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AID UNCLE SAM'S
ASHLAND, Sept. 3 The follow
ing are a number from Ashland, or
who formerly lived here, who are
now serving the government either In
a military or semi-mllltary capacity:
Col. John L. May, formerly South
ern Pacta train dispatcher here, now
at Camp Wlthycombe, Clackamas, as
commander of the Third Oregon.
Capt. Thomas Hammond, recently
ordered from the Philippines, and as
signed to the. general stuff of the
army at Washington, D. C. He Is the
son of A. P. Hammond, deceased, for
merly postmaster here, and a brother
of Mrs. J. H. Turner of this city.
Capt. Clyde A. Malone, of First
company, recently promoted as adju
tant on the staff of Col. Creede Ham
mond, commander of the Oregon unit
coast artillery.
Andrew J. McCallen, captain in
fantry, in camp at American Lake.
Formerly of the First National bank,
Ashland.
Vernl V. Mills, second lieutenant
coast artillery. Fort Stevens. Recent
graduate of University of California.
Son of Mrs. Ella Mills.
"Walter B. Phillips, second lieuten
ant field artillery, Fort Sam Houston,
San Antonio, Texas. Grandson of
the late E. K. Anderson.
William Brlggs, second lieutenant
cavalry, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Brlggs.
C. M. Summers, Jr., Company D,
117th California engineers. At Palo
Alto, ultimate destination being
Charlotte, N. C.
Clyde E. Gray, first lieutenant field
artillery. Fort Myer, Virginia. Grad
uate Ashland high school, 1S87. A
Spanish war veteran.
Don Spencer, first lieutenant coast
artillery, Ashland company. Fort
Stevens.
'Donald Rice, Identified with Red
Cross ambulance'corps, headquarters
Eugene. Also attending officers'
training school, San Francisco.
A. T. Eddy, Jr., first lieutenant
coast artillery.
Crlt Tolman, Jr., Curtiss aciation
school, Bufralo, 'N Y.
Lewis Irwin, cavalry and infantry,
having served In Hawaii. Vancouver
barracks, In line for assignment as
first lieutenant. Alvi Irwin, United
States cruiser Helena, stationed In
Chinese waters. Both are sons of A.
L. Irwin. i '
Horace Badger, enlisted In south
ern California for service In regular
army. In New York, subject to duty
overseas.
Lieut. -Commander James Moore of
the navy has been assigned to Bhore
duty at the navy yard, Charleston,
S. C. His latest service at sea was
on the cruiser New Orleans. Ills
brother, Frank Moore, Is a first lieu
tenant of Infantry, campted at Amer
ican Lake. Both boys were brought
up In this town, and are sons of Mrs.
S. J. Evans residing here.
Seml-mllltary assignments Include
Dr. J. P. Johnson, medical corps; O.
H. Sneed, elcctrlo department; Earl
C. Weaver, engineering corps; W. W.
Ussher, paymaster's department, all
being located for the present at the
Bremerton navy yard.
The first Ashland recruit reported
from overseas Is Oliver Morton,
mechanician, who when heard from
was at an English port on the way to
France.
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SENT BY GOMPERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. Samuel
Goinpers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, has sent this
message to Charles W. Bowerraan
the'labox member of parliament who
recently visited this country as a
member of Great Britain's war com
mission: "Permit me to add a word of sin
cere greeting, those of the American
Federation of Labor and through
your congress to the great rank and
file of the workers of Great Britain
and the democracies of the world,
"The righteous "cause for which
our movements anil our countries are
engaged In this world struggle must
be triumphant', for it Is writ in the
skies that the end of autocracy is at
hand and the world will be made
safe and better for labor, Justice,
freedom and democracy. The Amer
ican Federation of Labor delegates,
in addition to attending the British
trade union congress, will participate
In International labor conferences of
the trade unions of allied countries,
to bo held In London September 10."
C. Brownsteln, a Portland dealer
In scrap Iron, arrived In Med ford on
Monday.
AMERICANS FILL
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ROME, Auff. 15. (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.) "The
gap left by the withdrawn! of Ger
man nnd Austrian merchants from
Italy is gradually being; filled by
American products," said IT. P. Ben
ton, an American who litis for many
years been manager of one of Italy's
largest department stores," but if
Americans wish to hold this trade
they must get around to extending
credits and entering to the trudc) by
making small-lot stiles.
"I do not mean that Americans
should do business like the German's,
because they can't. German busi
ness wub often a losing proposition.
The loss was made up in many cases
by direct subsidies of twenty-five per
cent to firms pushing Germnn goods.
1 know personally of a big fir mill Mi
lan that handled German hosiery. By
having this line of goods manufac
tured in Germany in its own shops in
stead of in Italy, it received this sub
sidy nnd therefore underbid not
only Italian but English competitors.
"So you see, the vaunted German
business methods were not really bus
iness at all. I think this subsidy ar
rangement must explain why the Ger
mun turned out such a lot of poor
grade goods. His big object was to
make sales under all circumstances.
The more sales the more subsidy.
"Now, at present America is the
only country which can supply many
of the articles needed here. There
fore, if the wholesalers demand cash
at New York, the Italians must pay
or go without the goods. But this
system does not tend to build up
steady trade. So soon as these mer
chants get the opportunity, they will
buy in France or England, or else
make up the goods themselves, as
they are already beginning to do. Also
it must be remembered that there are
no large combinations of merchants
here, that it is a country of samll
stores, and therefore, wholesalers
must be willing to sell in small lots.
In reply to inquiries, an American
firm will send over a handsome set
of literature nnd nsk for an order of
thousands of the article in question
when the buyer has only a dozen in
mind.
'1 think the Americans who have
looked over the field realize that
Italy is really virgin soil commercial
ly, and offer big opportunities for the
establishment of manufacturing
plants backed by foreign capital and
worked by Italian labor. From this
point of view, a thorough under
standing of the Italian mentality is
necessary and possibly n long cam
pnign of education to prove to the
workman that the employer's inter
ests arc his interests. At bottom,
the Italians are good hearted, kindly
people and if you get their good will
your way is much easier. One must
be cautious in making contracts, nnd
not take their little tricks too seri
ously. SAN JOSTSEEKS
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SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept. 3.
Churches were canvassed Sunday by
temperance advocates to secure sig
natures to a petition which Is to be
presented to the city council tomor
row night asking that the council
members either call an Initiative elec
tion or vote the saloon out of busi
ness. Approximately 2700 names
were necessary to call an election.
The canvass was made by a commit
tee headed by business and profes
sional men.
The proposed ordinance would per
mit restaurants to sell malt and vin
ous liquors between 11 a. m. and 9
p. m., with meals costing a minimum
of 20 cents. It would not permit the
sale of any liquors, including whis
ky. In wholesale houses, which are
limited to six In number and provides
penalties, including a jail sentence
for second offenses, for violations.
Any one may have any kind of liquor
In bis home and may give It away,
by provisions of the ordinance.
GENEVA, Sept. 3. The 8wlss san
itary authorities at Basel and all
along the German frontier are tak
ing measures to prevent dysentery,
typhus and scarlatina, which prevail
In Rhino towns,' from entering Switz
erland. All travelers coming from
Germany are required to undergo a
medlral examination.
The epidemics are said to be due
to Insufficient nourishment.
HERE'S THE BIGGEST FAMILY ON EARTH
"Wouldn't Trade Places With Rocke
feller, Says Father of 23 Cham
pion Parents of the World Are Re
ceiving Their Big Family Today for
Their Thirty-sixth Wedding Anni
versary. .,B YJ, HERBERT. DUCKWORTH. .
(Staff Special.) ,
CANAAN, Me., Sept.: 3, The big
gest family on earth Is today gather
ing at the farnihouso-of Charles Dickey
and hla wife, (Mary, tho champion
parents of the world.
Twenty-two children aiid 1G grand
children will sit down to celebrate
the 36th wedding anniversary of the
Dickeys. There will be only one va
cant chair; Mary, the eldest daughter,
died recently."
I have just spent a day with this
remarkable family. Their story Is an
eplo of a man and woman's heroic
struggle with poverty In order to
live their life according to the Bible.
Starting with nothing but good health,
for 36 years they have literally lived
off the land In one of the most un
promising parts of Maine, and bavo in
creased and multiplied and been hap
py. Eeach one of the 23 children waB
born singly. There have been neither
twins nor triplets. Farmer Dickey is
now 68. His wife Is 60. Both look
many years younger.
Dickey has had a tremendous fight
for existence. He knows It, but has
no regrets. He loves not only his own
children but all children, more than
any other person I have evch met. He
Is as tender to the present youngsters
of his flock as a young mother to her
firstborn.
"My parfents died young," he told
me, "and I had to face the 'four winds'
alone. I went to farming down at
Clinton. At 22 I married. My wife
was 14. We started housekeeping with
$160 In the bank, $-10 in my pocket,
one horse and one cow. I now have
22 children, 15 grandchildren, 3 cows,
3 horses, 3 good shouts, 2 heifers, a
calf, 42 chickenss, 40 hens and a
good little farm of 160 acres. Can
aan's been my Promised Land!
"After eight years In Clinton I
swapped with my brother my farm
there for this one. He threw in a
load of hay and I paid him $120. 1
moved up to Uk'bo hills with eight
young children In January In a snow'
storm. When we arrived, neighbors
took in the. children to keep them
warm, or they might have died.
"I bad to work hard all my life.
I've never had what you city people
call any amusement. My amusement
Is bringing up the children right. Ms
big boys don't smoke or drink, and
my girls ate all sweet and good. Ask
anybody in Somerset-co.
"God meant man to work by the
sweat of his brow, and women to bear
children to her sorrow.
"I have never owed a cent In ay
life. Some get all the money; others
all the happiness. I wouldn't chin;'"
places with Rockefeller for anything
Nor would my wife,
"We never grumble, and we figure
that God will never ask us to do
more than we can bear."
Mrs. Dickey has been the "business
manager" of the family. When tey
bad 14 children living at home they
consumed 16 barrels of flour a year.
Every morning for many years she
has risen at 5 o'clock to bake nine
big loaves of bread and two big cakes
for the day's use.
The children have always worked.
Sometimes they collect $250 worth of
wild berries In a season, Most of
the farm produce Is consumed at home.
Just enough Is sold to buy sugar, tea,
coffee, shoes and clothing.
The Dickeys "lay down" 600 pounds
of pork every full to supply meat for
the winter.
The township had to put up a spe
cial 8choolhouso for the Dickey chil
dren. Mrs. Dickey "rests" as she calls
It, between 7 and 11 In the evening,
after the. children have gone to bed
In thos hours sh dos all th swing and
plans the next day's work.
moxmovtii ronmiorsK, x.
J., Sept. ;i. Unqualified suport of the
government in the war was urged of
every United States citizen, native
nod nuturulizcd, today by Speaker
Champ Clark in n Labor day address
here on the famous revolutionary
wnr.lnttlicficld.
"No nation will long endure, or de
serves to endure, that docs not pro
tect nil il citizens, wherever they
may lie, on land or sea," declared
lie.
Praising President Wilson's recenl j
reply to llw Jnpe s proposal, the
sxnkcr said it "will be read fortver
and forever,"
lliliife
Tho Dickey family of C
BREAD FOR PARIS
PARIS, Aug. 5. (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.)
Firmly resolved as they are to sub
mit to any sneril'ice to ensure vic
tory, the Parisians have shown far
more pnssivc resistance to limitations
of bread and amusements than to
any of the many restrictions that
they have to endure. At one time, in
order to economize lighting and coal,
the theaters .were closed two nights
a week and movies were cut down by
several shows. This regulation very
soon quietly dropped out of observa
tion nnd theaters, music halls nnd
cinemas resumed full time operation.
It is true that it was vaguely under
stood that no place of entertainment
should nso more lighting and heating
during the seven days a weok than it
had during five, but thus was merely
a way of .saving the. face of the au
thorities who had made the regula
tion. '. ' .
As for bread, the war began by
nibbing tlie I'arUiim uH" his little
rolls nnd crescents which he was con
vinced 'was tiie only civilized firm
of taking tho day's first meal, 'l'.en
it took, away his fancy bread mid
now tho last straw, il has taken away
white; bread altogether, leaving him
a brown .substance with a very hard
crust which covers a doughy and in
digestible inside, which so recalls his
own description of the German K. K.
bread that he blushes when he re
calls his brilliant witticisms on the
subject during the first year in I he
war.
The "Official Journal" has ,jul
published the decree regulating the
making mid consumption cf breai',
nnd explaining how Hie bread cards
will operale when Ihey come into use
next October. The decree is very
long and very complicated, and docs
not rend ns if il will he workable in
practice. Children from one year to
six are allowed two-thirds of a
pound of bread n day. Kvcryone
above six years can have 1 1-10
pounds.
'In all holds and rcstniiranls," the
decree reads, "bread must be count
ed separately nnd only be served in
slices at one cent each."
Bread cards will be in duplicate,
one to be relained by the bread ealer
nnd the other to be deposited with
the baker. Any baker selling fresh
bread, or bread not made with regu
lation Hour, will have his allowance
suppressed for n month.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 15.-,
A member of the Devon regiment In
chnrge of a Maxim gun section, who
was severely wounded before Hag
dad, writes from tho Cllve Hospital,
Bombay, to his udeje here:
"What was our surpriso on enter
ing Bagdad. I went In on a stretcher
to find a number of American la
dles awaiting us. ' A few wore' the
Hod Cross badge, but I have not been
able to find out how the others got to
llngdad before us, because I was
moved down soulh quickly. How kind
they were to the wounded! I believe
they bought up the whole bazaar of
fruits, flowers, sweets, tobacco, etc.,
and worked hard In the heat. Hut
as long as I live I shall never forget
an Iced drink ot clear, wholesome
water an American girl gave me when
I was suffering from fever. I have
never tasted nectar, but I think that
was It. Think of Ice, after a march
through a hot, sandy region! Many
a British officer and man will remem
ber those kindly American ladles who
have saved many lives."
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FOR SEPTEMBER 13
ASHLAND, Sept. 3. At n meeting
held hero on Saturday afternoon to
arrange preliminaries for tho annual
reunion of the pioneers of Jackson
county, it was decided to hold the
reunion on Thursday, Sept. 1.1,, in
l.ithiu park this city. A departure
thij year will bo an old-al'shioiied
bnsket dinner, served either on the
park grounds, or in the Bungalow if
the weather should he unpropilious.
Consequently a reminder is in order
for all to bring ulong the well-filled
"dinner-pail."
F. D. Wagner is chairman of the
committee on program, details con
cerning which will he annunoced lat
er.. Mrs. Sylvester Patterson is
chairman of tho dinner committee
and Miss Rose Patterson chairman
of committee on decorations.
George W. Dunn is president of the
association; Mrs. 0. M. Grainger,
vice-president; Mrs. U. M. Garretl,
secrelnrv-treusurcr of Ashland dis
trict. These officers nrc of Ashland.
Miss Minnie Dox of Jacksonville j:
scrctary-treusiirer of districts out
side of this city.
Ti.'i reunion will be held on one of
(ho same days us the old soldiers'
gathering hero next week, but it is'
not thought Unit this will interfere
wilh urrangements inasmuch as quite
a number will have all opportunity of
attending both events.
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PAY0.SC. I
WASHINGTON, Sept. .1. Repre
sentative Sinnot has been udvised by
Land Commissioner Tallman that the
government has decided alter fur
ther consideration to pay lo tl(c land
grant counties of Oregon all nccrucd
taxes, penalties and interest up to
the date of passage of (he land grant
act, June (I, .11)1(1.
No puyinenls will be allowed beyond
that dale, however, Hie theory being
Hint by Ihe act the lands reverted to
the government on Juno !) last year,
and government lands are not laxable.
In light of today's announcement.
Ihe Chamberlain bill, which recently
passed the senate, would give to Ihe
counties only accrued penalties since
June I), and as these would be pen
alties against the government the
house public lands cominillee will mil
favor the passage of I he bill.
STATE'S AGENTS AVER
KELLY HAS CONFESSED
LOG AW, Iowa, Sept. 8. Oa the
eve of his trial for complicity in the
famous Vllllsca nxo murders of 1912,
Rev. Lynn O. J., Kelly, Itinerant
preacher, It waB announced today by
J. K. Hlsdcn, state agent, signed an
unqualified confession that ho had
slain eight persons with an nxo and
then through) his counsel, mndo a
comploto repudiation. Tho repudiat
ed confession was made early Friday
morning, In the presenco of Attorney
Genernl II. M. Havncr, Sheriff M. I).
Myors of Harrison county. Deputy
Charles Atkins, J, K. Rlsden, stale
agent, and J. J. Hess, Council Bluffs
attorney.
In his statement. Kelly admitted
that a sermon, "Slay Utterly," caus
ed blm lo kill. A voice which ho be
lieved to bo the voice of God led nnd
guided him In his crime, the preacher
declared In his confession.
Later In the day, Friday, J. A. Mc
Kenzlc, of tho legal firm repreientlng
Kelly, went to Logan nnd visited the
preacher In his cell. McKenzIo then
said Kully completely repudiated the
the father and mother.
confession. Judge A'. L. Sutton, of
Omaha, of Kelly's counsel, says the
confession Is not worth the paper It Is
written on. Drastic "third degree"
methods wore used by state author
ities to get tho signed statement from
Kelly, Judge Sutton doclares.
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LONDON, Sept. 3. The Petrograd:
correspondent of the Times predicts
trouble In consequence bt the treat
ment of the Cossacks by the provis
ional government and cites the state
ment that the rights and privileges'
of the Don Cossacks, consecrated, by'
many centuries, have been cancelled,'
their pocullar elective offices abolr'
lshed and government commissaries
substituted. Under this order. Gen-'
eral Kalebln, the Cossack command
er, becomes a simple soldier, and at-1
ter the Moscow conference, at which
the anti-Cossack campaign began'
openly, a personal altercation oc
curred between Premier Korensky and
General Kalebln.
The Kuban, Terek and Orenburg
Cossacks have not yet been affected'
by the new order, but according -to
the correspondent, the blow .that
strikes on Cossack must be felt byi
all the twelve armies adhering to'
the Cossack league, and It is to be
expected that they will not tamely
sumblt. i
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