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The Washington times., 1918-01-01
SUNDAY CAMPAIGN
GIVEN IMPETUSBY
WATCH SERVICE

Great impetus was given the Billy
Sunday campaign by the community
watch night service at the taber-
nAcIe last night. Secretary OF State
Robert Lansing was the principal
speaker.
Secretary Lansing predicted great
success for the campaign, and told his
hearers something of what it meant
TO the city and to the people indi-
vidually.
at will be q battle between
righteousness on one side and sin
on the other" he said, land we must
each of US take a stand on one side
or the other"
Champ Clark Delayed.
Champ Clark, who was scheduled
to speak, was delayed by a late train
from New Orleans. Vice President
Marshall was also unable to be
present
Never was there a war when the
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hospital for the criminally insane; and
he may go to the electric chair. but
the latter is considered improbable.
Mute May Not Testify.
The Commonwealth, It Is said, will
not place Alexander Knox. the deaf
mute, on the witness stand. Knox Is
said to have been the last, with the
exception of the doctor, &c see the
Judge alive. Knox knows no ac-
credited sign or finger" language and
his testimony, which would have to
be through an Interpreter who under
stands his crude sign language. would
not influence the case. It Is said.
Harry II. Smith. jr., who was coun-
sci for Henry Clay Beatty. convicted
wife murderer. will not be associated
with the defense. ]. C. Page. a lead
ing Goochland county attorney, with
offices in Richmond, will conduct the
trial alone.
The Commonwealth will be repre-
scented by Attorneys Louis o. Wenden-
burg, David and Walter Leake, all Of
Richmond. On account OF the illness
of Commonwealth Attorney A X. Mon
teiro. II was necessary to employ out
side counsel for the prosecution.
The Washington times., 1918-01-01
Newest Way to Keep
Warm: Make a Daily
Round Of the Movies

During the cold period the mo-
tion picture theaters have been
playing to packed houses every
performance. This was today
made known wheRthe latest way
to beat the cold wave was discoy-
cred.
1t is doing the movies.
You begin before 10 O'Clock in
the morning. apd IL you know the
ropes you can keep warm until
late in the afternoon, at the same
time receiving thrills galore for
the small sum OF cents in some
places and a dime in others.
Government clerks. soldiers on
furlough, sailors stationed here.
and shivering residents Of apart
ment houses. and those who live
in furnished rooms have been
keeping warm in this way.
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PREPARE FOR SUMMER
WHILE WINTER HOWLS

LONG BRANCH. N. J., Dec. 81
Bradley Beach will sit down hard
next summer on bathers who 20
through the streets in scant costume.
This intention was announced by
Mayor william Z. Macdonald. The
Mayor said that an effort to COM
pei a more decent respect for other
peoples eyes had been made in the
beach section last summer. The eff
fort will be turned into a drastic ro'l-
paign for proper apparel next sum-
mer. the mayor added. The idea is
not to prohibit bathers from dressing
at home, but to make Ahem wear
enough clothing over their bathing
suits when they are PASSING through
the streets.
The thermometer today was regis
tering we'll below freezing, and a
northeast gale blowing thirty miles
an hour.
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DR.. chamberlain
BEGINS FIGHT FOR
LIFE TOMORROW
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
told his counsel how, since 1887,
Judge Chamberlain has prosecuted
him; how in that year they engaged
in a physical encounter. DR.. Cham
berlain is a cripple since childhood.
Judge Chamberlain, he claims, took
advantage OF him.
Hounded Thirty Years.
For thirty yeSSs he was bounded
by the Judge. the doctor claims, but
in spite of that treatment he says he
always sought to treat the Judge as
a brother.
When the courts forced DR.. Cham
berlaln out OF business some years
ago, after It was proved that intoxi-
cants were being sold in his drug
stores, II developed that the attorney
prosecuting the cases against him
was acting as attorney for Judge
Chamberlain, his brother.
The doctor claims that a few years
ago. when the JUDGES wife divorced
him, he was forced to leave Des
Moines, Iowa; that at the time the
Judge was penniless; that the doctor
purchased Sunnyside farm, In Gooch-
land county, and set the Judge up in
a homeS there, and agreed to take
care of him the remainder of his
days.
1t was two years before DIR. Cham
berlain came to Virginia to take up
his residence at Sunnyside far. Dur
ing that time Judge Chamberlain had
carefully cultivated the people, had
made friends, had often spoken Of
the doctor, and in a manner that
would prejudice his future neighbors
against him.
Professed Religion.
Another bold move to gain the con-
hdence OF Goochland county people
was his profession OF religion at a
revival meeting. He announced that
he would be baptized, but he did not
live to make good the promise.
With the arrival OF DR.. Chamber
lain from the West, Judge Chamber
lain announced that the doctor owed
ments he had made on the farm. The
Judge threatened suit. Now the doc
tor had already been involved in
court trials back in Iowa so rather
than go through another In Virginia
he agreed to arbitration.
Friends Of the Judge composed the
board of arbitration. The Judge
was awarded a judgment Not salts
fed the Judge began proceedings to
collect on the judgment.
Sells Stock to Get $1,000.
Rather than further prolong the
dispute with his brother the doctor
sold his wagon and teams, his cattle
and hogs, in fact, all that he had, to
raise the money. He was able to get
together 1920, he says.
It is said that he took this sum to
his brother. Then followed the
judges mys terious disappearance and
later the finding of the mutiliated
body.
II found guilty the doctor may be
given a life term; he may be SEN
fenced to solitary confinement at the
The Washington times., 1918-01-01
HIGH Sp!OE PRICES
TO Be PPODED BY
U. S. TRADE BOARD

The Federal Trade Commission cell.
ebrated New Year by setting out to
md why buying one pair of shoes
emptles almost snyone's pocketboOk.
Upon information that there is no
leather shortage and that shoe fac
tories are operating far short Of ca
pacity, the Commission today ordered
an investigation OF the whole leather
industry.
The probe will be conducted BY
Commissioned. Davies. and, starting
here, will be held in wha'e er cities
to which the trail of war pronteering
In leather leads.
The Washington times., 1918-01-01
Change of Schedule Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway

Train formerly leaving Washington
HOO P. NJ. has been discontinued.
Train now leaves 1918 P. NJ. carry
ing sleepers Washington to Cincin-
natl and Louisville connecting for
the West Through Hot Springs sleep
er discontinued. No change in train
leaving 2:l5 P. NJ. except through St
Louis sleeper discontinued.--Advt
The Washington times., 1918-01-01
Writer Of BassOs' Joy,
ASLEEP in the Deep"
Jailed As a Kidnaper

CHICAGO. Jan. Henry w.
Petrie, composer of ASLEEP in the
Deep" and other songs, is In jail
at Wheaton, ILL.,, today after HIS
arrest on a charge of kidnap-
ing Miss Laura Hanson, seven
teen, from her home. in Elmhurst,
last July. He will be given a hear
ing tomorrow.
Walter Hansen, father of the
girl, also declared Petrie took the
girl to various States and is-liable
to prosecution under the Mann
act.
The Washington times., 1918-01-01

moral issues were so clearly defined
or so evident as in this great struggle
between the powers of evil and
righteousness" said Secretary Lans-
ing. 1.-The war brings home the
realities of life. 1t sobers men and
toward their God and their fellow
man.
There is no better time than right
now to launch a spiritual war. IN
which every soul Is a battlefield to
be won or lost. 1t will not be an easy
victory Sin is surely intrenched
about us, and our duty is to enlist
under the banner of the cross. 1t is
time for action, and let us act with
all our hearts"
Remarkable Singing.
The Rev George 4. Miller, head of
the Pastors Federation. presided at
the dedicatory services, which opened
with a service of song in which more
than $500 trained voices took part
and almost 5000 voices in the audi
ence Joined in.
The singing was of an extraordi-
nary nature. In the center section of
the choir about 1000 men armed
with megaphones hammered out
bass undertone.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow pre-
sided at the watch-night service and
pleaded with Westinghouse to do
their bit in helping to relieve the
house and room congestion and in
others ways to aid the Government.
He paid highest tribute to President
Wilson. adding that the world is
ready to follow wherever he leads"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
Comparative Loss
Statement Shows
Allies Will Triumph

On the basis Of arithmetic; (which
is the only thing that never changes
in this world a military critic.en-
deavors to prove in the Journal de
Geneve that Germany and her allies
because of the ever decreasing num-
ber of men, can never hope to emerge
victorious from the war.
"The longer the fronts" says the
critic, "or the less the troops are
massed in depths, the more rapid is
the disappearance of the elite. In
the beginning of the war Germany
lost her young men, then some of the
older ones, until death began to reap
the grizzled heads, victory mean
while slipping from the grasp of her
decimated battalions."
The allied powers, while also suf-
fering great losses of men, the critic
argues, do not suffer nearly as heav-
lily as Germany, whose army, fight
ing on the longest front, suffers the
most rapid diminution. He con-
tinues:
'For three Germans killed or put
out of action per kilometer and per
day on a front Of 1900 kilometers,
the empire loses in one year, roughly,
100000 men out of a population
of. 70,OOO,OOO, or one fifty-fourth of
the entire population.
"On front of 1000 kilometers,
Russia, with a population of 160,-
100000, loses only one one-hundred-
and-sixtieth, or three times less On
front of 400 kilomteers, France,
with 40,00O,OO0 inhabitants, without
counting her colonial populations,
loses 100000, or one three-hun-
dred-and-nintieth.
Lastly Great Britain, on a front
of 12O kilometers, loses one three
hundred-and-forty-sixth of the popu-
lation of the United Kingdom, exclu-
sive of the colonies"
With these figures as a basis, the
military observer says that Germany
might be able to hold out another
year; France, after Germany, would
be hardest hit, being able to last only
two years, while Russia and Great
Britain would last much longer. Eng
land might considerably extend her
front, and when France is worn out
could take her place from the Swiss
frontier to Dunkirk.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14

ing and suspicion, and to destroy the
present plans of labor's cooperation
in this war than any other step we
could take"
But we should not strike at all in
war time," cried Cannon. Again
there was applause.
After Representative London OF
New York, Socialist, had attempted to
block the bill by raising point of no
quorum, Representative Morgan OF
Oklahoma said he did not think that
war should stop'the right of labor
er to fight for better working con-
ditions.
do you favor letting the soldiers
who depend upon the war supplies
we send them, quit when they see
fit?" asked Representative Fordney
of Michigan.
I'VE are not concerned with the
boys in the trenches now" replied
Morgan.
There were boots and cries of
aren't we?" from all over the
house
Morgan explained that he meant
the bill did not affect them.
Representative Lunn's amendment
validating strikes for bona fide at
tempts to better conditions or wages"
was adopted after Lunn had declared
the American Workingman would sac
rifice anything for the war, but moth
ing for profiteering at his expense.
The vote was 245 to 70.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
Powerful AntidOte
Against DiSlOyal
Strikes by Force

Washington.-A powerful weapon
against strikes fostered by disloyal
forces was given to the administra-
tion recently, when the house passed
unanimously a bill defining such
strikes as conspiracies and providing
a punishment of 80 years imprison-
ment and a 10000 fine.
The measure came near being
amended so as to prohibit all strikes.
Representative Cannon Of Illinois
backed this attempt. Only the most
determined fighting by the so-called
labor group defeated it.
Strikes are defined in the final
measure as conspiracies when they
unfavorably affect war operations
and can be shown to be undertaken
with the purpose of obstructing the
military success of the war. 1t was
an administration measure.
Debate was hot and furious.
THE gentleman from Illinois is
trying to cut off the right of every
working man to better his condi-
tions," said Representative Keating
of Colorado, author of the child la
Dor law, referring to Mr. Cannon's
amendment forbidding all strikes.
His talk of curbing the /. w. w. is
camouflage."
II accept that challenge" shouted
Cannon. II would control everybody,
no matter who he is, who would dis
able US in our support Of the boys
who face the shells and gas"
The aged Illinois member waved
his arms in old-time style. Cries Of
support came from all parts of the
hall. He continued:
War is no time for strikes. Can
the boys in the trenches strike for
higher wages, better conditions or
for any reason? The farmer, the
worker, anyone who lobstructs this
war, l would put under this bill"
Representative Nolan Of Califor-
mia, chairman of the labor commit
tee, arose.
"a bill of this sort, moderate in
character" he said, will do much
good. But to approve this proposed
law would do more to arouse i'll feel
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
ATROCITIES OF HUN
BEYOND DESCRIPTION

There is nothing ever thought OF
in hell that the Hun has not i'm
proved upon" said Luther D. Wish
ard, personal representative of Presi'
dent Wilson in making survey OF
the reconstruction work necessary in
France and Belgium, in speaking to
men in the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium in
Portland recently. when hear him
spoken of as the Boche' l want to
apologize to the hog"
Pictures of the desolation wrought
| by the retreating barbarians were
thrown upon screen as Mr.. Wishard
talked and emphasized the horror OF
his words.
"The world has neved known such
destruction" he said. "The villages
are wrecked beyond the conception
of imagination. Time bombs are
placed at various points and whole
villages are practically blown out OF
existence.
THE French will never be able to
replow the shell craters. Almost one
tenth of the shells do not explode as
they strike upon the soft ground.
They lie there, a promise of certain
death to the peasant who might
strike them with his plowshare.
France must wait until time levels
the ground. Moreover, the ground
is so saturated with the fiendish gas
of the Germans that long time must
pass before it escapes. Peasants, af-
ter reoccupying the land over which
the Huns have passed, have been suf-
focated by the gas released as they
burned peat.
The first to return to an aban-
doned place court death. Bombs are
left by the Huns affixed to doorknobs
and the first persons to enter the few
places left standing in the ruined vii
lagos are almost certain to be killed.
Belgian women, after being
worked to death in Germany, have
been returned to their own country
after they have broken down, that
starving Belgians may feed them af-
ter the Huns have eXacted the last
ounce of their strength in labor.
"The German empire is a jungle
of wild beasts. Its inhabitants have
dicpossessed themselves of every ele-
ment of manhood"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
MOSS FOR
SUBSTITUTE COTTON

Sphagnum moss, such as most flor
lists use in wrapping the stems of cut
flowers to keep them fresh, is soon to
be added to Oregon's long list Of con-
tributions to the nations war chest.
The moss, which is found in large
quantities in the salt marshes along
the Oregon coast, has been found to
lie an excellent substitute for absorb
ent cotton and is being widely used
by the Red Cross in the war zone.
To what extent the moss is to be
found in this state is to be determined
through a survey conducted by Pro-
fessor A. R. Sweetser of the botany
department of the University of Ore
gon. Professor Sweetser returned re-
Gently from Seattle, where he was in
conference with Dr. H. j. Smith, head
of the national survey work on
sphagnum moss, and other prominent
botanists of the northwest, announced
that he would commence his survey
at once. No definite plans have yet
been given out regarding the means
that will be adopted for gathering
and preparing the moss. 1t is prob
able, however, that school children
will be utilized in gathering and that
the moss will then be shipped to the
university, where it will be prepared
and made ready for shipment.
"Spagnum moss is comparatively
new discovery as far as it's utility for
war purposes goes" said Professor
Sweetser. ut is extremely plentiful
along the coast of Oregon and Wash
ington and has great value as sub
stitute for absorbent cotton and also
for oakum, which requires such care
full preparation before it can be used
for the pads and wipes required in
all surgical work in hospitals. 1t is
even more absorbent than oakum and
its decomposition is slow, which fur
ther recommends it for hospital use."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
The Gray Digger is
Busy Allen Enemy

During the year 1917 campaign
was launched to eradicate the. com
mon grey digger from agricultural
lands of Jackson county. The United
States biological bureau, represented
by R. A. Ward, co-operated with
County Agricultural Agent Cate in
putting on county campaign to pois-
on squirrels and control other ro-
dents, such as moles, gophers and
jack-rabbits. AS result of this work
about twenty communities were or
ganized and poisoned barley was dis
tributed through various agencies and
all told about three and a half tons
of poisoned barley were used by the
farmers of Jackson county. II you
did your part you are aware of the
benefit that was obtained.
Hundreds of farmers have given
their testimony of the good that was
accomplished by this campaign. Eve
hope to carry on more effective
campaign this year than we did dur
ing 1917. We expect to be on the job
earlier this season." said Prof. Cate.
The system Of distribution will be
similar to that of last year and If
there is no one in your community
or district who is handling the pois-
oned barley, communicate with the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
AVIATOR WRITES OF
FLIGHT ABOVE CLOUDS

Cadet Wendell Bell, son of William
Bell, the Roseburg weather bureau
official, recently passed examinations
for aviation service at the University
of California aeronautic school at
Berkeley and was transferred to San
Diego, where he is to complete train
ing for active service. In letter to
his father the young man gives the
following graphic description of his
first flight, according to the Roseburg
News:
q took my first flight on March
9, being up for three-quarters of an
hour, We went up in long spiral
to an altitude of $500 feet and then
sailed over San Diego, Coronado,
LoJolla and Camp Kearney, and back
to Fort Rosecrans. After we had
sailed around a while the instructor
pointed to machine, and | nodded
my head that noticed it was looping
the loop. guess he thought l want
ed to do it, too, because the first
thing | knew we did it five times
without stopping and l saw the earth
and sky go round me several times,
that being the only effect ! noticed
excepting that was forced deep into
my seat when we started out of the
last loop. We then made a nose dive
and landed with the engine shut off
for 1000 feet. My ears drummed
like the dickens from coming down
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14

too quick, but 1t only lasted for a
minute or two after l took off my
helmet.
There are from 40 to 5O'planes in
the air all the time here, and some
one is always landing over your head,
no matter where you are. There Is
q dead line that no one is allowed to
cross, but some one is always whist
ling past yop, making landing. l
am in the Y. NJ C. A. tent now and
| counted - machines whistling to a
landing in one minute right over the
tent. We are not allowed to have a
kodak on the field, although wish
we could, because l surely would get
some dandy pictures.
TN get nine hours with an in
structor and then start solo work.
1t takes from four to six weeks to
complete all your tests and get your
wings but it surely is great work. 1t
seems easy enough to fly. The hard
part is in the landing and taking off.
The instructors gave me the controls
yesterday, and l took off two times
and made two landings-with his as
sistance, of course. You'have to han
die the controls as If they were hot.
The slightest touch will make from
so to 100 feet difference in your alti-
tude. The next five or six hours will
be just circling the field and landing
again and again.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
LINES BY A HORSE ON A BITTER
COLD DAY

Beside me on the curb you've rolled
And warm fur robes around you cast
While !, uncovered, shake with colo
In binding snow and chilling blast;
But should be resigned, of course;
You are a flivver-I'm a horse.
And it is right that robes Of fur
Be wrapped around your fragile form
For injury you might incur
If left uncovered to the storm
While l will be immune, Of course,
I'm not a car-I'm just horse.
And standing naked all day long g,
In wintry winds that cut like steel
Is good for horses, who are strong
But / confess, some grief feel;
was assembled by the Lord,
wish it had'been Henry Ford.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
FOR SALE OR TRADE

FOR TRADE, FOR JACKSON COUN-
TY RANCH OR ASHLAND CITY
PROPERTY-A four-story brick
building eleven apartments, nine
of two rooms and two of three
rooms. Lot 26x69. The building
is in first-class condition. Well To-
Gated in San Francisco. Income
per month, 1915. Monthly ex-
pense Taxes $22, insurance
1914, steam heat SIS, water $12,
janitor SAT, lights So, garbage
$1.5O; total monthly expense
$10S.64. Pays net per month
$239.36, less 6 per cent interest
on mortgage, 800. Price $4,000,
mortgage $40, equity $40 The
property earns s2,O32.92 per an
mum net. What have you to trade
for the equity? B. R. Greer, at the
Tidings office. 69-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
INTERURBAN AUToCAR co.

Leave Ashland for Medford, Talent
and Phoenix daily except Sunday
at 800 a. m. and 100, 400 and
SIS p. m Also on Saturday night
at $50. Sundays leave at 900
a, m, 1880, 4:3O and $3.50 p. IN.
Leave Medford for Ashland daily ex-
cept Sunday at 500 a. m. and 100,
400 and 5:15 p m. Also on Sat-
urday night at 1915. On Sundays
1890 a. M, 1870, $3.50 and $3.50
p. m.
Fare between Medford and Ashland,
30 cents. Round trip 80 cents.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
MALE HELP WANTED

WANTED-Men for sawmills and log
ging camps. Mills and camps will
operate throughout the winter.
Steady work. Good conditions.
For full particulars write Weed
Lumber Company, Weed, Cal. 71-tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

FOR SALE CHEAP-One Canton
ditcher. Heavy. with mould TO
throw dirt both ways. For heavy
ditch work like irrigation or pipe
ditch. Inquire at the Tidings Of
flee 94tf
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14

LAND-To close an estate
/ am offering 20 acres of land in
good alfalfa district, close to Ash
land, at 1925 an acre. No build
ings. Land adjoining held at over
twice this price. w. D. Hodgson'
Ashland. S4-2t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14
FEMALE HELP WANTED

WANTED-Lady to work in store
and learn light shoe repairing. A
good place for lady that wants
a steady job and is willing to work.
Eastern Supply Co. Stiff
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-14

ORDERS taken for Tancred White
Leghorn baby chicks. Hatching
eggs $1.25 per setting, Sc per 100.
Rhode Island Red eggs 81 per set
/ ting. Mrs. W. D. Booth, phone
2e1-R S3-1mo.*