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The Washington times., 1917-07-28
BOARD
ETSMONDAYF
OPENING HEARINGS

The District board which viii pass
upon Industrial and occupational ex-
emption claims and hear appeals If
boards, formally organized today.
James S. Easby-Smith was elected
chairman and DR.. William c. Wood
ward. District Health Officer, secre
tary. +. C. Roberts and Julius Gar
finkle were the other members OF the
board at the organization meeting
John Joy Edison, the NTH member, Is
out of the city and could not be To-
Gated in time for today's meeting.
The board adjourned to meet Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock in room
SOC District building. The board will
be in almost continuous session after
that until the first draft OF 92o for
the District Is filled.
All claims for exemption by men
with dependent Families will be
heard by the local boards in the
eleven districts. The registrant may
appeal an adverse ruling to the Dis
trict board.
The District board has original
Jurisdiction on all claims for exemp-
ton on behalf of Government CLERKS
or men employed In industries.
Its decision as to the exemption OF
Government clerks will be binding.
regardless Of the fact that requests
for exemption OF Government clerks
may be made by members Of the
Cabinet each making specific request
in the case OF every man in bis d.
partment deemed Indispensable.
The first men called by draft will
be given physical examination on
Monday and the examinations will
continue throughout the week. From
present Indications, 1t will take at
least three weeks, and probably q
month, to pass upon all exemption
claims made and finally select thG
first o29 drawn in the District to be
sent to the National army canton
ment at Petersburg.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
Lull on Aisne Portends Big
Renewal of Boche Violence

at the terrifying. spectacle OF the
ridge afiame. At any moment they
may be sent into the furnace.
The he'll OF the battle OF Craonna
broke on the morning OF July 10 with
q violence equal TO the worst days
at Verdun. Two German armies, IN
der the command OF General Won
Boshm and General Won Buelow, COM
prising 100000 men, or eight divi-
sions. OF Westphalian, Prusslan. Ba-
varian and Baden troops, hurled
themselves In q general assault on
the Aisne river from Cerny to the
California Plateau.
Eight days OF steady lombard
ment had destroyed all the defenseG
The principal point OF attack was In
the Craonne sector. There the Ger.
man commanders hurled forwaIf
picked storming troops from tie
Fifth Guard.
two hundred German batterieA
had prepared the way along a narrow
front OF about q mile and three-quar
tiers. This was the storm center.
French Losses Comparatively Light.
THE poilus were encompassed b.
the onslaught on both wings, but the
enemy carried the Spinieres trenches
on the center. For the next ave days
positions were lost and re-won re-
peatedly until the morning OF July
%, when the French re-established
their line and the Germans were rem
dered powerless to obtain any ad-
vantage.
AS q result of their frightfuI
losses the celebrated Twentieth Bran
denburgers have been almost com
pletely annihilated. The enemy Is
now reforming his shattered Fifth
Guard, which represented the flower
OF the German army. The French
losses were comparatively light"
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
FRENCH

PARIS, July 2S.-The war office
today issued the following re-
port:
The night was marked by a
violent bombardment, followed by
a series OF new German attacks
on the whole front before Braye-
en-Laonnois, Epine de Chevregny
and the Hurtebise Monument. All
efforts OF the enemy infantry to
penetrate our lines were repulsed
completely, and his losses were
very heavy.
There was active artillery night
ing in the Champagne at Mont
Haul. and on both banks OF the
MenaR
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
BRITISH

LONDON, July 2S.-Great bat
teries of mighty German guns
continue to pound the British
front in Belgium from Armen-
there's to the North sea
The war office in Its official re-
port today said that the lombard
ments was particularly heavy in
the sectors OF Amentieres ION the
Franco-BelgiRn border), ipres
and Newport
Near Armentieres the British
made a successful raid, entering
German trenches and inflicting
losses upon the garrisons.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
KERENSKY ADICTATOR
BY VOTE OF RUSSIANS

LONDON. July 2s.-The provisional
government of Russia has virtually
invested Premier Kerensky with the
unlimited power which the workmen.
soldiers. and peasants congresses re-
Gently voted to the ministry. accord
ing to a Central News dispatch from
Petrograd today.
Nearly all the ministers. II was
said. have placed their portfolios at
Kerensky's disposal.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
ALL OF 100000
DRAFT REGISTRANTS
MAY EXPECT CALL

Every one OF the o,60o, 900 men who
registered for the draft will be called
within the year to present himself
TO be examined for military service.
is the belief of many War Depart
ment officials.
This disclosure was made today
when 1t developed that, under the
War Department construction OF the
draft law. the Government is au-
thoriEsd to continue drawing men
from the drafted list to maintain an
army OF 100000 at maximum
strength.
10000 Next Increment.
It was officially announced that
only one more increment of 600 900
will be called out under the present
law. That Is to say that after the
FIRST $4,000 men are obtained from
the list OF men now under call, there
will be only a second call
II this were the oHly demand to be
made on the list of drafted men, prob
ably not more than half the list Of
registrants would be called for exam
nation,
But the decision to continue to utiI-
lie the draft to maintain the armies
at strength after the first million are
called to the colors brings heavy new
demands.
1,2S0s0OO In Army September I,
There will be an army of I,25o, 400
In the field September / when the
FIRST 100000 conscripts follow tile
$4,000 national guard and 800, 900
regulars to camps. When the second
100000 drafted men are called out
IL
mental troops are raised there will
be 100000 men.
STAFF officials hold II will be neces-
Bary that q third OF this total be
summoned every year to provide for
losses and wRstRge. This would
necessitate drafting $4,000 men
year to maintain the armies at
strength.
Officials estimate that It will take
from 1000 900 to 5000. 900, exemptions
considered, to bring the first 600, 900
out under the draft. Considering the
probability that the 1O0,0 900 aviators
and other supplemental troops will
have to be drafted, and counting the
csc. 900 recruit bGttalions to be called
for wGstage and losses. many officials
believe the entire e,6O0,0 will be
called before the army's needs are
nlled.
New Legislation Likely.
Secretary Baker said today additional
legislation may be necessary to govern
future calls for the draft. For instance,
many registrants on the present list
FiIl have passed their thirty-nrst birth
day by next summer. and there will be
an equal number Of young men reaching
the age Of twenty-one. A new registra-
ton and 4 rev drawing TO determine the
liability TO service Of men OF military
age may, for this reason. be needed
every year.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
MUTNOUS RUSSIANS
PAY PENALTY DAILY

COPENHAGEN, July 2s.-Numerou
executions OF mutinous Russian sob
diers are taking place daily on the
eastern front. according to advices
from Petrograd.
Russian officers, 1t was said. furious
at their troops for deserving their
trenches, banded themselves into
small groups and fought like common
soldiers.
The losses among the Russian Of
hcers have been very heavy. General
hhttaguroff, commander of the Ose-
tihsky regiment. has been killed in
southern Galicia.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28

Too great liberty is generally
allowed young people today. Girls,
particularly, are allowed to go
Rout by themselves too much.
They seem to be bold and daring.
and resent any Interference on the
part OF their parents, and it is hard
sometimes to say just where the
fault lies.
Generally, believe. the trouble
lies in lack OF proper education.
Not enough insistence is placed in
schools on the duty of obedience to
parents. This teaching should COM
mence early in life.
When girls fail to heed the coun-
sci and advice of their parents or
of the priest they frequently get
into trouble. and then they come to
us to get them out. The e-adlca-
ton OF such evils lies in their pre-
vention by early instruction and
training.
The foundation or any improve
ment must be laid in the schools,
secular or religious. Teachers
must insist on respect for parents,
at least, II not on absolute obedi-
ence. Boys and girls, large or
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
PINK COLOR DECREED
FOR ARMY PAJAMAS

FITCHBURG, Mass, July 2s.-Pink
pajamas for the Sammies. Thats.it:
The Parkhill Manufacturing Com
pany today receive an order from the
Government for 100000 yardeof pink
pajama cloth for SammIes.
The color was specified in the con-
tract.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
1000, 900 c. E.,s GARDENING.

Two million young Christian En-
deavorers" are today cultivating war
gardens to aid in the conservation pro-
gram, according to a report made to-
day by the Rev. Francis J. Clark. pres
ident OF the Christian Endeavor So
oIety. The society is also cooperating
in the nationwide drive for canning
and drying fruits and vegetables.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28

PARIS. July 2S.-"There Is now .
font, but the big guns are ruHlblinK
necessarily, and 1t is believed that
this eannonading is the foreunnsr Of
a greater clash to come" says George
Prade, war correspondent Of the
Journal. in a dispatch printed today.
NJ, Prade gives a vivid picture Of
the battle for Craonne, when the Ger
mans. with huge masses OF picked
troops. launched their grand assaults
along the shell-swept ridges of the
twin plateau OF California and Case
mates.
"A long, gray-bIack tablelan6. dip
ping gently toward the east. is the
California plateau, dropping onto the
plain toward Chevreaux and C6rbeny
and then to an interminabIe ridge
stretching to the west by the Case
mates. Vauclerc, and Hurtebise pla-
teaux. bathed in soft lights" he
writes. 'Up there the tempest RACES
uninterruptedly like an active vol
cano, with visions of earth hurled
into space and sharp bursts OF red
flame in the black Of the woods. Over
all hangs the smoke OF battle, and
through the valleys rattle the reVer-
berations Of the mighty guns.
Around US men are busy observ-
ing through glasses and wearing tele-
phone helmets, yelling out figures.
Others in shelters carpeted with maps
calculate and write orders. Bells ring
as in a telephone exchange.
Men GraVeIy Await Charge.
Outside in the valley. where for
merly men lived. loved and dreamed,
Death Is passing. Behind us on the
slopes crest grave-faced men in blue
trench helmets are stretched on the
grass and gaze with a far-off look
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
Let Cuticura Care
for Baby's Skin

It's really wonderful how quickly hot
bath with Cuticura Soap followed by
gentle amounting with Cuticura Oint-
ment relieves skin irritations which
keep baby wakeful and restless, per-
mits sleepforinfant and rest for mother,
and points to speedy healment in most
cases when II seems nothing would do
any good. This is only one of the many
things Cuticura does for the skin when
used for everyday toilet purposes, the
Soap to cleanse the pores, the Ointment
to soothe the first signs of irritation,
redness and roughness. 1t will be hard
to find anything superior to these fra
grant, super-creamy emollients.
Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post
card: "Cuticura, Dept. sc, Boston," Sold
everywhere. Soap Csc. Ointment 25 and SOC.
The Washington times., 1917-07-28
Cocchi Bares Details Of Cruger Murder;
Crusade Started to Safeguard Girls Here
"Girls, Obey Your Parents
Father Thomas, of St. 'Patrick's, Draws Les
son From the Cocchi Case
By Mgr. c. F. THOMAS.

small, never suffer through obedi-
ence to parents, though sometimes
they may chafe under restrictions.
The parents, however, know the
need for care and watchfulness.
In the case of Ruth Cruger. she
seems to have been above reprosch.
but It shows that a girl never
knows when she may get into a
tight place.
Girls should not go to strange
places without some escort, or when
that may not be practicable, two
girls should go together. The
crime in New York would never
have occurred II she had been &C
companied even by a girl COM
panion.
The tragedy of Ruth Cruger
shows that even daytime visits to
strange stores or shops should not
be made by girls alone. For vii
lains, such as the man who killed
her. can always find opportunity for
their vIllainy unless greatest care is
exercised. The duty of prevention
lies with parents and teachers. who
should restrain girls from taking
unnecessary risks.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
Buys Coles
Cattle Range

The old Cole ranch on the Cali
fornia-Oregon boundary line. about
seventeen miles south of Ashland has
been purchased by Reginald r. Par
sons.
Mr.. Parsons, who ownes the Hill
crest orchard, plans to make the Cole
ranch in connection with his Mount
crest property of 800 acres adioin.
ing, the finest stock ranch in Cali
fornia and Oregon, and as a starter
has purchased $50 head of pure bred
Durham shorthorn cattle and will in
crease the stock eventually to the
feeding capacity of the ranch. He
p,ans to put large portion of the
ranch in alfalfa.
The ranch was purchased from
William j. and George C. Bray, who
have been operating it as cattle
ranch. The price was not made pu5-
lie. The property is made up of good
range, meadow and hay land. Only
141 of its acres are in Oregon
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
Oxygen Gave Out
And Death Came

Details of the death of L. G. Purvis
of this city, who met his death re-
Gently in California and who was
buried in the Wagner Creek cemetery
AprH 2S, have been received by rela-
tives in the city. An item in the
Stockton Times reads as follows:
az. G Purvis, lineman employed
by the Sierra & San Francisco Power
Company, was electrocuted at the
new crematorium being erected hy
B. C. Wallace near Turner Stat on
this morning shortly after 10 o'clocE'
Last evening while moving a con-
crete mixer into place one of the
electric wires was struck and trans
former blown out.
"This morning in company with
two other linemen from Manteca,
Purvis went out to the place to re-
pair the damage,
"He climbed one of the electric
poles and was busy repairing the
damage when the heavy voltage went
through his body. Companions dow
cred his body to the ground and feI-
low workmen were surprised to see
that he was still living. DR.. Goodale
was hastily summoned from Manteca.
and he started to revive the man with
small amount Of oxygen which he
had brought with him Knowing
that it would be insufficient to bring
the man entirely back to life, he sent
for another larger supply from the
county hospital at French Camp.
Respiration began slightly aud
the eyes began to revive their glitter
when the supply of oxygen gave out,
before the additional supply could be
secured. Slowly the man then re-
lapsed into death while the doctor
and his companions looked on hope
lessly.
"Purvis was about "a years of age.
Coroner Warren was summoned and
took charge f,the body"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity is Here, Backed BY
Ashland Testimony.

lhO opportunity 10 IIOiO, buShOu ~
Ashland Testimony.
Don't take our word for 1t.
Don't depend on strangers state
ment.
Read Ashland endorsement.
Read the statements Of Ashland
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here Is ore case of it:
John w. Wells, Hargadine and
Gresham streets, Ashland, says: Il
don't hesitate to recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills publicly for have TAX
en- this old, reliable medicine on sew
eral occasions when | have found
that my kidneys haven't been acting
as they should, and it has always
done all that is claimed for 1t. Doan's
Kidney Pills are family medicine
for kidney disorders in our home and
they never fail to give good satisfac-
ton"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Wells had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
Many Boys Enlist
In Corn Army

The following boys have enlisted
in the Jackson County Corn Acre
Army:
Frank Knutzen, Applegate; David
Snively, Eagle Point; Russell Wilson,
Griffin Creek; Harold Fisk, Griffin
Creek; Harold Wood, Butte FAILS;
Loran Ice, Beagle; Robert Wilson,
Griffin Creek; Wildon Martin, Grif-
fin Creek; Ralph Watson, Perrydale;
William Strauss, Sans Valley; Will
liam Coy, Eagle Point; Adm Hasel-
ton, Eagle Point; George Lowe, Ash
land; Herbert Peterson, Foots Creek;
Theodore Folrey Eage Point; Ver-
non Owens, Wellen.
We want to add several more patri-
otic boys to this army Free seed
sufficient for an acre will be supplied
to each boy while it lasts.
If interested, drop a card to e. K
Peterson, school supervisor, Medford
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
BeHeVieW Notes
tBy the Language Glasses Of Belle
view School.)

z Charles Peeor Of Butte Falls was
visiting and sightseeing in and
around Ashland Thursday. He came.
out to Belleview with Mr. Buchanan
Thursday morning.
The school has been collecting junk
industriously for the last month and
sent it to market Thursday by Mr..
Miller, who kindly consented to haul
1t for us. Will publish the returns
later.
Charley Moore and three girls are
having birthdays at this time, and 20
celebrate the event they held a joint
birthday party at the school house
Wednesday evening, May 2, Their
combined ages is something near one
hundred years. Separate ages un-
known.
George Farmer was out of school
Wednesday.
w. L Moore, Elbert Davis and Mr..
Andrews are spraying the latter's or
chard.
Warren, Thelma, Curtis and Vieva
Fitch visited school Wednesday after
noon. They expect to move to their
ranch soon.
Aletha and Richard Gray and
Eleanor Moore went for a picnic last
Sunday.
Mrs Murray is reported on the sick
list.
]. L. Miller is cultivating some va
cant lots in town.
Mesdames s. p Grow, John King
and w. ]. Minor spent Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. Emma Kenyon.
Mr.. Johnson is taking care of the
place recently vacated by ]. A. Kelts.
Mn Morse made business trip to
Medford last Thursday.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07

N THE COUNTY COURT of the
State of Oregon for Jackson Coun-
ty.
In the matter of the Estate OF
George w. Claxton, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed
and has qualified as Executor OF
the last Will and Testament OF
George w. Claxton, deceased. All
persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby notified to
present the same in writing, duly
verified, as required by law, to
the undersigned at Al East Main
street, Ashland, Oregon, within six
months from the date of first pub
lication of this notice, which is
April 16, 1917.
G. F. BILLINGS,
Executor of the Estate Of George
W. Claxton, deceased.
94-5t-Mon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
Oregon Farmers
Called To Serve

Oregon farmers are to be called
into the service of the country. They
will be ordered, within the next few
days, to gather at convenient places
in their respective communities on
Saturday night, May 12, and prepare
plans to increase the food supply Of
the land
Agricultural agents representing
nearly every county in Oregon gath
cred in Portland recently and con-
ferred with officials of the United
States Department of Agriculture and
representatives of the Oregon Agri-
cultural College on plans to enlist
every farmer in the state in the
movement.
Oregon Food Situation.
General shortage of wheat and
grain.
Not enough hogs for home con-
sumption.
Average farmer not aroused to
seriousness of situation.
Banks offering money at per cent
to build silos and buy cattle.
Widespread hay shortage.
Great shortage of cattle.
Labor situation acute in some coun-
ties now and in harvest time will be
vital
So grave will be the need for labor
that in eastern Oregon many towns
are arranging to close all stores for
five days every week during the har-
vest season, so that every available
man and boy can go into the fields,
all trading to be confined to two days
in the week. In Yamhlll county busi-
ness men are preparing to send their
help to the fields and go to the farms
themselves in the harvest time.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
INTERURBAN AUTOCAR co.

Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent
and Phoenix daily except Sunday at
800 a. m. and 100, 2:00, 400
and 5:1b p. m. Also on Saturday
night at $50. Sundays leave at
800 and 100, 600 and 10:80
p. m.
Leave Medford for Ashland daily ex-
.cept Sunday at 500 d, M, 100,
200, 400 and 5:15 p. m. Also on
Saturday at 1918. On Sundays
at 1890 a. m, and 200, 500 and
$3.50 p. m.
Fare between MedfOrd and Ash
land, 20 cents. Round trip, 85 cents.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-07
Che
Peoples Forum

A New Theory Advanced by W. G.
Taverner, Promulgating a Unique
and Entirely Unprecedented Phase
OF Geology and Physical Geogra-
ply.
1t is well known that the earth
harbors a quantity of moisture never
varying in amount, in the slightest
degree. Through the vicissitudes of
atmospherical conditions the amount
of moisture remains exactly the
same.
1t is also known that a vast area
around the poles never experiences a
temperature above freezing, and
while ice and snow evaporate slowly
while in solid condition, this evap-
Grafton is so small as to be almost in
finitesimal, while there is an infini-
tude of snow falling on these areas,
each year. This naturally causes IN
estimable millions of tons of moisture
in these regions every year,
The earth, not being exactly round,
another fact well know to scientists,
the tremendous weight thus accumu-
lated at the poles must in time have
some effect. If it did not the supply
of moisture would gradually collect
at these points and the rest of the
world would become practically a
desert.
When this CONCEALED moisture at
tains certain weight, the earth gets
out of proportion, tilts to one side,
and finally turns over. Not on its
regular axis, but turns so that the
equator comes thousands of miles
nearer the place where the poles
were.
This is in measure proved by the
following facts: At a recent date, in
Siberia, the body of a mammoth was
found, the flesh still in a state of
preservation, kept so on account Of
the extremely cold temperatures pre-
vailing in these regions. The NAM
moth is we'll known to be tropical
animal, and it is impossible that this
animal should have strayed this far
north and frozen to death. If it had,
the flesh would not he in so complete
a state of preservation as 1t was. A
proof that the mammoth had not
strayed north lies in the fact that
there was undigested food found in
the stomach; this, Of course, would
not have been the case had the ami
NAL died a death from starvation.
These facts indicate that the man.
moth was carried with the earth into
such a cod atmosphere that it imme,-
diately froze to death and remained
frozen through the countless years
that have elapsed since the mammoth
has been extinct. '(This case is not
an isolated one, by any means)
Another we'll known fact is that
there are unmistakable traces of gla-
ciers as far south as Arizona, and
even in the tropics in some countries.
It is also known that the earth is be-
coming slowly cooler, as is the case
with all the planets. Therefore If
the earth now has lower tempera-
ture than ever before, how could
these glaciers have existed this far
south unless there had been a radical
change in the relative positions of
these areas, with that Of the poles?
By scientific figuring it is esti-
mated that it will probably be thou
sands of years until the recurrence of
this phenomena.