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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27

Berlin's scum skulking under the
Star SpangIed Banner" We must
find such places if they exist, be-
cause every real American commun-
fjty is forcing us to go to work on
farms or to go to jail. We don't
want to help win the war, and so
we are looking for unpatriotic, dis
loyal, reasonable sections, because
these are the only places where we
will be allowed to loaf. Reply to
Loafers and Idlers, Everywhere.
What would be your towns ans
wer to such an advertisement. imag.
lining for moment that it appeared
in your home paper? What would
be your country's answer? What
would be the answer of your state?
Farms need labor to produce war
wining crops. Man power is needed
in war work everywhere. Many sec
tions OF the country have put into ef-
feet an uncompromising go-to-worK
or go-to-jail policy. The man who
loafs today is not loyal, whether he
is hobo or millionaire The place
where he is permitted to loaf har-
bors a disloyalist. What about your
town?
ITO find the answer to this ad-
take stroll down to the
depots and past the back street pool
halls and through the park and
along the avenue and see whether
there are any chronic loafers and
idlers hanging around.
If you find them you will be forced
to confess, with shame and humilia-
ton that your town has already ans
wered that advertisement by invit-
ing the Huns helpers, the non-work-
ers, to come right in and make them
serves at nome. But your town can
rescind its answer! You can become
q genuine, all-American, war work
ing town, See that your sheriff gets
on the job and sends all idlers. rich
or poor, transient or resident, to jail
or to work.
"All over the country loafers are
having hard shedding. The people
realize we can't win the war without
food, and that food can't be produced
farm labor. There is spirit
from one end of this land to the
other which says to every man: You
are going to work; voluntarily of you
prefer-but you are going to work."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27

rem in order that the democracy
which guards and guarantees my in
come might not be dashed to pieces
So, Mr.. War Chest, ! really am not
giving you anything. 1t is that boy
any boy over there-who is max
ing this gift, and | am only his
agent"
Say it low 90 only the War Chest
can hear. But oh, believe me, the
echo Of these words will come back
and keep coming back through. an
your life. And no matter how dark
the days or how hard the way; no
matter how slim the fare or how
ragged the coat, this echo will re-
sound in your soul to make and keep
you rich in those treasures which are
not chained to life; those treasures
which alone can be carried on into
the kingdom where the only stand
ards. of citizenship are love and JUS
tice and mercy-the very things for
which the men who will benefit from
the War Chest are fighting; the very
things which must guide each of US
in determining our gift thereto
Leigh Mitchell Hodges.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
ALL TIRED OUT.
Hundreds More in ashland in the
Same Plight.

Hundreds More in ashland in the
Same Plight.
Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night and
day;
Back aches; head aches,
Your kidneys are probably weak
ened.
You should help them at their
work.
Let one who knows tell you how.
Mrs. J. Galbraith, 1876 Sherman st.,
Ashland, says: Five years ago my
kidneys were in bad way. At times
they acted too freely and then again
not often enough. My back felt weak
and lame and | was tired and languid
all the time Finally ! began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills and they helped
me wonderfully. They regulated the
action of my kidneys and since then
/ have always used Doan's when
have felt my kidneys needed atten-
tion. They have never failed to help
me-"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Galbraith had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
MARGINS WIPED OUT

The United States has always here
tofore been a land of plenty-in fact,
a land of surpluses. Up to two or
three years ago we have always had
a fair balance to run on at the end
of each year, and had no need to
practice real economy. There was
plenty of every commodity and n
reasonable plenty of money with
which to buy it,
Now the only commodity of which
the United States has plenty is money
of the things which money will buy
she finds herself alarmingly short.
Wheat, meat, wool, coal-the four
great requisites of life, she is called
on to conserve and to use as sparing-
ly as possible. The serious phase
OF the matter is that in all these lines
the erstwhile margins of plenty have
been completely wiped out and in
their place is positive deficit.
It was estimated during the fuel
saving period that the country was
actually short fifty million tons of
coal; that we lacked that much of
having enough fuel to carry on norm
al activities. Practically the same
condition prevails in the other lines.
What is the answer?
Conservation!
Waste must be absolutely elimin-
nted.
Production must be speeded up by
every means in our power.
And wherever substitute for
either of these four articles can by
any means be made to serve the pur-
pose, it is the patriotic duty of every
true American man and woman to
make use of that substitute.
The time for discussing the war
has passed. The problems growing
out OF the war are pressing for at
tention, and should be met as live
Americans have always met the stern
problems of life-with a smiling
courage and firm determination to
solve them and solve them correct
1y. The war must be won, so let
every American say from the bottom
OF his heart, 1--WE can and we will"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
TEST OF COMPETENCY
SHOWN AFTER WAR

In an address given by f. G.
Young, professor of economics and So
GEOLOGY at the U. Of O., he gives what
he terms the acid test of the COM
potency of democracy in Oregon.
which he claims, will come in dandl.
ing of the problems and opportunities
of the reconstruction period.
Prof Young states that Oregon's s
quota of men and money for win
ming the war are necessarily limited
by the number of her people and by
the amount of her accumulated
wealth. Oregon's possible service in
the reconstruction sequel to the war
is limited only by her resources, by
her policies for bringing them into
use and by the faith and credit sha
can inspire among homeseekers and
investors with those policies. In
other words, Oregon's share of serv-
ice to humanity's interests in the re-
construction period will practically
be limited only by the patriotic zeal,
Intelligence and cooperation which
her people seize this largest opport-
unity for service.
When the armies of the leading ma
tions of the world turn from their
sustained welter Of destruction there
will be a sore, keen and immediate
need of fully prepared projects of
production in which the labor, capi-
tai and land factors are combined
under conditions ensuring highest
and most humane efficiency.
The failure on our part at home
to have developed to full readiness
for actual productive operation and
use projects of enterprise and farms
for settlement will mean most dis
heartening experience for those who
nave won the battles of the war.
Such remissness on our part will
prolong the privation caused by the
war and would disgrace democracy
On the other hand, adequate condi-
tions prepared for the inevitable re-
construction will mean that patriotic
thought and effort will have brought
Oregon's formerly idle resources into
readiness for responding fruitfully
to the labor of the demobilized sold
ier and munition worker. Will these
possible achievements of peace with
their appeal to the imagination an!
to hope spur us as has the dread of
defeat in war? If so, we are fit for
lasting peace and competent for pro-
pressive democracy.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS

When the selective draft law was
passed and the government began
the mobilization of an army, many
were the predictions that 1t would
meet with bitter opposition from the
people. Members of congress even
were heard to remark that they
would not choose between being a
conscript and being a convict. But
contrary to all such gloomy views,
the work has been goiIg smoothly
on and the people have quietly adapt
cd themselves to the laws require
ments, till now the calling of men
under its provisions is regarded as
a mere matter Of course.
The selective draft law is a signal
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27

vistory for sound government. 1t
recognizes the fundamental fact that
man owes debt to government, and
is bound to pay that debt no de-
mand-that there can be no eXemp-
tions so long as the man himself is
physically and mentally fit to pay.
Nothing but physical or mental un-
fitness can exempt any man from
the obligation.
But, isn't there a further obiga-
tion resting upon the beneficiaries
of government? If life and personal
service all of the debt?
Getting down to the gist of the
question, if the government has the
right to demand the services of your
son, has it not the right to demand
the services of your dollars as well?
Is property more sacred in the eyes.
of the law than life? Life and per-
sonal service alone can never win the
war. These must be backed up and
sustained by the money and means
of the nation. But is the burden to
fall entirely on the government of
raising these means of sustenance?
Before many more months of this
war have passed, the people of this
country are going to be rudely arous-
ed to the fact that, viewed in the
light Of justice and right, nothing
should be exempt. Life is the most
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27

sacred of our possessions. Yet life
is demanded by our government, and
we see no injustice in the demand.
But as soon os our precious dollars
are demanded we raise holy howl.
Our government is fighting for its
existence. The life and death strug-
gle is now going on, and shall any
citizen of this government dare to
claim that his country has not the
right to his last dollar II that should
be needed to insure victory?
So long as the bond issues of the
government are readily subscribed,
however, indications are that that
means will be taken to finance the
war. Should these issues fail of sub.
scriptions the real test as to the ul-
innate authority Of government will
come.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
WILL FORCE LOAFERS
TO GET EMPLOYMENT

GO TO work or go to jail" is an
other slogan the department of agri-
culture purposes shall be heard. 1t
is giving publicity to the following,
written by Clarence DuBose:
ADVERTISEMENT FROM BERLIN
How the Loafer Will Help the
Kaiser to Win the War.
Wanted-To find few anti-Amer-
lean counties; to locate communities
where slackers and spies and Ger.
man sympathizers are welcome;
where the kaiser and Prussianism
are not loathed as vile, bestial things;
places where treason is tolerated and
where traitors are untouched and the
flag not honored; in short, a bit Of
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
RECONSTRUCTION TO
FOLLOW END OF WAR

Some day peace will come. Thous-
ands-millions of men-will sudden
ly be thrown back again into civil
life. Consider the vastness of the re-
adjustment that will be necessary.
Look back at the period of recon-
struction after our own Civil war.
Prepare for this new period of recon-
struction. The day Of reckoning is
bound to come. Begin to save now.
Thrife is the need of the present, the
hope of the future.
Liberty loan bonds, war savings
the safest securities in the world
are a wise provision for the day peace
comes.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27

w. w. Caldwell and family left
today for southern California where
they will make their future home at
some city to be chosen later. The
removal of this family is a great loss
to Ashland where they have been
prominent in municipal, church and
social circles. Mr.. Caldwell has been
a member of the board Of council
during the present term.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27

l.. A. Crane sold II acres of land
west of the Helman baths during
the past week to II. H. Hoyt of Klam-
ath Falls, the deal having been con
summated by C. B. Lamkin. Mr..
Hoyt expects to move on his new
purchase soon, on account of the eli
mate and school advantages to be
derived by a residence in this sec
ton.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-05-27
THE MESSAGE THE WAR
CHEST BRINGS TO YOU

am the War Chest. Ny mothe.
is Mercy, my father, Commonsense.
Open for your pledge of monthly
contributions which will show how
much you care for the comfort, re-
lief and welfare of the men who are
fighting to keep us free.
am your chance to put this care
into such form as will make these
men know it exists. RS
do not hesitate to ask you to
pledge to the outer limit of your
possibilities. | urge you to do this,
not alone because the need of these
men is great, but because your need
also is great
Your need to know the joy that
comes from real giving. 1t is a thing
entirely apart from the satisfaction
that attends the purchase of a Liber-
ty bond or war savings stamp.
These are investments-the best
in the world today. To buy them is
to feather your nest.
am gift. offer you the first
real chance you have had for big
giving.
And | want to whisper in the ear
OF your soul that one of the surest
ways to big living lies through big
giving.
And that's why l urge you to be
content with giving until it hurts.
Why, even the thought of giving
hurts some people.
Just go right on and give until it
makes you happy!
An If you think this a mere fig
ure OF speech or a form Of camou-
flage devised to reach your pocket.
you never were more mistaken.
Above all, don't let your pocket
Dook or your bank account or any
OF the ordinary dictators of giving
tell you what you shall do for the
War Chest.
Dip into your heart, instead of
your pocket.
Give all the money you can be-
cause OF Mercy, who also is your own
mother. And because of Love and
Humanity and Pity and Sympathy
who are your brothers.
Figure out your contribution NOT
on how much cash you have, but on
now much care you have for the I'M
speakable sacrifices being made for
you and all of us overseas.
When I come to your door, open IT
wide and say, Welcome.
Say, Il was waiting for you. I was
wishing you would come. I have
wanted way to give that would II
possible, relieve me of the pettv an.
noyances and waste of time connect.
ed with successive drives and cam.
paigns."
Then draw me close and saw in
low voice, so no one else can hear
i've put on this card a little more
than the amount you suggested TO,
an income of my .size. But Just as
started to fill it out thought Of
boy l know who is over there in
France and who gladly signed away
his whole income of life and days
and joys and love of wife and child.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
ACTION FOR $4,000
STARTED BY NURSE
Miss Alma kopke Sues to
Recover For Personal
Injuries

Legal action for $4,000 damages
end other items amounting to to.
tai of S52,0S8, was started against
the National Citizens Bank, papers
being served few days ago by
Miss Alma Kopke, of this city
through her attorneys, A. R. Pfau
Jr., and c.. ]. Laurish. The case will
be tried at the November term OF
court.
Miss Kopke, who was a member
OF the firm of Gordon & Kopke, under
takers, North Front street., was very
severely injured in an elevator ac-
cident at the bank building on April
~, the accident occurring when she
ATTEMPTED to enter the elevator to
ride to one of the upper floors. She
spent fifty five days in the Emmanuel
hospital following the accident, and
many operations were performed on
her head, which was badly crushed
in the elevator.
The complaint / alleges that the
elevator man, employed at that time
was inexperienced, 1t is also alleged
that Miss Kopke's eyesight, and
hearing, has been permanently af-
fected, that she has been rendered
lame. has epilepsy, and habitual
headache, all the results of the ac-
ccident. During Miss Kopke's illness
at the hospital her doctor bill
amounted to $1,000; nurse bill, 1928:
hospital bill, s929.1O; drugs, $500;
loss of time, 1915.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
SOLDIERS IN RUSSIA
TREATED MIC CHILLY
THEY WOULD NOT SALUTE
THE FORMER EMPEROR
His Title in the Army Was Not
Regarded With Any Great
Consideration

London, July 20.-[By Associated
Press Correspondent Recently in Ru-
mania. 1.-The American Red Cross
mission to Rumania travelled across
Siberia in the train which had car
ried the former Emperor Nicholas
and his family into exile at Tobolsk
The engineer, conductor and trainmen
were the same, and they told the
Americans many interesting details
of their journey with the royal fam
lily
The conductor was an energetic lit
tie man who spoke French very well
and had been employed on the trans
Siberia expresses for several years.
He was a through convert to the boil
sheviki doctrine and showed no SYM
pathy with the late emperor.
Both Nicholas and his wife were
diSconsolate and dispirited during
their trip with me-" he said. 'They
seemed to think that there was lit
tie left to live for, now that their
crowns had been taken away from
them. Neither the guards nor the
railway employees deigned to give
them any salute or open mark of rec
ignition, and in the little village
stations where we stopped now and
then the soldiers merely stared at the
IlemEeis of the royal party.
Lack of Difference.
This lack of difference seemed to
hurt the former emperor's feeling.
At one station, where he was per-
mitted to walk up, and down the plat
form in the sunshine with one of his
armed guards, he spoke to a soldier
why do you not salute me?' he
asked.
''The soldier replied solemnly, You
are no longer my emperor
"'But am still a colonel in the
Russian army said Nicholas.
''The soldier hesitated only mo-
lent and then replied, Yes, but we
are all equal now; the common SOL
der is as good as the officer, and
there is no occasion for anybody sa-
luting anybody else'
Nicholas never complained about
anything during the trip" said the
conductor. ''He kept closely to his
compartment but didno writing or work
of any kind. He ate very little food,
while the guards Jared sumnsuously.l
on poultry, fruit and wine. The
guards were so busy drinking wine
and playing cards that they had lit
tie time to devote to the royal party. |
1t was very much like a picnic for
everybody except Nicholas and his
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
ILLINOIS Men ON FRONT
General March Gives Information to
Newspaper Correspondent
limited Press Dispatcha1

Washington, August 14-The 131st
regiment of the thirty third division
of Illinois is now the force, that is
assisting the allies in the fighting
in Flanders, General March an
nounced today. He stated that the
United States now has thirty one
complete divisions in France and
each division is composed of from
10000 to $4,000 men. This would in
dicate that there are 100000
Americans on the soil of France.
March said the Picardy salient
had been greatly reduced He said
the Germans were over fifty miles
from Paris along this front. They
are now back to the old line of 1916
and the general was of the opinion
that this might be certain extent
account for their bitter resistance
An appeal was made for Ameri-
cans to eliminate the word Sammy
from conservation regarding the
men in France. He said if there was
one thing the men hated it was to
be called a Sammy. The British
are substituting the word Yank for
this,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
TEUTON TROOPS ARE
TIGHTENING UP Line
Valley of the Ancre Are Storm
Centers For Artillery \
Z. DueIs
WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs

With the British Armies in France,
August 14--Resistance of the Ger
man troops is steadily becoming more
obstinate and increased Smelling is
noticeable along the entire battle line.
Gas fumes and mustard gas are help
ing the Teutons to hold back the al
lies as this poison hangs over the
ground in constant clouds and the
men dare not start through it even
with their masks.
Derrancourt and the valley of the
Ancre are the storm centers for the
artillery duels in progress. The she'll
ing is exceedingly severe along all
these points. The British have adj
vanced slightly near Bray and are
now in the outskirts of the village.
Rupprechts army is Smelling Villers-
Bretonneaux and that salient severe
ly. Apparently the Germans wish to
destroy the large quantities of am
munition they left behind in this Sec
tor. One trainload has been repeat
edly struck by shells but no serious
damage done to it thus far. The
losses to the boches in material and
ammunition was large.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
GRAIN WHEN DRY
Suggestion Made to Farmers; Poor
Wheat Reported.

The unsettled weather conditions
of the past few days have made the
handling of grain practically impos-
sible. In spite of this fact reports
have come in from this county and
adjoining counties that much grain
was being threshed that was in a
damp or wet condition Milling COM
panies in this city and in other cit
les report that large quantities of
wheat has been brought in which
could not be accepted because of it's
poor condition. These facts would
not be true had proper precautions
been taken before the grain was hand
led or threshed.
Just at this time when the need of
saving ali the wheat is so great. it
is urged that the farmers use special
care to make sure that all grain Is
in proper condition before it is thresh
ed. In some cases, grain is starting
to sprout and all such bundles should
be threshed separately. From re-
ports that have come in the situation
fas become quite acute and one that
needs careful attention.