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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
Motor Stealing.

Many automobiles have been stolen
recently in Washington, and the police
are kept busy looking for cars that have
been taken without the authority Of the
owners, some from garages and others
from street stations. Much Of this Is
the result of the carelessness of motor
owners in not locking their cars securely
when they leave them. Devices are to be
had which will prevent thief from max
ing away with the car unless he breaks
the apparatus. Indeed, there are meth
DDS by which it is impossible to move
a machine without possession of the key
fitting a particular lock, and the device
cannot be so broken as to release the
machine Most car thieves merely take
advantage of the neglect Of owners or
chauffeurs to make any sort of fasten-
ing upon leaving their machines. A
clever motor thief can work practically
without detection with cars in thie con-
dition. The pursuit and discovery of
stolen cars is q most difficult matter
With false license numbers cars can be
taken quickly out of this jurisdiction
and disposed of in other cities before
they can be traced. Mere joy riders,
who borrow cars for pleasure runs with
out any intent to steal them, are cause
of great annoyance and frequently Of
much loss to the car owners, but they
are not so dangerous as the professional
thieves, who are looking for motors that
can be marketed. Doubtless there are
"fences" in the larger cities where these
stolen cars are sold. The police Of this
country should cooperate in an effort tc
locate these places and destroy them by
prosecutions. With the market for
stolen cars eliminated there is but lit
tie incentive for the professional motor
thief to operate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
A Milk Inquiry Necessary.

Official interest in the milk question
should not be relaxed with the apparent
passing of the menace of a strike on the
part of the producers Of Maryland and
Virginia. It should be keen on behalf
of the consumer to assure him against
an unnecessary or unjustifable increase
in the retail price to be charged for this
commodity.
As The Star has heretofore pointed
out, the consumer should be reckoned as
one of the parties to the bargain making
negotiations. He should not be ignored
as an inevitable victim of whatever
prices the producers and distributors
may elect finally to arrange between
themselves. He should have repre-
sentation at meetings between these par
ties to the milk equation.
The Commissioners are in position
to demand of the producers and the dis
tributers that they submit their case to
a fair, impartial commission Of citizens,
who can hear the facts as to increased
prices at the farm and in the dairy
depots, and determine whether higher
rates at wholesale are justifiable and
whether, if they are exacted, higher re-
tail rates are necessary.
+ Such commission could not, Of course,
enforce its findings, but it would go hard
with the milk producers and dealers if
they undertook, in the face of a report
against advanced rates, to mulct the
public in increased prices not justified
by conditions. There would be no sue
cess for an effort at extortion. IF, on
the other hand, the higher rates are war
ranted by the increased prices at the
farms and in the dairy depots, the pub
lie would submit without demur to the
imposition Of higher prices at the door.
It would have to do so. It would have
no justification for Directing.
The trouble with the matter as it
stands today is that the public knows
too little about the real conditions of
the milk trade. Let the matter be
thrashed out in the open, in public hear
ing, before a commission of business
men named by the District Commits:
sioners, or before the Commissioners
themselves, if they can spare the time
for such work. Then everybody will
be informed and there will be no ground
for complaint or suspicion Of extortion
if on the strength of that showing high
er prices are judged to be equitable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
18th st. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Mexico in the Campaign.

Secretary Bakers sensation will take
the place of one that had been expected
from another source. For weeks gossip
has played around the conference table
at Atlantic City. Keep your eyes trained
on the joint commission. Something is
Matching there which will emerge from
the shell just in time to help Mr.. Will
son at the polls on election day.
But this gossip will fade away in the
presence of Mr.. Bakers announcement
He has definite information, confirmed
from other sources" showing that it is
= Mr.. Wilson's enemies who are cooking up
an eleventh-hour scheme. They are to
fall either upon some uhdefended local
.rity on the American side of the border,
9Hor on Gen. Pershing's outposts in Mexico,
and thus emphasize afresh the horrors
of the Mexican situation.
:, Strange about conditions in northern
= Mexico. We are asked to believe that
- Villas force does not exceed two thou
sand men; that they are poorly mounted
.,and armed; that unless they fight under
his eyes they fight with no success; that
he has no plan of action; that he is here
: today and gone tomorrow.
Now, if this is true, Villa cannot be
much of a menace where CarranZa has
p sixty thousand soldiers on one side Of
the line and we nearly hundred thou
y sand on the other. Should not so large
:. number be able to take care of so
small numbers
= IF this is not true; if Villas force is
large enough and well enough equipped
to constitute real menace, then, clear
jy, Carranza's power in northern Mex
=. leo has, been greatly overstated by his
~ friends at home and his supporters in
This country; And if his power in
northern Mexico has been overstated,
= what shall be said of the claims put
forward for him as to southern MexieoP
Carranza is Wilson man, and Wilson
a Carranza man. They are playing into
each others hands as we'll as may be;
: and If Mr.. Wilson is reelected Car
;. rama will consider his position, what
ever it is, greatly strengthened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
The Old-Paper Collections.

The children Of Washington have
been given a most valuable lesson in
conservation of waste these past few
days in the success of their paper-sav-
ing work suggested by The Star. With
the approval and cooperation of the
public school officials they have been
collecting old papers and magazines
from homes and taking them to the
school buildings, to be sold in bulk for
the benefit. Of the Fairgrounds fund.
Rivalry between the various school
buildings has developed in race to
make the largest showing. The young
sters have taken hold of the idea with
Characteristic energy and enthusiasm,
and have collected several tons of old
paper, for which there is an assured
market, with the result of an addition
Of several hundred dollars to the fund
for the maintenance of the public play
grounds. Yesterday a check for 1878
was drawn in favor of the fund as a
| ICSulb VI tAo llIot uNO udy VI pdDcT COl-
lections.
These collections by the school chill
dren do not exhaust the stock Of old
papers, by any means. There is still
an abundance for the charitable organi-
cations which in part maintain them
selves by old-paper sales. The daily output
of the local newspapers here is far be-
yond the quantity gathered by the chill
dren in the first five days. If every old
paper in Washington had been collected
and taken to the schools by the children
the available hauling facilities would
have been overta1ed to remove the ac-
cumulation.
The real value in this work lies in the
encouragement Of the habit Of saving
that is i1rulcated in the children. There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
Parkway Opportunities.

Surveyor Hazen, in his annual report,
. recommends the extension of Piney
Branch parkway and the acquisition of
- Klingle road valley as supplements to
the park system, the former to afford
a parkway connection with the municipal
hospital and the latter to connect the
park systems westerly. If these areas
:, are not acquired for this purpose soon
= they will be gradually spoiled for park
uses by dumpings and the destruction
of trees. Already dumping is in prog
-ress along the Piney Branch valley, and
in a few seasons it will be ruined for
possible park purposes. This land is
not needed in the residential develop
ment of the suburban district. There is
plenty of land elsewhere. But it is not
fair to the owners of these tracts to
hold them indefinitely under possible
presumption without action by Congress
They are more definitely suited to park
purposes than residential, as in their
present state they need heavy filling
that would cost enormously if under
taken directly, and will require years
if done indirectly as a result of i'm
provements elsewhere. Yet with every
load of dirt and trash that is dumped
info one of these valleys, with every
tree. destroyed, the value of the tracts
for park purposes is lessened. Mr.
q Hszens recommendations along these
. lines are sound and should be pressed
upon Congress for action at the coming
session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
Woman Suffrage.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
In recent years millions of persons.
formerly indifferent or ,antagonistic,
that. as an abstract proposition. wom-
an lie entitled to all the rights Of 'citi-
zenship enjoyed by man. These put
aside altogether the question of the
desire of weman tor the franchise, as
well as her ability to exercise it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

Each presidential. candidate has taken
the work Of campaigning so vigorously
in hand that the chairman Of the ma
tional committee occasionally looks like
an innocent bystander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

On the morning after election each
candidate will have his own opinion
about how far it is safe to trust the wis
dom of the -plain people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

1t is question whether even Henry
Ford's wage boosting system could be
made to work fast enough to keep up
with the modern price boosting systems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

If the purpose of the U-53 had been
to terrify the democrats with hints Of
warlike possibilities, it would have Sc
lected Asbury Park as landing place
instead Of Newport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

Iconoclasts may succeed in having
George Washington remembered only as
the man after WHOM great city, great
state and a large number of children
were named.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

War news from Europe continues to
read as if rival censors were taking turns
!. in controlling the expressions in the
bulletins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

If Congress, can. be kept up to the
speed it showed on the Adamson bill,
it ought to get through an enormous
amount of work next session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
Russia Does Not Know It.,

From the Chicago Herald.
Muensterberg says Russia will seek
q ssparatespeace before sfripg.@ II is
only fair to Russia however. to state
that she seems wholly unaware Of her
intention. a,s.ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

Mexican leaders get no credit for
keeping out Of war and introducing
|.promiscuous riots as substitute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

: Carranza has not anything like the
excuses for running away that Villa has
survived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

Prom I'm sssEttle fsst- Iat<iiigsneer.
Apparently the Mexican joint COM
mission has tntrenched for the winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Comedy and Pathos. -.
"a man looks comical when he pro-
poses"
eyes," replied Miss Cayenne. "He's
fortunate if he can let it go at that
and not look pathetic after he is mar
RED" '--' ,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

In Mexico.
In Mexico the light guitar .
Was sounding meath the palm;
A lady smoked black cigar
With manners coy and calm.
Upon the, fragrant cigarette
The toreador would pull,
While uiatadors drew NEAR to fret
: A patient, placid bull.
In Mexico the palm they shun
And seek the cactus growth,
More than guitars they prize gun,
Though some may carry both.
As they acquire; through town and state
A predatory fame,
The bull fight has gone out Of date
Because it was too tame. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27
A schoolyard Victim.

A Schoolyard Victim.
Oh, once was too proud to fight,
AS naughty as could be;
That's why the boys with great delight
Would always pick on me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

Frontal Measurements.
Don't you admire o high browp
eyes; unless the expanse of brow is
due mainly to condition of swelled
head"
George Washington was de father of
his country" said Uncle Eben; cam he
aim de only father whose folks got to
thinkin' dey knowed mo- dan he did"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-27

"You seem to attach great importance
to the secret ballot"
az do. It's what enables silent voter
to claim after election that he voted for
the successful candidate"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
Grant t-BOner.

Word comes from Los Angeles of
the marriage of Mr.. Alexander Bruce
of that city and Mrs. Bella Boner on
Tuesday, November 7, 1916 Miss
Boner left this city for Los Angeles
several weeks ago, but the marriage
comes as a complete surprise to her
host of Ashland friends. The cere-
mony was a private one and was Per-
formed by the Rev Russell F..
Thrapp OF the First Christian church
of Los Angeles. Mrs. Boner was at
tended by DR.. Gail K. Kerby Of Ash
land who is visiting in Los Angeles
Mrs. BoLor is well known in the
Rogue River valley, having come to
Ashland in 1913 from Philadelphia,
Pa, She is a graduate nurse and has
followed her profession in the valley
for nearly four years, having made
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
COUNT IN IDAHO is SLOW
Returns Are Widely at Variance, But
Trend Towards Wilson.

Boise, Idaho, Nov THE count in
Idaho is exceptionally slow, Scatter
ing returns are widely at variance,
but the vote in the state capital trends
towards Hughes,
However, incomplete returns from
the state at large show President Will
son leading by substantial plurality.
For the goyernorship, Alexander,
democrat, leads by narrow margin
over Davis, the republican candidate.
An exceptionally large vote was
cast all over the state.
In southwestern Idaho Robert n.
Dunn is strongly in the lead in the
non-partisan race for justice of the
supreme court. C, A. Elmer, secre-
tary for the republican state central
committee, claims Idaho for both
Hughes and Davis.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
Chautauqua Club Elects.

e On Friday afternoon the Ladies
Chautauqua Park Club held recep-
tion, and elected the following of
ficers for the coming year. Presi-
dent, Mrs. Ralph Billings; vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. f. G. McWilliams; treas
urer, Mrs. Nell Evan; secretary,
Mrs. Jennie Greer.
A happy social hour was spent in
making plans for future work, after
which delicious refreshments were
served.
It is the verdict of the entire men,
bership that Mrs. Sylvester Patter-
son, the retiring president, was one
of the most efficient officers and the
most diligent worker the club ever
had.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09

HUGHES IN THE
LEAD IN OREGON.
Single Tax and Beer Amend
ments Appear to Have
Been Defeated.

Portland, Or, Nov. Charles e.
Hughes probably has carried Oregon
for president by a plurality that may
reach $4,000.
Hughes is leading Wilson in Multi
nomah county by a narrow margin.
Hughes is maintaining a good lead
in most of the upstate counties. He
appears to have carried Benton,
Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos,
Crook, Gillian, Hood River, Klamath,
Lane, Lincoln, Marion, Sherman, Til
lamook, Wasco, Washington and Yam
hill counties. His lead in Clackamas
is small.
Wilson is leading in Baker, Douglas,
Jackson, Jefferson, Linn, Morrow,
Umatilla, Union and Wallowa coun-
ties
w. C. Hawley has been reelected
representative in congress in the first
district and N. ]. Sinnott in the sec
ond district. Both are republicans.
C. N. Macarthur, republican candi-
date for congress from the Portland
district, is maintaining consistent
and apparently safe lead for re-elec-
tiOn over A. w. Lafferty and John A.
Jeffrey, the democratic nominee.
Ben w. Olcott has been reelected
secretary of state.
Frank A. Moore, of Columbia coun-
ty, and George H. Burnett, of Marion
county, have been reelected justices
of the supreme court by substantial
pluralities Both are republicans.
John d. Mickle, of Portland, was re-
elected dairy and food commissioner
The single tax amendment was over
whelmingly defeated Every county
reporting has given decisive vote
against it,
The brewers bill likewise has been
showed under. The margin against it
is large in the outlying counties.
The absolute prohibition bill is run
ming close upstate, and the result on
this measure is in doubt. Unless
Multnomah county goes heavily
against it, this bill, which would pro-
hibit the importation of liquor, may
carry.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
Lincoln Statue
Presented to City

With ceremonies in which over
900 school children and as many
grown people took part, a marble
statue of Abraham Lincoln was form
ally presented to the city of Ashland
Monday afternoon at the Chautauqua
building. Hon. L. V. Carter presid-
ed, and told of the life of Jacob
Thompson, the Oregon pioneer, in
whose honor the statue was erected,
as memorial by G. S. Butler.
Rev. Douglass opened the exercises
with an invocation.
Professor Irving Vining made the
address of the day and told of the
life of Lincoln and the qualities of
character which put him at the top
of the list of Americas greatest
men.
Led by the boys band, the assem-
blage joined in singing the Star
Spangled Banner"
Superintendent of Schools G. A.
Briscoe presented the statue on be-
half of Mr.. Butler, telling of the life
of Jacob Thompson, the pioneer.
President V. o. N. Smith of the
Ashland Commercial Club accepted
the statue on behalf of the city.
Led by the G. A. r. post and the
w. r. c., the assemblage marched
to Lithia park, where the statue was
formally unveiled by Misses Gertrude
Barber, Isabelle Barron, Mary FL
more and Marjorie Wolf.
The statue is the work of A. Fril-
Ii, an Italian sculptor. 1t is of Car
rara marble and stands six feet eight
inches in height, representing the
great emancipation in the act of eX-
tending the proclamation freeing the
slaves.
Jacob Thompson, in whose mem
ory the statue was erected, was an
Oregon pioneer in 1S47. He was
born in Indiana in 1927, came west
twenty years later, and mined, raised
stock and farmed until 1880, when
he retired at Ashland, where he died
in 1911.
Cleo Kirk, high school student,
made fine impression with a short
talk on the famous quotations of
Lincoln.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
WEATHER FAvORS VOTERS
Heavy Vote Is Cast Throughout the
Country.

New York, Nov Fair weather,
general throughout the country ex-
cept in the upper Mississippi valley
and in western Colorado, accompanied
by agreeable temperature, brought
out the voting hosts early today. Re
ports from practically all sections in
dicated that a heavy vote had been
cast, and some points reported that
the bulk of the vote was in before
10 a. m.
All the New England states in their
early reports of the voting dwelt on
the heavy early ballotng, Providence,
R. l., reported that throughout the
state it was the heaviest ever known.
New York state and other middle
Atlantic states reported an unusually
large early vote, and similar reports
came from the west and south.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
Portland Shriners

Al Kader Temple, Portland, Ore
Ancient Arabic Order of Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine are giving COM
plimentary dance and card party to
its members and ladies throughout
the entire state, as well as visiting
Mobiles and other Shriners and their
ladies'. The entertainment will be
held in the Multanomah hotel, Port
land, at $3.50 oclork on the night of
November Is. Both ball rooms will
he used as we'll as the japanese tea
garden and the AL Kader band, as
sisted by two orchestras, will render
the music for the occasion. AL Ka-
der Temple, through the committee
consisting of A. p. Gottschalk, L..
G. Carpenter, A. w. Orton, C. II.
Thomas and j. Il. Buckingham, has
extended a hearty invitation to all
Shriners in this community. Admis-
sion will be gained by the presenta-
tion of their 1916 card and the wear
ing of the fez Several features will
be introduced during the evening,
which will include an exhibition
dance by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Grady,
who have recently returned from an
eighteen months successful tour Of
the east.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
Died.

Miss Bessie Geneyieve McKibben
died at her home on Ashland street
November 2, aged 26 years. She
came to Ashland some time ago from
Texas on account of health consider
ations. Funeral services We're de-
layed awaiting the presence of her
father, who arrived on Sunday, and
were held at the Christian church on
Monday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. w, L, Mellinger Interment in
Ashland cemetery.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09

proved considerably, and If Brewer
could recover in time, local fans
would grant the red and white an
even chance. But Cunningham may
not be able to play this season, hav-
ing suffered a dislocation of three
vertebraes in his neck, and Brewer
is carrying an arm in a sling as
the result of a bad dislocation of a
shoulder.
There is no gloom around the foot
ball field but that quiet confidence
which has prevailed before former
games is gone and the team is toll
ing as Ashland players have seldom
toiled before.
1t will be the greatest fight OF
football history in Southern Oregon.
The battle will start at 3 P. NJ. a
week from Saturday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
In The Social Realm

Ashland her headquarters. She has
the unqualified approval of every
physician for whom she has ever
worked, and her patients are all loud
in their praises of her not only as q
nurse but a sincere friend as well as
charming woman, having charity
for all and malice toward none.
Mr.. Grant is a retired rancher
from Iowa Falls, Iowa. He has pur-
chased beautiful home in Pasadena,
Cal, and there the Grants will en-
tertain their many friends.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-09
"Wednesday Clmh.

The Wednesday Club met with
Mrs. Shinn Wednesday afternoon.
This was the last meeting Of the four
divisions of the club before the ba-
zaar to be held November 22. A
short business session was held and
it was decided to have the bazaar
Just one day, opening at 10 O'Clock.
Assistant hostesses were Mrs. Greeks,
Mrs. Frost and Mrs Lamkin.