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lips GREED RUINS
PINK PEARL PLOT
What Is II? steals Gem Old
Dir. FcllOwcs Put in Oyster
for Bird Millman.
MAHOrT CAPTURES THIEF

rs one dropped into ones place at
the luncheon Of twenty covers given at
Madison Square Garden yesterday in
honor Of J. Rittenhousc Iip. the only
original What Is IT, OF Barnum
Baileys circus, one noticed, inadver-
tcntly, that the magnificent pink pearl
presented to old Dr. Dexter Fcllowes by
fhineas r Barnum In the year 1864. the
very year old Nj. Fcllowes was induced
by y r 10 take charge Of the publicity
department Of the show. WAS missing
from the old gentlemans scarf.
Ordinary courtesy prevented one from
abiding to the absent pearl Times
have been hard i'rcss agents have
many calls upon their all too limited
funds But somehow the subject Of
pearls wandered into the conversation
IS one attempted to catch the drift OF
j. Rittenhnusc Xip's elegant discourse.
as he shOwcred the SPARKS or his wit
over the luncncon company one heard
Wild VIII Wilhen. old Dr. fellowcs' =
assistant saying nonchalantly
We hiv. with us, gentlemen, Miss
Hird Millmdn. Need say that Miss
Nllmau IL tho pearl uf thc circus "
among our collection Of jewels. Victoria
Davenport Is the cleaning emerald and
Miss Lupita pcrra at my left Is the
flashing diamond, Miss Millman must he
referred 20 as the pearl
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great pearl somewhere along his line
Of flight.
And as one went away from the
Garden to face the blizzard one heard
Willie wilken's sad plant
THE Eva Tansuay OF the circus, 7
say The darnedest rotten luck ] ever
had Figured on getting a little pub
licity out Of the stunt and now look
az II 20
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Large SRvina In Power.

The hackers Of this daylight moNi"
say the saving in power effected by
putting the camera behind the screen
and fairly close to Il Is the most 'T-
potant feature of the invention to the
theatre owner. Ordinarily, Il is claimed,
only about one-third TO one-hIlf the
power nDw used Is needed to project
da Wight pictures.
How is all this ACCOMPLISHED Merely
by n different screen from the sort
now employed for movies and b. plac-
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Exit oyster Plus 2tp.


ken reached simultaneously FOR the sixth
~ ster. but !. Rttenhousc Zip. Who had
been growing more and more agitated
~ his impr, sSlunahlo mind became
affected with the general excitement
anticipated them, snatChed tho sixth
oyster from Miss Mlllman's plate, gava
= low, thin cry Of JOY and dartcd from
the luncheon room
with the entire company IN pursuit
! Rttcuhouse He'd into the great hall
WAY Of me Garden. thor into the arena
and then 10 the Fourth avenue side
disappearing momcutariy into tho cell
lar. AS one painted through the tanhark
one inquired ~ Willie Wikcn what u
was all about
~" darncd freak has run away
With DoN's big pearl the one = T
gave HIM Course We had II planted
IA Miss Milman's oyster. bur the grl
spoiled everything Talk about Eva
Tanguay, Blame tho luck Who'd a -
thought she would eat every oyster hut
the very one VIC mad the big pearl
cached i'm I'm through They can
have my job any day Its he'll OF q
nfr! Here We figured on n big story
and now We wont get darned thing
In the papers
hoarse yell from tho cellar an.
uouncCd that J. Rittonhouec had bee r
tr, "d or run to earth. One hardly
dared glance at br. FelloNcs as on"
spriutcd down tho runwav leading 10
the elephant lines, Tho old gcntle-
mans agitation vas too pitiful. III had
aged years IN y quarter of an hour.
And then all of sudden one ran
hump against Bll Mooney, head ma o.
bout ~ Birnum & Railcys elephants,
aud Bill with one hand, was holding
l.,r I. -
the neck. while with the other hand
he was inspecting rather mussed up
oyster he had just pried from Rittcn.
houses fingers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04
EUROPE BEATS U.S..
IN PROLONGING LIFE
Prof. Irving Fisher Says This
Country Lays in Fighting
Organic Diseases.
ALARMED BY NEGLECT

ro:ro~. April 3.---Dr. Irving Fisher,
rrofessor Of political economy at Yale
and chairman Of tho hygiene reference
,,ard Of the Life Extension Institute,
New York city. made an address to-day
,.fore the Century club on The Com
ne Health Movement"
lie pointed out that while human life
~ been lcngthened four times as fast
n Europe ~ during the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries this Is not true OF
he United states. which IL tagging
behind
IN Europe life has beep heightened
,hou, seventeen years per century. In
m, United states. taking the Massa-
chusetts statistics AS typical. the rate
/, only fourteen years per century.
Prof Fisher says the poorer showing
of,hls country Is largely due to a neglect
to Aght chronic or dcgeners'ive diseases
with sufficient vigor. He urges that .
crusade ne started for personal hygiene
such q crusade as the country has CON
drcted In behalf of public hygiene against
communicable diseases
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To ell the exact truth ones suspicious
were aroused as Miss Mulman dclicatcly
sS'lll-wcl first one oyster. then another,
ri~clug her plate from left 10 right But
ts Mis- Millmau continued TO surround
her oysters and nothing whatever hap
p,Ucd 10 indicate that Mr.. Wiikcn was
trying to put one over suspicion fed
away. Miss Millmar. having reached the
SIKH aid last oyster, breathed a little
sigh Of content and laid down her fork
"Dh. Miss Mlllmtn-Rrdie 80 cried
NJ Wilkeu and pr. Fellowes. You
surely have not finished this course 80
Thank you. so much" said the Pearl.
Il have had enough, really. | don't care
much for oysters anyway, YOU b. ow.'
Right there one observed that old Or.
Fcliowes and the lad Nlkcu were
strangely agitdted. All conversation At
the table ceased suddenly ard tho COM
pauy stared at he veteran press agent
ard his Young helper. Gone was their
iu.oucianrc. their aplomb ana thcir sa-
yoir fare. one WAS actually startled
when ~ Fc.lowcs ordinarily the most
deserved and tsctful Of men. burst out
with
But, Birdie, You must cat tho re-
naming oyster. You don't know what
YOU are doing She doesn't know what
she = doirg-docs she. Wilkcn-"
Won Will excuse me. Mr. Fclowcs, &"
said Miss Millmdn. rather Coldly, ore
thought II do not care Tor aIy more
oys cls, please do not insist :"
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Race Between Tendencies.

"The truth is We are Witnessing
race between two tendencies. "A re-
ductol OF the acute or infectious dis
Eases. such as typhoid. and an increase
n the chronic. or degenerative diseases.
sucn as hardening of bhe arteries and
Rrght's disease. Such "A process bids
he average life span into "A net loss
en- very soon.
The situation is especially alarming
'of us To- the United States because this
tendency toward degeneration seems TO
he more IN evidence here than else
where. I'm England. Wales. Prussia. Dem
mark, sweden. France and other coun-
'ros both the death rate from organic
I!seas,s and the general death rate
-bove the age group 1870 have either
decreased or remained stationary dur
nE tho last thirty years.
the deCeneratiye diseases in Eng
and. 'oI Instance. are remaining sta
onary and the expectation of life after
Middle age is also stationary, while In
sweden We find the expectation of M,
Increasing At all ages. There even the
"naE'nsrians ~ TO-DAY hav" more Yeas
10 live than did those Of former days.
In the United States, on the otner
ard, as we have already noted, the
''c of life lenEthcuing is less than that
y Euron" as q whole, and thr stats
IFS show that tho expectation OF III.
n'el middle age IL distinctly declining
VIII" there H. an uminous increase n
'A' death rate from the chief degenera.
I'VE Diseases
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Tho Life Tables.

Prof. Fisher address follows in part !.
~, was once believed that human
mortality followed an memorable law
But this old idea of an iron law of NOR.
,slity has been utterly abandoned We
know now something of the possibilities
Of increasing the length of life.
In my report on national vitality for
the Roosevelt Conservation Commission
a summary of European life tables shows
mat human life heightened during the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries at
the rate OF only four years per century {:
that during the first three-quarters OF
the nineteenth century It heightened
about twice as fast. and that since that
time II has been frightening more than
four times as fast, or about seventeen
years per century.
IN the United States. IL We may
take the statistics Of Massachusetts as
TYPICAL. life is icngthening at the rate
Of fourteen years per century. Accord
ms 10 these figures We have already
accomplished great accelcration in the
length OF life
This Is and should he very encour-
3elng. but IL also contains large e,e-
nent Of gloom. When We examine our
vital statistics We find that this gain
has come largely through efforts in enc
direction. II is the result Of the fight
which has been made in recent years.
especially by our boards of health.
against communicable or infectious dis
eases as distinct from the chronic or
Hegenerative diseases
But there is need of another kind
of effort also. There is need Of a sim
larry vigorous fght against the deg.n-
era,ive diseases. by the degenerative
diseases is meant those which ~
in the degeneration or wearing out OF
he vital organs. II may be difficult
always to distinguish between infectious
and dcgenerative diseases. hut that there
Is a broad distinction cannot be doubted.
our vital statistics show us that
Will. the loss Of life after middle age
rom degeneration has increased. the
loss Of life after middle age from in
fsctous diseases has decreased
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
Miss Watson Not
Mary Pickford

Referring to the report quite gen.
orally in circulation here, as we'll as
in many other places. to the effect
that Mary Pickford and Reatha Wat
son are one and the same person on
the moving picture screen, let me say
that the error occurred first by
reason of the fact that they formerly
played together for the same COM
pany, exchanging work at times with
out indicating it on the show-house
bills. So much alike do Mary and
Reatha act and look on the screen
that the exchange was seldom discov-
cred, even in Los Angeles, where
both are so we'll known. Thus it
occurred that Reatha has frequently
been seen in the pictures as Mary
Pickford. w. w. WATSON.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
Will Navigate
Rogue River

A. Aubery of Grants Pass is build
ing pair of boats in which to
transport ten tons Of freight down
the river to Wrinkle bar, six miles
above Mule creek, in Curry county.
The freight is to consist of mining
machinery and supplies for the pla-
Ger mine being operated there by
Seattle parties. The boats being
constructed are each forty-one feet
in length, six feet in width on the
bottom and of eleven foot beam.
Mr.. Aubery will make two trips down,
taking one of the boats each trip.
Owing to the low stage of the water
only five or six tones will be carried
at trip. Six men will accompany
him to aid in manning the craft. At
ter reaching the destination the boats
are broken up and the lumber used
for other purposes. The boats are
being constructed near the old power
house on the north side of the river,
and will be completed about the mid
die of the week. The voyage down
stream will be commenced as soon
thereafter as the freight arrives in
the city, it now being due.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
CUNINTINS SAYS WILSON
TURNS BACK PROGRESS

A vigorous attack upon President
Wilson's influence on legislation and
on the sentiments expressed in the
presidents Indianapolis speech was
made by Senator Cummins in the
course of debate on the administra-
ton ship purchase bill.
"One of the most reactionary and
dangerous proposals ever made pub
lic," was his Characterization of the
bill. The presidents speech he at
tackled at length. 'Its effect has
been and will continue to be to
strengthen the republican cause" he
said. II predict it will pass into his
tory as a lamentable attempt of a
president to forget the courtesy and
dignity always looked for in one who
occupies the most exalted office in
the world and the dismal effort of
man of mature age to change the
habit of lifetime in order to win
momentary applause.
He declared it to be his deliberate
Judgment that takes, as a whole,
the course of the president has, in
two years, turned back the hands up
on the dial of progress so far that
his party will not again be trusted
with the timepiece of the twentieth
century"
At length he attacked the presE
dents influneee on congress and
said with the exception of the tariff
law, all measures of general. interest
considered since the beginning oi
his administration had been initiated
in the White House or in the office
of cabinet minister.
Somehow the spirit of our insti.
tutions has been transformed" said
Senator Cummins, "and the legis.
lative branch of the government has
become a mere recorder. What
the president really wants is . {
journal clerk instead of a congress-
The attitude of the executive, the
senator asserted, was medieval il
it's character and destructive in it!
tendency"
Senator Cummins attacked all o.
the principal reform measures O
the democratic administration ant
said If the shipping bill should be
come law, I'VE will have imposed
upon the. people the most reaction
ary, indefensible legislation which
so far as my knowledge goes, hal
ever appeared in congress"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
Spray Plant at
|, Phoenix Burned

The California Rex Spray plant
at Phoenix burned about $3.50 Sun
day morning. The building was to-
tally consumed. The blaze was plain
ly visible from here. Two box cars
which were standing on the plant sid
ing were burned also. The Shasta
Limited stopped and the engine crew
tried to rescue the freight cars, but
were unable to do so.. This plant
has furnished a great deal of the
spray for the valley orchards. The
cause of the blaze is unknown, but
everything seems to point to some of
the knights of the road who have
been using the building for sleeping
quarters. The amount of the loss has
not been announced. All of the West
ern Union wires were out of commits
sion for some time on account of the
fire.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
DUPLICATION OF MANY
REPORTS TO BE CUT OUT

A bill has been introduced in the
house by the committee on railroads,
providing that all reports with rela-
ton to accidents or deaths occurring
in the industries in the state shall
be submitted to the State Industrial
Accident Commission. Under the
present law such reports are now also
made to the labor commissioner, and
IL the accidents or fatalities occur in
railroad work they must also be sub
mitted to the State Railroad Commits
sion. Should the bill pass it will
eliminate this duplication of reports.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
CONSPIRACY MEASURE
RETURNS TO COMMITTEE

Miss Towne's first bill, that maxi
ing conspiracy against the state or
any of its subdivisions felony, was
sent back to the committee for re-
vision, as many of the members OBJ
jected to the severe penalty provided.
Some of the members stated that
they would not support. the measure
unless the penitentiary sentence were
eliminated, and Miss Towne spoke
for the bill, explaining that it was
similar to law now on the federal
statute books.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
ladies of the Maccabees Elect Offic-

ladies of the Maccabees Elect Offic-
ers.
Margaret Hive, No %, Ladies of
the Maccabees. have elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Commander-Jennie Brady.
Lieutenant Commander-Odes
Foltz.
Past mmander-Virginia Shaw.
Finance Auditor-Josephin Wal
lace.
Record Keeper-Sarah Cox.
Official Prompter-Frances Da-
mon.
Chaplain-Nora Walrad.
Observation-Disclosures Lane.
Sergeant-Elva Rouse.
Sentinel-Anna Hensley.
Picket-Elsie Crowson.
Color Bearers-May Austin and
Mary Mcneil.
Captain of the Guards-Della Cor
ham.
The four new members who have
already been initiated this year are:
Mrs. Rebeeca Jones. Mrs. Parl NAL
lett, Mrs. Ida Jennings and Mrs. Jes-
sic Coates.
Following the initiation a sumptu-
Gus banquet was served, welcoming
the new members.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
d Balcony Circle
F. L. CAMPS saws that the Portland

F. l.. Camps says that the Portland
auto show was the best ever. He
saw two eight-cylinder cars there and
says that they were some class and
almost as good as a Ford. He at
tended a banquet at the Portland
Commercial Club at which dealers
from all over Oregon were present.
About 500 dealers took in the show.
Mr.. Camps will have new mechanic
here this week.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
Union Meetings Making Headway.

InSon Meetings Making HeadWay.
The union evangelistic services af-
ter four weeks of work at last seem
to be making headway. Last night
at the Baptist church three men made
their way to the front, thus acknowl-
edging Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
And one or two others indicated their
desire to become Christians at the
mems meeting in the Presbyterian
church in the afternoon.
The wind and rain last evening
lessened the usual Sunday evening
crowd somewhat but there were
more young people and more who
have never openly confessed Christ
than at any other meeting, and all
who were there enjoyed Pastor Val
landingham's message on the peace
of God that passeth all understand
ing. This peace of God, like the At
lantic ocean in some places, in un-
fathomable, and it is like the cush-
ions of the sea. There are many
people who are i'll at ease, whose lives
are full of unrest. There is unrest
of the mind, or unsettled conviction.
There is unrest of the heart, or un-
satisfied love and longing. And
there is unrest of the will, or unset
tied resolutions. Now the question
arises, how can these unsettled states
in perfect peace whose mind is stayed
on Thee" AS we come to Know God
we trust in Him; and in perfect trust
the mind, heart and will find peace.
And knowledge of God comes to men
through His word and through a
prayerful walk with Him. So the
speaker of the evening urged men to
get their eyes off themselves and to
look up to God; to Lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and to run with pa
thence the race that is set before us,
looking unto Jesus the Author and
Perfector of our salvation"
Cottage prayer meetings will be
held every day from Tuesday to Fri
day at 3:15 at the following places:
Mr.. ellison, 376 B street.
Mr.. Hardy, 81 Gresham street.
Mrs. Barrett, 1S0 Factory street
Mrs. Van Zandt, 179 Oak street.
Mrs. w. Matthews, lis North Main
street.
Mrs. Farmer, 1161 Boulevard.
Mr. Holly, 242 Granite street.
lie is desired that all who wish will
come to the home that is nearest and
spend one hour in prayer and praise.
Meetings every night this week at
the Baptist church at 1880.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01

Harry Hosler. VIII Mitchell and
Chi Pierson went down to Rogue Riv-
er last Thursday and returned with
twenty-seven cutthroats and steel
heads from twelve inches to twenty
six inches long. On Sunday Hosler,
Pierson, Costello and Charley Hecker
went down and all had good success
except Chi. who lust simply couldn't
hook EN-" They report several 9TH
ers from Ashland as being seen along
the river.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
Medford w. c. T. U. Entertains jack
son County Organization.


Thursday, January 2S, the Med
ford w. c. T. U. entertained Jack
son county's organization in the M.
E. church at Medford. The morning
session was devoted to business. The
superintendent for the different de-
partments were appointed and Mrs.
Grace Holmes elected vice-president.
A night letter was sent to Repre-
sentative Towne urging her to vote
no on bill 1872; also letter was sent
to our congressman and senators at
Washington protesting against the
amendment of the postoffice appro-
priation bill and any measure that
would curtail the freedom of the
press.
A committee twas appointed to
look up the bill before the house per-
tanning to the shipping of firearms to
warning nations.
At noon a good chicken dinner was
served to the delegates and visitors.
Fifty were present.
The afternoon session was called
to order by the president, Mrs. Lydia
Howell. After the devotional the diff
ferent unions told of the work they
had done and the help they have had
through the press and otherwise.
The members of the local w. G. T.
U. who attended were Mesdames P.
Ashcraft. H. P. Holmes, Stoner,
Woods and Shobel.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01
Ashland FavOrS
( Bureau Of Mines

A large and enthusiastic gathering
of mining men met at the CONNER
cial Club rooms last Friday evening,
the purpose of the meeting being to
protest against the proposed abolish
ment of the bureau of mines and ge-
ology A committee consisting of c..
B. Watson, F. G. McWilliams, ]. L.
Corbett and o. l., Young, who were
appointed at preliminary meeting
last Wednesday, to draft resolutions
to be sent to Salem. reported and
their report was accepted.
Mr.. Lamb acted as chairman and
several prominent men were called
upon for talks. o. L. Young, ]. L.
Corbett, G.. B. Watson, F. G. McWil-
liams and others were among the
speakers. G. B. Watson, o. L. Young
and A. l.. Lamb will go to Salem in
the interests of the mines bureau.
Meetings have been held in several
other Oregon towns, Baker and
Grants Pass being especially active in
favoring the retaining of the bureau.
Grants Pass will send big delegation
to Salem.
Mining men have declared that the
state bureau of mines has accom-
plished five times more work for the
state than the United States bureau
in one-tenth the time at one-third the
cost.
Instances were pointed out where,
by one bit of advice, the members of
the bureau brought saving of more
than the annual expenditure by the
state. At Cornucopia, mining men
declared, the advice of A. NJ. Swart-
ley had resulted in saving $25 900
more gold every year.
The following resolution was sent
to the legislature:
Whereas it has been made known
to us that there is an effort being
made in the legislature assembly now
in session at Salem, Ore, to withhold
any appropriation of money from the
Oregon Bureau of Mines and geology
of this state, and
Whereas the mineral resources of
this state constitute one of its great
est assets, greater than horticulture
or any other one of its great and var
led resources, and
Whereas properly developed and
Exploited this great resource will aid,
stimulate and greatly enhance every
other resource and business interest,
and
Whereas the Oregon Bureau of
Mines, like similar organizations in
every state and country where such
resources are sought to be developed,
is absolutely an essential organiza-
tion to exploit and make known to
the world the existence, character and
location of all mineral substances,
and to stimulate the development of
the great mining industry of the state.
Therefore be it resolved, That we
earnestly protest against such action
as is being proposed, and we earnest
ly and feelingly urge that an appro-
priation of $25 200 per year be appro-
priated by the present legislature for
the support of the Bureau of Mines
for the next two years, and that a
copy of these resolutions be furnished
to each of the representatives in the
Legislature and that we urge every
honest effort to avoid such course as
is now being threatened"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-02-01

Mrs. Blalock entertained a number
of her friends last Thursday even
ing. The evening was spent in an
interesting name contest and with
music. Refreshments were served.
Those present were Mesdames H.
Enders. Terrence, Elmo Neil, ]. j.
Murphy, NJ Murphy, Carl Harris, Carl
Murphy, F. Dodge, and Misses Pearl
Wiltshire, Ruby Palmer and Madge
Eubanks.