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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-10-23
PROFESSIONAL.


DR.. F. A. HALL-Dentistry and all
Its branches. Swedenburg Bldg,
Ashland, Ore. Phone 157. 5-tf
DIR. ]. ]. EMMENS-Physlcian and
surgeon. Practice limited to eye,
ear, nose and throat. Glasses sup
piled. Oculist and aurist for s. P.
r. r. Offices. M. F. and H. Bldg,
opposite postoffice, Medford, Ore.
Phone 567. Lift
c. B. WATSON, ATTORNEY AT
LAW.-Consulting and General
Practice Pioneer Building. Of
flee with E. D. Briggs. Ashland,
Ore.
DIR. ERNEST A. WooD--Practice
limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Office hours, 10 to IL
and 2 to 5. Swedenburg Bldg,
Ashland, Ore. 73-tf
DRs. SAWYER AND ANDERSON
Osteopatnic physicians. Womens
and cnildreD's diseases specially.
Office hours to IL, 2 to 4. Calls
answered day or night. Office
phone 20S, residence phone 267-R.
Pioneer Bldg, Ashland, Ore. S5-tf
CONTRACTING AND BUILDING
Frank Jordan, general contracting.
New and old work; cement walks,
cemetery copings, brick, cement,
woodwork, lathing and plastering..
cobblestone and general building
contracts. 4-l2mo.'
CHAIR DOCTOR-R. H Stanley, ex-
pert furniture repairer and up
holsterer. Carpets beat, relaid and
repaired, bedsprings restretched,
chairs wired, rubber tires for baby
buggies, window cleaning, house
cleaning, and furniture packing
done expertly. Call at 1856 A
street or phone 403-R. sl-n
DIR. G. R. UTTERBACK-The Chiro-
practor and Nerve Specialist. All
functions of the body are controlled
by nerves. Electric, cabinet and
spray baths in connection. Office
at residence, 108 Pioneer avenue,
opposite Hotel Austin annex. lS-tf
CHARLES S. MITCHELL, Pianist
and Piano Instructor Address,
1913 Laurel street, phone 317-R.
36-St'
GEO. t. WATSON, Painter and Pa
perhanger. Phone 2O2-R. 166 Oak
street 40-tf
MISCELLANEOUS
BILL POSTER-Will Stennett, l16
Factory St. Bill posting and dis
tribnting 54-tf
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB. The
regular meeting Of the club will be
held on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month at 2:3O
D. m, at the Carnegie Library lee
ture room.
CHAUTAUQUA PARK CLUB: Regu-
lar meetings first and third Fri
days of each month at 1880 p. m.
MrS. .. fdIIeTSOni IAOS', Dh'S' W."
ME Faucet Greer, Sec.
MONEY TO LOAN-Mortgage Com
pany Holland-America has plenty
of money to lend on good farm
security. Isaac Best, agent, Grants
Pass, Ore. stu
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE-Property close in, 1O4x
1913 feet; comfortable house and
barn, large lawn, shrubs, fruit
and garden. Price $4,000; one
half cash, balance on reasonable
terms. Address e. G., care It'd
ings. oo-tl
FOR Stakeholder cottage of six
rooms, on IN acres of ground,
mostly meadow, under irrigation
ditch; young bearing fruit trees
II
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Makes Use of Wireless.

As soon as word of the disaster
reached relatives here efforts were
made through the Arlington radio sta
zion TO get some direct word of the fate
of the Baldwin party by wireless via
the Sable Islands and Berlin.
Prof. Baldwin is we'll known in edu-
cstional circles on both continents He
was for a long time connected with
Princeton University and Johns Hop
hins IN Baltimore. The family lived
for many years in Baltimore.
Miss Baldwin Is q graduate Of Bryn
MaWr last year and has been working
IN the Paris hospitals preparing serum
The family has made its residence in
Paris for about four years. Prof Bald
win went over about five years ago to
lecture at Sorbonne and has since
been lecturing at oxford.
Prof Bald win is fifty-tive years old
He was born at Columbia. S C. He
was graduated from Princeton Uni
versity in 1854, took an A. NJ. degree in
1857. PHI. y. in 1889, got an honorary
-. Sc. from oxford in 1900. the first
honorary degree in science ever given
by oxford; and from the University OF
Geneva in 1909; LID from Glasgow
University in 1901. lie studied at Leip-
zg, Berlin and Tiibngen
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Says Unscrupulous Persons Are Circu-
lating False Reports in Mexico
and the United States.
VILLAS PURSUERS ARE OUTWITTED
WHEN BANDIT DIVIDES HIS FORCES
Reports to the War Department From Points Along the
Border Indicate Carranzistas Are Doing All
They Can to Help Capture Outlaw.


via wireIe to oIumh
n
south of here. were vd
tookp csterday. therw was o
the result lin Is eIieve have
him that
n cooperating
with the Amer oumps
President Wilson warning last night that along
engaged circulating widely of the
mo- sensational kind wholly mjustiiied by FACTS.
influences spread
alarming throughout the United States and Mexico with
the object of forcing intervention.
The purpose OF the expedition. he added I'm
with Carranzas and withdraw
Mexican territory the OF the expedition
accomplished.
Reports Department from the border stated the
doing all in their power help the United States
troops capture Villa. t.
Villa outwied his pursuer according advccs received
at splitting his leaving part the vicinity
Namiqupa while he with the other break through the
lines gradually closing in on him.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Villa Is Trying to Get Away
From Enemies by Splitting
His Forces to Pierce Lines

Ell. PASO. Texas. March 23.-fran-
cisco Villa has outwitted his pursuers
by splitting his forces. leaving one
hodv to hold in check the Carranza
forces in the neighborhood OF Naml :
ouipa. while he himself. al the mead
of a picked force. is trying TO preah
through the lines Of his enemies south
of MADEIRA, according to information
hroupbt here today by Americans ar
riving from Pearson and Casas Grandes
This information doubled the interest
with which word is awaited from Gen.
Pershing that the American uoop9
bsya cla shed with the Villa bandits.
According to reports from usually re-
liable sources coupled with what Is
officially known as to the progress OF
the punitive columns. American cavalry
reached MADEIRA yesterday and should
he close on the heels of the fugitlVes
TODAY
Evening star., 1916-03-26
AT Various Universities.

He was an Instructor in French and
German at Princeton in 1886, and sub
sequen'iy taught at Lake Forest UIID
University and University Of Toronto.
lie returned TO Princeton as professor
OF psychology from 1893 TO 1903 Then
he vas professo: Of psychology at
Johns Hopkins for six years In 1908
he went to University Of Mexico He
was honorary president of the Inter
national Congress Of Criminal An
thrOpology In Geneva in 1896 lie was
president of the International Congress
Of Psychology from 1909 to 1913 lie
was awarded the GOLD medal of the
Royal Academ% of Denmark in 1897.
lie has held high Offices in psycholog
jca! societies throughout the United
States. in Japan, England. France and
Germany. lie is the author Of more
lhan fifty essays and books on
psycholoeE which have been trans
lated into French. German, Italian And
spanish
Mrs. Baldwin WAS Miss Helen Hayes.
= native Of Princeton. y. j., daughter
Of Principal William Henry Green.
They were married November %. 1858.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Picked Up After Four Hours.

Another Of the survivors was Alex
snder Clavel of Basel Switzerland
who was returning from London on a
business trap. He was picked up after
being four hours in the water. and
when seen al p hotel in Paris was re-
covering from nervous shock.
We had no warning of what was
awaiting us said Mr.. Clavel The
,eport Of torpedo crashing into the
forward works. where il landed, told
us. however, that we had been sub
fasrined.
Efforts were Immediately made 10
send out a wireless call for help, but
his was impossible, as the apparatus
I'D been destroyed. and siren calls
we're sent out instead Meantime all
those aboard the vessel made prepara =
'icns 10 save themselves. Life belts
'.ese hastily strapped OF by The pas
srIgeTs while the crew were busy low
crlnP he lfeboats. The number OF
Ties. boz IS unfortunately vas Insult
:;r'sht. aud when they became hlied
'r~.e was nothing else to do but stav
90 Sire sussex The deafeufac noise OF
go SHIPS siren and IN. confusion
.s'H\ the crew and passengers added
.r t"e III :fCGlttes
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Break Through Obstacles.

In the region of Widsy our troops
attacked an enemy position in the sec
tor northwest of Lake Sekly. Notwith-
standing a heavy fire from the enemy
our troops successfully broke through
several obstacles placed in their way
by the Germans The Germans en-
pIoyed explosive bullets. Northw est
of the position we stopped, by the
well timed fire of our batteries, enemy
attempts to repair. under cover of a
snowstorm. damage done to his works
by our bonn bardments.
Further to the south, as far as the
Rokitno marshes and the region of
Rokitno itself, there was an exchange
of fire. In certain sectors the artil-
lery duel was very heavy. In Galicia
the situation is unchanged"'
Evening star., 1916-03-26
REPRESENTATIVE G. H. TINkHAM.

At conference yesterday between
the civil service commissioners and the
Commissioners of the District of Co
lumba both groups of officials gave
their Endorsement to the bill of Repre-
sentative Tinkham of Ma ssa chusetts to
apply civil service to the municipal
government of the District.
The District Commis issioners viii make
favorable report to the House Dis
trict committee on the bill and hear
ing will be held by that committee
March 81. upon which occasion the Ma
tional Civil Service League will appear
in behalf of the easure.
Mr.. Tinkham confidently expects the
bill to be reported by the committee
and pass to enactment. inasmuch as the
principle involved has the approval of
President Wilson, the civil service
commission. the District Commission
ers and as he believes, the best
thought in Congress. Within forty
eight hours after the introduction of
the bill by Mr. Tinkham the President
gave utterance to approval of the prin-
ciple of civil service for the District
employees.
1t is Mr.. Tinkham's understandings
that the bill will be construed to give
the residents of the District right to
apply for employ and that the
places Will not be restricted to amor
tionment among the states
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Making for "Pancho's Road =

From MADEIRA south as far as rutuaca'
a distance of about thirty miles a
mountain trail winds through the
Sierra Madres At Tutuaca II bei"s
sbarply to the southeast until II is lost
in the wild and barren country south
Of Miuaca. This trail was known for
Years as "Panchos road. 1t was pop
u1.rlv believed to have been broken by
the bandit and its intricacies are
known to but few but him. No wagons
can possbly pierce the desolate noun-
tain region through which the road
runs Few Americans are known to
have penetrated the district Ben fiar-
ris a veteran scout who is now living
here. declared today that if Villa sue
ceeded in reaching Tutuaca the task OF
finding him would be hopeless one.
"Only Mexican ponies can take that
road" he said, and even they must
be very lightly loaded. The trail
s,;rts the edges of canyons 1000 to
600 feet deep and winds over bleak
mountain tops, where the cold and rare
air makes living almost unbearable.
could defv 900 soldiers to catch me
in that country and villa knows every
nook and Granny OF IL
Apaft from the keen anticipation OF
news that the American soldiers We're
within reach of their prey. the border
was mostly Interested today IN the
report from Washington that an agree
mrnt had been reached in substance
between the first chief and Washing
ron which would permit Gen. Funston
10 use the Mexican railroads
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Statement of the Fighting.

Statement of the Fighting.
The Russian official statement, IS
sued by the war office, today IS as
follows:
"On the Riga front there have been
exchanges Of artillery and rlfe hre
IL the Jacobstadt sector our troops
continued to follow UP their successes
southeast of Augustinhof, and after a
fierce conflict reached the fortified
ground around The village of Lepuyn
They were subjected to furious Ger
man counter attacks.
"On the left wing in the Jacobstadt
region south of Livenhof there also
was fighting. On the front OF the
Dyjnsk region our forces at some
points consolidated the ground won
and are continuing to advance.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
American People Are Told +,
That They Must Be on Guard
Against Malicious Reports

President Wilson last night issued
warning that sinister and unscrupu-
lous influences" are spreading alarmist
reports about the Mexican situation
with thef object of forcing Intervention
by the United States in the interest OF
certain American owners of Mexican
properties"
In formal statement the President
told the people of the United States 10
be on their guard and not 10 credit
such stories He urged those who dis
seminate news to test the source and
authenticity of every report from the
border. and called attention again to
the governments announcement that
the sole object of the punitive expedi-
ton now in Mexico was TO punish Villa
and his followers.
The news services supplying newspa-
pers had been asked. the President
SAID. TO assist in keeping this view con
stantly before The Mexican and Ameri-
can people. to the end that the expedi-
ton should not be given the color Of
wal The purpose of the American
com ma nderS was deScribed as embrace
ing cooperation lin every possible
way with the forces OF Gen. Carranza
and Withdrawal from Mexican territory
as soon the object of the eNpedition
is accomplished.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Willard Makes No Statement.

willard left the Garden Immediately
after the bout, refusing to be inter-
viewed by newspaper men
DR. Lewis Morris who later attend
ed the champion at his hotel, said that
willard had suffered slight fracture
Of the Joint of the first index finger Of
his right hand early in the fight. He
added however, that the big fellow
otherwise was in good condition. and
that the injury TO the finger would not
trouble him more than a day or Two.
Eickard said after the fight:
Moran put up good fight. He's a
darn good boy. willard was much
slower than ! thought he'd be. If he
broke his right hand. as il is said he
claimed he did, it didn't seem to make
much difference. He didn't seem to need
his right a good part of the time"
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Moran Wins One Round.

Willard had the better on points in
every round except the third, which
Went to Moran by narrow margin. and
the eighth and ninth, which were even.
1t Was during a slashing rally in the
third round that the conqueror of Jack
Johnson claimed 10 have broken his
right nand. and II was noticeable that
he did. not use his right to any extent
III the later rounds. Occa sionaliy he
uppercut to Moran's boGy or jaw with
that hand, but II lacked the Furnishing
power shown IN hIs training work
The chief feature of Moran'S battle
was his gameness- Although he could
make no impression on Willard with
his hardest swings. he fought steadily
and courageously under a hail of left
labs and hooks which battered his face
and almost closed his left eye toward
the end of the bout. Several times
Moran was daZed by the champion $
smashes, but Willard. fighting with his
usual lack of agGressiveness. did not
appear TO try particularly for a knock
out.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Receipts Total S151.254,

Promoter Tex Rickard announced that
the gate receipts amounted to $151 .254
or this amount. the state received IA
per cent Of the gross receipts. which
amounted TO 1l,344.05. Wizards share
was sl7.500 and Moran's s23.750
Combined with The percentage taken
bv the state and the $500 paid for the
rental of the Garden. the expenses to-
tailed S30,094.05.
TO this must be added other expenses,
which will bring the total up to about
500 900 so that Tex Rickard and his
partner in the enterprise, Sam Nc
Cracken, viii clear close to $50 900
profit on the bout.
Moran refused to make any statement
after the bout other than to say there
would have been no fighting if he had
not taken the aggressive throughout
tho ten rounds
Evening star., 1916-03-26
American Saw TorDedo's Wake

Samuel r Penis Of Medford. Mass.
passenger On the SUISSE. said today that
he saw, piainly ard Enthusiastically the
AXE Of :orIedo that Was coming to-
ward the steamer. MIR I5en1is who is :,
Harvard research mar. sad
= vas on deck AZ ere time. Tne weather
,Csasiage9 on Thirteenth Paee)
Evening star., 1916-03-26
GreatBafhes A long Northern Section of
Eastern Front Are Continuing With
Undiminished Furu.
Slaus Press on Lepsuyn in Jacobstadt Sector
Germans Are Returning Fierce
Attacks on the Enemu

LONDON March 25.-On the Russian lines
have been subjected attacks the northwest
of Dvnsk. The lighting probably the
rife since battles Germans
attacking with and the losses
Evening star., 1916-03-26
LULL IN VERDUN INFANTRY FIGHTING;
BIG GUNS ARE KEPT IN ACTION

LONDON. March 2J.-lnfantry fight
inc has practically come to halt on the
western front. particularly in the YER
dun section, where the greatest pa'tie
of the war has been raging for weeks
Artillery actions, however. continue IN
many sections.
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Aided Relief Work.

Mrs J. Mark Baldwin and Miss Eliza -
beth Baldwin came TO Washington last
summer to visit Mrs Sterrett. They re-
NAMED here until the first week in
March. While mere about a year ago
Irs Baldwin arranged a tea a-dansant
for the heneft of the relief work done
by tire British >m"ricsn y. ". &. 4 IN
Paris, with which organization Ms
Continued on Thirteenth Iagej
Evening star., 1916-03-26
French Sta atement.

The French official communication is
sued bv the war Office tonight reads as
follows:
I'm Belgium we bombarded the enemy
trenches to the east of Boesinghe ana
in the neiehborhood OF Het Sas
I'm the Argonne the artillery actions
have been quite violent in the sectors
of -Four de Paris. Courtes Chausses and
Haute Chevauchee.
quite intense artillery activity has
heen displayed to the west of the
Neuse against our second lines. TO the
east. in the region of Cote du Poivre
and pouaumont and in the Woevre in
the sectors o. the Meuse hills There
was no infantry action during the
course of the day.
The day was calm on the rest of the
front"
The Belgian official communication
reads:
"Ordinary artillery actions have oc
Cured along the whole of the Belgian
front"
Menaces French Salient.
BERLIN, March 2o (delayed) The
capture of Avocourt forest and Hill
NO. 2S7. northeast thereof. still further
Evening star., 1916-03-26
FRIENDS WAIT WORD
OF BALTIMORE GIRL
Private Message to Sisters
Home Here Declares She
Has Been Saved.
ONE REPORT TELLS OF
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Another States That She Was In.
stantly Killed by Explosion
on Steamer.

Washington friends OF Miss
Elizabeth Baldwin and her par
ents, Prof. and Mrs. ]. Mark
Baldwin. all OF whom have fire.
quently been in this city, were
deeply concerned last night as to
their fate when the Sussex was
sunk in the English channel.
Conflicting cable reports could
not be reconciled, and still left in
doubt whether Miss Baldwin
had been killed or not, Her
parents. cable dispatches indi-
cate, are safe. One report stated
that Miss Baldwin miraculouslv
escaped, and another stated that
she was instantly killed.
The last word received at the
home OF Miss Baldwin's sister
here last night was that Miss
Baldwin and her parents had all
been rescued and landed safely
in Boulogne. Newspaper dis
patches failed to confirm this
message
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Champion Never in Danger.

The champion never was in danger
from Moran's blows. although mum
ner landed with crashing force on his
CONTINUED on Sixteenth Page)
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Activity Doubled at Fort Bliss.

Al Fort Bliss activity Was redoubled
to perfect arrangements for the NOV
ling Of supplies and equipment to
luarez. where they will be sent south
%, the Mexico Northwestern railroad
Officers in the quartermasters de-
,,tment declared today that they
couId start a tide of supplies of all
sorts to Gen Pershngs base at Casas
Crandes within twenty-four hours
after word was received that permls-
sion to use the railroad had been
granted. ,,.; -;
The using Of the Mexican lines by
40 Aamricans is expected by persons
~. familiar with the border to be the
snnreme test as TO whether friction
LIN the Mexican people is to be avert
al and real cooperation between the
rarranza authorities and the United
,statas eXpedition established
The alarmists on the border were un-
usually quiet today. Threats made by
The local authorities that persons
canpbt spreading false and alarming
renorts would be summarily dealt with
anneared to have its effect and there
are less wild stories than usual being
circulated.
Supply Train Well Guarded.
COLUMBUS y. NJ. March c5.-Addi-
t;oual precautions were taken by
/ nitcd states army authorities today
to protect the motor truck train which
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1916-03-26
Mr.. Tinkham Gives Views

INV attention was attracted to the
situation in the District" said Mr.
Tinkham to a Star reporter yesterday.
during the recent hearings on the
school board question. ] found, much
to my surprise, I will admit. that here,
in exclusively federal territory. civil
service principles in the municipal gov
ernment do not exist. IT seems almost
Incredibly anomalous that such a state
IContinued on Tenth PAGE
Evening star., 1916-03-26
80 DEAD IN PANIC,
SAYSPAR|S REPORT
French Ministry of Marine. in
Official Statement. Declares
Torpedo Hit Vessel.
WIRELESS MANS ERROR
RETARDS RESCUE SHIPS
Majority of Passengers Taken to
Boulogne; Others Landed IN
England by Destroyers.

PARIS. March 25. 10:O5 PM
The ministry of marine. in an Of
fetal statement issued tonight,
declares that the Sussex was tor
pedoed and estimates the num-
Der OF victims at about fifty. The
text OF the communication reads
The British steamer Sussex,
which carried about $50 passen-
gers. was torpedoed in the chan
mel on the 24th by an enemy sub
marine.
The captain observed a tor
pedo about 100 meters from the
side and Immediately maneuvered
to avoid it, but the vessel was
struck in the forward part, which
was destroyed. The vessel, how
ever. remained af1oat
Wireless Is Damaged.
The fall of the mast destroyed part
OF the antennse of the wireless; more
over. when an aerial wire was impro-
vised. the operator, by an error. re-
ported an incorrect position, which
misled the torpedoboats and patrol
boats. and as result retarded the ar
rival of help.
The patrol boat Marie Therese, new
ertheless. managed TO find the dis
tressed vessel and brought back to
Boulogne a ma ajority of the passengers.
others were taken to England by Brit
;sh torpedo boat destroyers, which had
arrived at the scene of the disaster at
ahout the same time as the Marie
Therese.
The Sussex was towed TO Boulogne
II. steamer from that port, and now
is there in security.
t.I-nhappily the explosion and the be
ginning of a panic among the paSsen-
gers resulted in some victims. The eX-
act number at this hour is not known,
but il is estimated to be about NIFTY
Column of Water Crashes Down.
NJ Chatroux inspector of the Orleans
railway. who was on the Sussex, gave
today the following account of his ex-
periences;
We left FoIkstone at pm. The
weather was fine and the sea calm.
Almost all the passengers were
civilians There were many women
and children on board and number
of Beigians.
II was lying on a lounge in the din
ing saloon when. about , o'clock, we
we're shaken by a violent explosion
forward. ] had the sensation of bein z
plunged suddenly into the water. and
yet 1 had 10 feeling of going down,
hut rather of struggling upwa rd
through waves. What had happened
was that an enormous column OF
water. raised by the explosion, fell back
upon the boat and entered saloon. ]
+curd myself lying among all sorts Of
debris. safe. except for few
afCheS