham­
high won the trophy cup offered for: burger and Sausage, 2 0 c; Tur­
the grade selling'the most Red Cross k eys, 4Oc; C hickens, 3 0c.
stamps.
Mildred Johnson sprained her
ankle Sunday, so th a t she was un­
able to atten d school Monday, b u t '
J. M. GRIMSLEY, Prop.
returned Tuesday. She is the third
one who has had to attend school I
with crutches.
The following were promoted to Charles Tilton and Frank Moore,
th^ next spelling class for receiving eighth B to eighth A.
one hundred per cent for the third
This week the eighth B cooking
month:
Helen High and Jam es classés are m aking candy for the
Pinion front sixth A to seventh B ; , Parent-Teachers association to sell,
Lester B arnard, Fonney Jordan, to raise iffoney för a piano for the
W ard Jennings, Thelma Henry, Ma­ H awthorne school.
rie Davies, Mary Elmore, and Alice
Reitfer, from seventh B to seventh
It takes a fool to tell a lie and a
A; Mary Galey, Lova Buchanan, sm art man to get away w ith it.
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