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The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06

London. The German campaign
against Warsaw continued to develop
but the advantages gained were SC
slight and the Russian resistance was
so strong that the situation gave rise
to the belief that the Kaiser's forces
are hampered by lack of ammunition
The German attack assumed the
greatest intensity in the advance on
the Bug River. In this region the
attacking forces lost 10000 men,
many of them falling before violent
Cossack charges. At Orr the Ger
mans are %retreating and are in Ian
ger of being surrounded and a~nn1h1lat-
ed by the enemy.
The Austrians are reported every
where falling back before the Italian
onslaught. They are preparing to
~evacuate their first line of defense in
the Isonzo region from Travilnolo to
Avisia. In the Tyrol the Italians are
forcing the Austrians across the rail-
way.
Though the assault on Warsaw has
been moving slowly, previous expert
ence with German tactics has been
that a temporary slowing down usual
ly is followed soon by greater efforts.
So when Field Marshal Won Macken-
sen has completed his present opera
tons in the southeast, Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, it is expected, will
renew his assault on the Narew front.
For the moment, therefore, the
greatest interest attaches to the south
east where, according to Berlin's Off
cial report, the Germans have extend
ed their b~ridgehead positions south of
Warsaw; the Austrians have gained a
decisive success to the west of Ivan
gorod, and Won Mackensen, after
meeting with considerable resistance,
has broken the Russian line east OF
Leczna and north of Cholm.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, comman-
der of the allied forces in the OAR
danelles, records a successful attack
by the Australians and New ealanders
on the Turkish trenches, which has
placed them in possession Of the crest
of a hill near their lines.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06
License plates Scarce.

License FiateS scarce
Notwithstanding the statement OF
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Dill that there are plenty of license
plates to be had, it is a fact, never
theless, that it was practically i'm.
possible during the week for the own.
er Of a new a to get either license
plates or applications for the driY.
ers' examination at the locSl bureau,
according to reports received from a
number of local dealers. Apparently
the licensing bureau has also run out
of temporary license taks, as a num-
Der of cars were noticed in this Sec
ton with old, hand-painted cardboard
tags on their cars.
This is contrary to law, but one
motorist who was held w by a traffic
officer, said that he was unable to get
temporary tags, and the bureau did
not know when any would be avail
able. His business compelled him to
use his car, he said, even if it was
contrary to law to do so, and the
fault did not lie with him. The scare
ity of plates has worked a hardship
on some of the dealers, who are held
up in the final payments for their
cars until the purchasers have secur-
ed their tags.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06
Ask Exemption Of Prison Job.

The Civil Service Commission has
been asked by the Board of Prison
Inspectors to exempt from the ex-
animation the position of fiscal agent
at the State prison. Joseph P. Nc.
Cormick, of Bayonne, will get the po-
sition in the event of the exemption
is granted.
The commission will hold a public
hearing on Tuesday, September Z,
here on the request. Mr.. Mccormack
was supervisor at the prison until his
position was abolished about a year
ago..
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Proper Thorohts.

We can stop working, stop playing,
stop eating, but thinking runs On;
even in u sleep our minds pursue
courses begun in wakefulness. On
what are We thinking? Is God in our
thoughts? Are we planning to please
him? Let US ask the Holy Spirit to
help us bring every thought into cap
tiyity to the obedience of Christ.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06

The royal commission of England
reports that In that country the feeble
minded are increasing at twice the
rate of the general population. The
importance Of providing, by the estab-
lishment Of additional institutions and
the completion Of those under way,
for the custodial care or control Of a
greater number of feeble-minded cam
not be overestimated Averments OF
Amos w. Butler Of Indiana, to the eff
feet that feeble-mindedness produces
more ~pauperism. degeneracy and
crime than ang other force. that it
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06
VIENNA GETS REAL BREAD.

Arrival of Abundant Wheat Flour
Gives Zest to Victory Celebration.
Berne.-Vienna now has two sourc-
es Of profound satisfaction, one being
that the population is no longer oblig-
ed to eat bread with an admixture of
maize -four and the other the fall of
Lublin.
Considerable quantities of German
wheaton -four have lately arrived and
the price of -four is now lower in Wen
ma. Rejoicings over the fall Of Lublin
continued all through the day.
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CALLS WARSHlP HINDENBURG.

Kaiser Honors Marshal by Naming
Cruiser After Him.
Notwithstanding to a dispatch
from Berlin, received by Rueter's Tele-
gram Company by way of Amsterdam,
the battle cruiser which has been
known as Ersatz Hertha, and which
was launched at Wilhelmshaven, was
named by order of the Emperor, Won
H~indenburg.
This e battle cruiser is of %, 900
tons. She was laid down in July,
1913.
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touches every form Of charitable 40
tivity. that it is felt in every part
Of the state and affects in some way
all the people, and that its cost is be-
yond comprehension, may be quoted as
the best argument for the policies ad-
Yocated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06
AGAIN SEEK SMALL BOARD.
Mercer County Voters Weary Of
F~reehoIders' Control.


The voters of Mercer county are
determined to take another crack at
the large Board of Freeholders. Pc.
titions are already in circulation and
enough signers have been obtained to
make certain the submission to the
voters this fall the adoption or re,
lection of the small board act.
Mercer county adopted the small
board three years ago, and it had or.
ganized and proceeded to business
when the law was set aside by the
Courts. The large board for the last
few years has made more enemies in.
stead of friends, and the result was
that when the small board petitions
appeared there was no trouble getting
signers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06
GEAR SPURS ON HIS TROOPS.
Anniversary Order Says Russian

Anniversary Order Says Russian
Forces Must Not Lose Hope.
London.-On the first anniversary
of the war the Car issued an order
to the Russian armies and navy, ac-
cording to Rueter's P~etrograd CORE
spondent.
The Emperor is quoted as saying
that, Notwithstanding the efforts which
have covered the Russian standards
with fresh glory, the enemy has not
yet been broken and that the Russian
'orces must not lose courage.
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Useless Tree Yields Rubber.

A species Of tree of unlimited
growth in Natal, heretofore regarded
as worthless commercially. has been
found to yield . juice that contains
rubber in large quantities.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06

The Christian doctrine of immortal
ity is not, properly speaking. an ex-
pectation of another life after death:
it is a conviction of the de~athlessness
Of life.-Rockwell H. Potter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06
F. l.. CLARK
Carpenter & Builder

Brick, Stone, Plastering, Cement and
Concrete Work.
Stag, Tin, Slate and Tile Roofing.
Bell Hanging and Locksmithing.
Alterations and Additions a Specially
Plans and Specifications furnished on
request. No Job too small or large for
US to estimate on.
SHOP-Deiaware Ave. & Main ST.,
Bell phone 43R-II Penns Grove, NJ.
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Names Several Road inspectors.

y Ft0N1 fHoFtNlVT0
State Road Commissioners Edwin A.
Stevens has appointed several road
and bridge inspectors under the new
act placing such inspectors under
civil service and taking them out Of
politics.
The act was passed as a result of
the disclosure of the State road probe
conducted last year by the a~ppropria-
tons committee, with Senator Hen
messy, of Bergen, chairman. The men
appointed all passed the recent civil
ervice examination and stood among
he highest
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06
Need Not Pay student,s Fare.

Assistant Commissioner of Educa-
ton Enright has dismissed the appeal
of c. w. Blue. of Cliffside Park, from
the refusal of the Board of Education
of Cliffside Park to pay the trans
portation expenses of Mr.. Blues son,
Robert R. Blue, as a student at the
High School at E~nglewood.
Mr.. Blue, the father, took the po-
sition that the State Board of Educa-
ton had not approved the Cliffside
Uark course. and it was compulsory
upon the Board of Education of Cliff
side Park to pay the sons expenses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06

Field Secretary Frank A. O'Con-
nor, of the State Board of Taxes
and Assessment, will visit and ex-
anime into complaints of assess
ments made by taxpayers, under
a new plan of adjusting and equal
izing the work of taxation in New
Jersey. 1t was announced by Lucius
T. Russell, president of the Board
Of Taxes and Assessment, in a state
ment given out by him along with
a copy Of a letter SEN to the near
ly five hundred assessors IN the
State.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-08-06

Supreme Court Rules on Inheritances.
The Supreme Court has just set
aside the assessment under the col
lateral inheritance tax act levied by
State Comptroller Edwards against
the estates of Matilda H. Smith and
Jane M. Smith. sisters, of Pittsburgh.
The Assessments were upon the stocks
which were passed as requests by
the wills of the sisters.
The Supreme Court sets the as
sessments aside upon the ground
that the inheritance tax does not
apply to inheritances between sis
ters.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
Auto Pilgrimage
Season Starts

One of the first automobile parties
of the season to cross the Siskiyous,
coming from the San Francisco ex-
position, passed through Tuesday for
the north, two cars being in the
party.
The autos left Dunsmuir at 1880
a. m. Tuesday. Everything went well
until II a. M, when ten miles from
the Oregon border soft road was en-
countered. The leading machine be-
ing a large and heavy one, mired, and
it required four horses two and a
half hours to get it started again.
After crossing the border the road
over the Siskiyous was found soft in
places.
The California car had w. B. Gaff-
ney of Seattle, Wash, his two daugh-
ters, Albert Dresler, a newspaper art
list, and George Eshigoshima, the
chauffeur Another car owned by
w. Young of Vancouver, B. c., fol
lowed from the same place. Both
cars are headed for Portland. Albert
Dressler's last work was book OF
fifty comic views of San Francisco
and the exposition.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
HObO'S Diary Makes
Good Reading

Two unwelcome tourists arrived I'm
town one day last week and being
both hungry and thirsty broke into
h. V. Carter's residence and stole n
bottle OF milk. The gentlemen were
rounded up by the police force and
placed In the city cooler. Being of
a musical temperament. they enter
tanned the business men of the Plaza
district with harmonious selections
at irregular intervals during the two
days of their interment a mysteri-
GUS looking document was found on
one Of the milk stealers. Being writ.
ten in shorthand, it was necessary to
call In one of the high school short
hand students, who translated the
document. II was found to be
diary and contained an account OF
the owners activities since the first
of the year and makes interesting
reading. That petty thief's life is
not one of unalloyed joy is,shown by
the fact that about two-thirds of the
past three months was spent either
In jail or in the hospital. Some very
interesting transactions of a Walling-
ford nature were recorded. One OF
the most interesting was that in
which he sold a kodak case full of
rocks for eight dollars and the kodak
for three.
The two gentlemen, who gave their
names as Bert Williams and Clarence
V. Mcmahon, were released and sent
on their way after a stay of three
days as guests OF the city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
Shasta Hits Auto;
Kills Occupants

Four children were killed outright
and man was injured so badly that
he lived less than twenty-four hours,
when the northbound Shasta Limited
train of the Southern Pacific Com
pany struck an automobile in which
they were riding in the outskirts of
Creswell Sunday morning at 9:25
o'clock. The dead are:
Frank E. Sly, aged 60 years; Reu-
lah Morss, aged 13 years, daughter
of Sherman Morss; George Robinette,
aged years, son of Henry Robi-
nette; Doris Treanor, aged Z years,
and Vincent Treanor, aged 6 years,
son and daughter of r. w. Treanor,
all of Creswell.
Neither engineer nor fireman OF
the Shasta Limited knew there had
been an accident until the train had
slowed down north of Creswell for
the repair of hot box, according to
the assertions made by the trainmen
upon their arrival in Portland. II
was then the bent bars of the cow
catcher and shreds of human flesh
bespattering one side of the engine
were noticed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
Two More Trains
After May 10th

Effective May 16, the Southern
Pacific will inaugurate an additional
passenger train in each direction be-
tween Portland and San Francisco,
southbound, leave Portland $50 a.
m, arrive San Francisco $40 p. m. ;
northbound leave San Francisco II
p. m, arrive Portland s a. m. Trains
will carry day coaches, diner, tourist
and standard sleepers. No. II, pres
ent Roseburg local, will leave Port
land $3.50 a. m. There will be no
other important changes in train SER
vice on the main line.
The exact time of the new trains
arrivals in Ashland is not known but
will probably be during the early
evening.
The announcement of the addition
al trains comes as welcome news to
local railroaders as it will necessar.
lily mean work for more crews out OF
here,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
Vaudeville At
Lyric Sunday

A big show for a small admission
is Mr.. Lawrences offering at the
Lyric Theatre for next Sunday and
Monday evenings. An orchestral con-
cert, the regular picture program and
an act of top notch vaudeville go to
make up an attraction which will no
doubt pack the house. The weekly
concerts put on by the Lyric eight
piece orchestra are becoming a
looked-forward-to event to the people
of Ashland.
Bert Bates and Andy Matthews put
on a twenty-minute vaudeville sketch
which is billed for the big cities.
Clever comedy, rsgtime piano selec-
tions and comic cartooning make up
their offering, and any one who does
not get enough laughs out of the
twenty minutes to lengthen his life
couple of years, is beyond hope. 4
complete change of vaudeville and
pictures on Monday evening.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
Head Of Albany
Chautauqua Here

w. H. Lee, president of the Albany
ChautauquaNwas in the city Monday
in the interests of Albany College, of
which he is a member of the faculty.
While in Ashland he conferred with
President Billings of the local assem-
bly,. The. Albany assembly has prac-
tically the same program as the Ash
land program with regard to the
main lectures and entertainments
The Willamette Valley assembly
holds forth from the 9Th to 14th Of
July.
In line with the extension work of
Albany College, in which Mr.. Lee is
at present engaged, being the head
of the department of education, he
visited the local high school. He was
shown through the building by Su-
perintendent Briscoe, and states that
1t is one of the best that he has seen
in the state. The beauty and practi-
cability of the building won the visit
or's admiration.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
H. S. Ball TOSSerS
Win First Game

The Ashland high school baseball
team won the first game of the seas
on at Central Point Saturday in a
fast but slightly lopsided game. The
locals gave an excellent account of
themselves both in batting and in
fielding. Lilly starred, playing a per-
feet game in the field and securing
several hits.
The high-schoolers go to Grants
Pass tomorrow and will play in that
city tomorrow and Saturday. The
first game on the home grounds will
be played one week from Saturday,
in all probability. Coach Klum is
confident that his bunch of ball toss
ers have it over anything in this part
of the state and may arrange a game
with the best of the high school
teams from the north providing the
boys can go through the season un-
defeated. Baseball is the only branch
of sport in which the Grants Pass
high school ranks with the other
southern Oregon schools. Reports
from that city would indicate an ex-
ceptionally strong team this year and
the locals look forward to a couple
OF hard-fought games in the jose
phine county metropolis this week.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
S. P. Officials
Here Monday

Chairman Greer of the springs wa
ter commission returned from San
Francisco yesterday after a confer
ence with the Southern Pacific Off
cials on the matter of thirty-Gay
stopover tickets on through traffic
after the first of July. Also he took
up the matter of park improvements
with John McLaren, who will come
here within a week to landscape the
park.
On next Monday General Passenger
Agent f. +. Batturs and Allen Pol
lock of the hotel department of the
Southern Pacific Company will spend
the day in Ashland going over the
hotel and transportation situation
with the springs water commission.
At the same time Ellis F. Law
renee, director of the School of
Architecture of the University of Ore
gon, will be here and consult with
the commission on the type of archi-
lecture to be employed in the foun-
talns and necessary park buildings.
He comes at the instance of the uni
versity without cost to the city.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
Charter Election
Monday, May 3

If work is to go forward in the
park it will be necessary to pass the
proposed charter amendment Mon
day. The writer has heard of little
opposition as it is well understood
that the amendment is only to cure
legal defects which will make it legal
to apply funds arising from the bonds
issue to needed park improvements.
1t is not now known just what strong
opposition will develop against the
measure, but - behooves all friends
of the proposed development not to
forget vote Monday.
If the charter amendment is car
ried the work will go forward at
once. If it fails it will be impossible
to do the park improvement until
such time as the money can be so
legally expended.
Let everybody vote Monday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29

One of Americas greatest singers
will assist him.
Nels Darling of Oklahoma, the
town expert and community builder.
This man, Nels Darling, who is ex-
pounding the doctrine of better mer-
chandisins, better city management,
better community interest and kin
dred subjects, as a chautauqua and
lyceum lecturer, had the misfortune
TO be born in an ordinary frame
house. Darling was not long in
warming up to his subject. Hard,
cold facts, that fairly stung, were
taken cheerfully without a chaser, at
least when the joke was on the other
fellow. seldom in Ord has a more
powerful speaker addressed a more
interested audience" Darling pour
ed the hot shot down our backs for
two hours, He grabbed us by the
neck and wung us up and down until
it seemed that we were all in, and
| then left us and grabbed the other
fellow. Oh Darling is all right, and,
as he said in the beginning of his
lecture, You will remember these
things after l am gone. All his
time, summer and winter, is sold to
the close of 1919.
DR.. Roland A. Nichols discovered
Harold Bell Wright, now the most
popular writer of fiction, when he
was homeless, friendless, unknown
young man of twenty-five, recognized
his talent, believed in his possibili-
ties, took him into his own home as
a member of his family and for two
years paid mis- expenses to Hiram Col
lege. Later he read the manuscript
of the authors first book, suggested
the title and introduced him to his
publishers. All who have heard him
speak in highest praise of his THE
Man Worth While" 1t will readily
be seen that Roland A. Nichols is
Iabundantly endowed by nature, train
ing and experience for his work or
the lecture platform. While there
is deep, inspirational purpose run,
ming through all his lectures, yet ht
is fully aware that the element of en-
tertainment must be so blended tha
while i serves to illumine his sub
ject the audience is kept alert ant
eXpecatnt His bumor is natural an,
irresistible, his impersonations tru
to life, his narrative and dramati
powers thrilling, his voice deep an,
resonant.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-29
Deliberations Of
Council Are Quiet

The city council convened Tuesday
evening with ell present but Council
man Werth. City ELECTRICIAN Strick-
land, Street Commissioner Fraley.
Sexton Walrad and Chief Porter were
present at the opening of proceedings.
Mrs. 0. H. Johnson was also present.
Mr.. Werth arrived and took his Gus
tomary chair a few minutes after the
session opened.
Recorder Gillette read his monthly
report for March, which was accept
ed.
A petition was read from the board
Of directors of the Auxiliary of the
Women's Civic Improvement Club re-
questing free water and electric lights
for their club house, The council
granted the request and the club will
have free light and water during the
time of occupancy of the present club
home.
Christ Geuckel made application
for position as caretaker of Mountain
View cemetery. Referred to proper
committee.
A petition was read from Benton
Bowers recommending that the coun-
Gil place notices along the Boulevard
prohibiting the pasturing Of cows
along the Boulevard and stating that
several people had been tieing cows
to the newly planted trees, breaking
them and feeding off the foliage.
There is an ordinance covering
matters of this kind and the chief of
police was instructed to put an end
to the practice of pasturing cows
along this street.
A petition from residents along
Scenic Drive, formerly known as
Woolen street and Prospect street,
requesting that certain properties be
vacated so that the street could be
properly graded, was referred to the
street committee.
Councilman Ware then came for
ward with recommendation from
the street committee in regard to the |
matter, 1t appearing that the COM
mittee had already looked into the
The council recommended
the vacation of the property mem