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New-York tribune., 1918-04-29
Red Cross Will Handl.
unds for Prisoner.
Germany Places No Re.t-;.
tons on Sending Money
to Civilians or Soldier.

WASHINGTON. April 2s.-Gern.0v
places no restrictions on the ren;t
tance of money for civilian and x.:,.
tary prisoners in that countv ~.
War Department has been informed \.
Pleasant A. Stovall, the American Mn
ister at Berne, who transmitted a noto
from the German War Department. :.
ceived through the Spanish Amhas..
dor at Berlin.
Minister Stovall's message. mad.
public to-day, said:
"The Spanish Ambassador at Rer,;x
has transmitted note dated Fehruar,
Is, 1918, from the German War Ia.
partment. stating that there are M
restrictions in regard to the remit.
tance OF money Tor civilian and mill.
tary prisoners. The money sent Is
placed to the prisoners credit, who
may expend it freely with the follow'
ing limitations: A-Military prisonsrs
First-sixty marks weekly NAV hs
spent by officers and others of sim;,sr y
rank. Second-Fifty marks weekly hy
non-commissioned officers and men. i
Civilian prisoners. Firs.-Siytv
marks weekly for men of better social
position. Second-Fifty marks weekly
for others.
with view to obtaining particular
articles, the prisoners are allowed At
any time to draw on their credit"
All money sent to civilians and pris-
oners, the department said should be-
remitted through the bureau of prison.
ers' relief, American Red Cross. Wash.
ington, in the form of check or postal
order payable to the American Red
Cross.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29
knights of Columbus Want
500 Men to Go to France

Five hundred able bodied men, forty
to fifty years of age, are wanted for
service in France by the Knights of
Columbus Committee on War Activities.
Walter N. Herman, overseas commits
sioncr for the committee, has cabled
asking that these volunteers be re-
cruited at once
Men experienced as builders, traffic
managers, auto rcpairers and operators
and bookkeepers are needed especially
Applicants are requested to write ref
erences and minimum terms to the COM
mittee at the Woodward Building
Washington. d. c..
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29

thy head shall be clearer, and thou
shalt be more clipper and healthier
for it. Which was exactly what hap
pened to the Rev. DR.. William H.
Mathews, of Brooklyn. He says:
81 am sevcnty-four years old and one
Of large family brought up in coun-
try town OF about 5000 people With
IN hundred yards Of my home there
were fifteen taverns. The leading
church members were wine and tobacco
merchants. We always drank beer for
lunch ard supper and could see no
wrong in it. There was out little
drunkenness. | served four years in
the civil war and from close OBJ
servation I can truly say that most Of
the soldiers that were in the guard
house were being punished for drunk
cnness. Most of these men when they
could not get drink were good, reliable
soldiers. Prohibition was their only
hope. J wa, strong personal liberty
man, and was taught by my father
moderation in all things and that beer
Tor hard working 'man was 4 neces-
s!ty. We later moved to Kansas, many
mlies away from a saloon. My father
then said to me one day, not having
tasted liquor for six months: My boy,
! do not want any more beer; had no
idea how much clearer headed and bet
ter | feel without it, Evidently beer
was not what he had always believed
lt-a necessity. The evidence is un-
inlstakable that when men are unable
to get 1T they are more useful, healthy
and cheerful Soldiers, sailors and
workingmen in every climate are all
witnesses that alcoholic drink IS not es
scntial for health or strength
"The families that suffer most are
those who try to keep up a respectable
appearance while the husband and
father, called a moderate dr;nkcr and
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29
Many Virtues In Moderation,
Declares Opponent Of Prohibition

civil law as in a military reservation
under military l4W.
"The service regulations of the
United States army lay down quail
tications of officers, non-commissioned
officers apd privates. These qualities
include gcntlemanly conduct, sef-con-
troll at all times and ability to pass in
active time without recourse to gam
bling, drink or 'sweethearts of the
town Such is the man power Of the
ideal army.
to rear the boys and girls of to-day
under conditions and teaching to de-
velop such d stock. Thus far the most
ardent pacifist will go whole hearted
" with the most ardent advocate of
militarlst preparation. To train the
youth we must continue paying more
and more attention to provision Of
public centres for neighborhood gath
erings to match individual skill in
pageants, plays and pictures This
should place trained and qualified
director of social activity. This wouil
turn every saloon into a public use
and deprive the erstwhilc business
man only of a business which his bet
ter self must have loathed.
I'm this substitution of widened op-
portunlty for amusement and growth,
where before was mere amusement,
hes the hope of successful prohibition.
"lhls course means the expenditure
of much wealth and energy in chan
rel where it will pay itself back over
and over. We are now being trained
Ill colossal expenditures Of treasure
tor common aim. One and all VIC
must prepare to build the army Of
the future so it shall be everything in
power and truth that the purest heart
can wish. ORLA i. Alley"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29
became impotcnt This is not from
hearsaN It is nnrsnnal knnulndrn

became impotent. This is not from
hearsay. 1t is personal knowledge.
"Artiticial stimulants are not needed.
Every properly nourished body Will find
adequate stimulation in good food, with
an adequate amount of pcoteids in the
ration. ! know, for ] have walked
thrty-four miles per day in rugged,
mountain country, without other food
than l carried with NE and water from
the Sierras.
"In cold climates the problems of
food and clothing are more acute and
insistent than in tho delightful climate
Of more nearly equatorial latitudes. 1t
is easy TO fall into the error Of taking
y drink when cold TO warm up al
though science has taught us that al
cohol lowers the intcri9r body tempera-
ture instead OF raising {. Humanity
everywhere needs TO study more in
tently the science Of nutrition, and.
hand in hand with the abolition of
drinks that are not food. even more
sternly rcpress The dcraturing and
adulterating Of the good and wholesome
foods the gardener and farmer provide.
"Universal prohibition Of alcohol in
human foods is arriving and with it
the viii and determination Of an over
whelming preponderance Of the cleo
torate to enforce it. The GOOD ship Of
prohibition has long been buffeted By
contrary winds, but she is harborcd
safely, with an Overlooking cargo Of
health, moral and physical purity and
economic comfort for the hundreds of
millions of our cncoming youth for
all time to comc.N
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29

good fellow, is slave to custom The
saloons pay the city and state price
usually more injurious than helpful
Prohibition will protect the women and
children and the weak men will grow
strong. They will find their money can
be spent to greater advantage The
safety of a nation is in the family.
The ruin of a nation is in destroying
its manhood by alcoholic beverages"
Dr.. WILLIAM II. MATHEWS.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29

patriotism in one ISSUE" cont;,.. :,
Senator Jones. "in another thew thsued thsaNesd
en- the President Of the United Sat Stssa
and the government itself with tr"r.ss t.sss
II he exercises the power given - tslcle s:ie
to stop the manufacture Of w;no aim
beer during the war" ana
Senator Jones predicted that !.
constitutional amendment proyid;n. sa sne
prohibition would be ratified .E .w;tEi .or i
the slightest doubt" "'snout
George Gordon Battle presided
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29
Refused to Buy Bonds;
Gets Coat of Feathers

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, April 2S.-
Because he had refused to buy Liberty
bonds or assist the Red Cross, George
Geanapulos, a confectioner at Electra,
thirty miles north of here, to-day was
taken to the edge of town by two hum
dred business men, tarred and fcathered
and escorted out of town.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29
Soldier at Fort Hancock
Pleads for Prohibition

Tut, tut, cries soldier from Fort
Hancock, N. j. Well have none of
your artificial stimulants. We must
have unalloyed patriotism, and we
must, presto, transform each and
every saloon into a public institu-
ton where the youth of the land be
provided with opportunity for
growth and amusement. Says he:
"The main argument against prohi-
bition is that prohibition doesn't pro-
hibit- l have now spent five months
in our army, and read daily of all the
wonderful things done FOR and by
that army, and to those that snesr at
prohibition in Kansas for its failure
to prohibit / say prohibition prohibits
in Kansas quite as efficiently under
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29
Pastor Says Prohibition
Increases Efficiency

To those who have been accus-
toned to their draughts on occasion
-Hic thee to some lquorless desert
for six months, and, 10 and behold.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-29

convinced me. Somehow l feel that
both these extreme points OF view are
silly and exaggerated. An honest pro-
hibitionist cannot be blind to the fact
that the abolition Of hard liquor in
favor of light wine and beer is an aG-
mlrable solution. 1t is an admirable
solution because it has proved to be
such in countries where beer and light
wines constitute 95 per cent Of the
alcoholic drinks consumed
but is the aim of the prohibtionists
temperance | fear not. I fear that
the aim of the prohibtionist is pro-
hibition.
"The strength of the movement must
come from some policy, point of view
or conception which, in my opinion. is
intolerance 1t is the narrow spirit of
bitter intolerance which the Puritans
left as q disgusting heritage. That is
the power to-day back Of the prohibi-
tion movement. BY hook or crook, if
necessary, these people are determined
to force their point OF view.
"The methods which the prohibition
lists have used in their fcverish cam
paign are based neither upon sense
of fair play nor the spirit of good
citizenship. They are willing to hold
up the entire war programme in Con-
gress in order to blackjac it into sub
ihiItiIS W CticII cNtldVdSdNC utEldutS.
They refused to submit this essentially
social question to the voters Of this
state on referendum. Why? Because
they feared they were not in a ma
jority. Living in country which rests
upon the political principle of law by
the will of the maiority, they are never
theless willing to tear that principle TO
tatters and as an organized minority
ride roughshod over the will Of the
majority. They deny the right of the
inhabitants of this state to decide for
themselves the question of their own
habits.
"Thc men of this country to-day arc
willing to give up anything for the
United States. The prohibitionists are
seizing this time as golden oppor-
tunity to induce voters to give up the
moderate drinking of liquor as a per
soral sacrifice necessary for the sue
cessful prosecution of the war. when
they know very we'll that the war win
be over long before any practical ef-
fects can be secured from the enact
ment of a national prohibition measure
1t is a shabby piece OF political camou-
flage, which the people of this state
see through clearly. And l believe il
will be decisively resented at the polls
if our self-appointed moral guardians
permit us finally to cast our humble
votes IVAN BECKETT I"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
Dough Saved the Ship.

Saved by ton of dough" might be
the title for an account Of the adven-
lures Of the steamship Armenia in the
submarine zone. The vessel was struck
by torpedo. Aboard was an armed
guard Of American seamen under the
command of Chief Boatswain's Mate
Stief Homiak, U. S. N. The naval men
made all preparations for placing the
passengers in lifeboats, for the ship
had wide breach below the water
line and second torpedo was momen-
tarily expected; but they did not in
tend to abandon their vessel until they
were sure 1t was going to sink. Going
below they succeeded In checking the
inflow Of water to some extent by
patch made of q collision mat and
some pieces of canvas, but there was
still formidable leak. Thereupon the
sailors proceeded to smash open
large number of barrels Of flour which
they found in the hold and shoveled
this material Into the breach. Soon 1t
was filled with an enormous mass of
dough, which so effectually checked
the leak that the ship was brought into
port by her resourceful crew.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
Neiuhborly Amenities,

Joe Uihlein, hunter of polar bears,
polar stars, aurora borealises and
other wild carnlvorous harmless man,
mails, including ducks, swans and
welsh rabbits, may be found at sunup
and sundown with his trusty pruning
knife and safety shears pruning and
shearing all his plants and flowers, and
Henry Thompson, his neighbor, says: {:
"If Joe would only let nature take its
course, the things that intended to
come up this spring wouldn't wait
until next fall" But Joe says: II
guess l know more about dandelions
and pedigrees than Henry does. Why,
just look at that statue of the replica
Of polar bear l shot on the side Of
the house; he couldn't shoot a thing
that looks like that even If he had
a gun," and Henry in one of his dull
Get neighborly tones replied: II
wouldn't need gun to shoot at thing
like that" and disappeared through a
slim crack in the fence with his un-
lighted cigar.-Milwaukee Journal.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
THINGS THAT GROW DOUBLE
Freaks Of Nature That the Wisest Of
Men Find Some Difficulty In
Explaining.

Nature does some strange things in
the formation Of vegetables, nuts and
different kinds of fruits, an exchange
states. 1t is quite common to find two
or more growing together, and natural
lists frequently run across some very
curious freaks.
Double ears Of corn are quite COM
mon. They grow side by side, and are
sometimes of equal size; but usually
one has little better chance to grow
and gets the advantage over the other.
A double ear on exhibition in one of
the Western states was certainly Gu
riosity. One side was one variety of
corn, while the other side was so diff
ferent that it was hard to believe the
two had grown so close togther.
Double heads of wheat are quite
common, but double grains are scarce.
Grains Of rye, however, are often dou-
bic, and the same is true Of rice.
Onions, radishes, beets, carrots tur-
nips, cabbages and other vegetables
are often found in double form.
The prettiest specimens Of double
peaches are those with two seeds, as
they are most distinctly double, being
Joined at point about halfway from
the stem Of the blossom ends.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
BODY LICE BLAMED
FOR TRENCH FEVER

Through tests conducted on &c vol
unteers from American hospital and
ambulance organizations in France,
medical authorities have been able to
determine that trench fever, one OF
the most battling diseases affecting
troops on the western front, is spread
by germs carried by body lice.
The details of the test and the
story of the bravery of the American
volunteers who risked their lives in
order that the mystery of trench fever
might to solved, is told in a report
received from General Pershing and
made public by the war department.
AS in the case of yellow fever, no
animals susceptible to the disease
could be found and it was necessary
TO call for volunteers. In January
the volunteers were sent to a hos
pital behind the British lines and
were inoculated with blood or some
constituent thereof, taken from the
trench fever cases. In one group
23 out of the "a developed the dis
ease while in another test -15 out of
16 were affected.
Having proved trench fever is
germ disease, the medical staff tried
to find how it was spread. The body
louise was first considered. Large
numbers of these were collected from
fever patients and allowed to bite 22
men. Twelve developed the disease.
Blood incubation caused the disease
to develop in from five to 20 days
and in the case of the lice, the fever
required from Is to 35 days to de-
veloped.
The men contracting the disease
lost from 20 to 20 pounds in weight.
while they were i'll, the Germans
bombed the hospital in which they
we're being treated but they were not
injured.
The report from General Pershing
concludes by saying:
"It is believed by the army medi-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
ROAD CONDITIONS OF
WESTERN OREGON

Willamette Valley-Cascade Wagon
road: This road is open and in fair
condition Foster to Fish lake Closed
Letween Tish lake and summit of the
mountains. BY making detours pass
age Is possible. The road should be
cren for travel July 1. At present
some of the bridges are unsafe and
several fords must be made.
Hebo-Neskowin: Open and in per-
manent summer condition between
Hebo and Neskowin. There are some
rough places.
Observation-Disclosures; Open and
in fair condition entire length.
Dead Indian: Open between Peli-
can Bay and Ashland. Passable for
autos.
klamath Falls-Crater Lake: Open
tetween klamath Falls and all Crater
Lake points. In very poor condition
between Klamath Falls and Fort Kla-
math. All roads to Crater Lake now
open.
Crater Lake road: Open and in
good condition between Medford and
Fort Klamath.
Willamette road: Open between
Eugene and a point several miles be-
yond Oak Ridge. Closed to all We
hicles beyond this point.
Columbia River highway: Open
end in good condition Portland to
Cascade locks. Closed for construc-
tlon between Cascade locks and Hood
River. Cars may be shipped between
locks and Hood River by rail or boat
on week days. Eagle creek public
camp and picnic grounds located 40
miles east of Portland on this road,
which is paved entire distance. Here
the forest service maintains a free
picnic and camp ground for recrea-
tion use. Tables, benches, fireplaces,
water and other conveniences
are available at this camp ground.
Mckenzie Pass road: Open and in
good condition Eugene to west boun-
dairy of the Cascade national forest.
Poor condition from west boundary
of the forest to Sisters.
Drain-Scottsburg Open and in
good condition entire length.
klamath Falls-Bend (via Fort Kla.
matho Open and in fair condition.
Crescent City-Bandon: Coast road.
Open and in fair condition entire
route with some rough places.
Grants Pass-Crescent City; Open
entire length and in good condition
except for few rough places.
Pacific highway: Open and in fair
Roseburg to GGrants Pass
ind Medford In good condition from
Grants Pass to Wolf creek.
Barlow-Oak Grove road: Open and
iii good condition Portland to Rho
dodendron; poor condition Rhododen-
dron to forks of road near Clear lake.
Open but rough, Cedar lake to cedar
burn; good condition cedar burn to
Wapinitia.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
HAS CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA
English Writer Satisfied That coun.
trys Spirit 10 undefeated and
undefeatable.

The soundness at core Of the modern
man has had one long triumphant DEM
onstrati0n. Take that wonderful little
story Of q certain British superintend.
ent of the pumping station at some
oil wells In Mesopotamia. A valve In
the oil pipe had split and fountain
Of oil was being thrown up on all
sides; while thirty yards off and moth
ing between, the furnaces were In full
blast.
To prevent terrible confagration
and great loss Of life, and save the oil
wells, ii was necessary to turn off the
furnaces. The superintendent, without
a moments hesitation, sprang through
the oil spray, turned off the furnaces,
and died. Modern man has been doing
things like that all through this war.
We Britons are an insular people,
Ignorant, for the most part, of any
thing outside our own empire; and 1t
has struck me as a rather wonderful
tribute to America that one could go
the length of Britain and find hardly
a creature who was not confident that
Americans will display the same en-
durance, bravery and unselfshness
that we have seen displayed by our
own men all these years. Instructive
ly, we know and feel it.
There is something proud in Ameri-
cans as in ourselves, something unde-
feated and undefeatable. 1t comes Of
our common cult Of freedom and of the
individual conscience, and in both our
countries is a growing, not withering,
Quality.-John Galsworthy in Harper's
Magazine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
CURING HAY WITHOUT
STACKING Is WASTEFUL

This is good year for stackin:
Lay. The practice Of cutting hay
raking it, and curing il in cock'
where it is left until it is baled save:
some labor, but is an expensive and
wasteful process from the standpoint
OF forage.
Much hay is spoiled annually by
bleaching and wetting," says G. r.
Hyslop, professor of farm crops in
the O. A. c. Most of the loss in
quality and shrinkage may be saved
by stacking the hay. Less labor al
baling time is required, and the hay
is more uniform. In addition to this
the excessive drying out and brittle
LESS may be avoided, giving leafy,
tough, palatable, nutritious type of
hay with good color. This is the
Lind of hay most in demand by feed
ers and the hay which tops the mar
ket when offered for sale"
To build hay stack, a foundation
preferably of poles or boards, or Of
old straw or weeds or some material
Of that sort should be put on the
ground to prevent moisture drawing
up into the stack, points out the pro-
fessor. The hay should, if possible,
be pitched on the stack from both
sides, as the large amount of tramp
ing on one side when hay Is only
pitched on from one side, results in
uneven settling.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
Mule Is Doing His Bit.

The Missouri mule is doing his bit,
and doing it well, in the present world
conflict, just as he did it in the Civil
war. In many sections at the front
and along the lines Of communication
are places where mules are almost in
dlspensable and where horses and
motorcars are virtually useless.
Pershing's engineers have testified
to the worth of the mules in the
acquisitions they have made to Wash.
ington for the animals.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
INC middle OF the stack must be

The middle of the stack must be
kept built high so that in settling
there is always tendency for any
moisture which may penetrate the
stack to run out. Care should be
taken not to build the stack too wide
as it will necessitate extreme high
handling in order to top it satlsfac-
torily,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27

cal corps that the sacrifice of this
group of &C men will in time lead to
the protection of thousands of men
from the ravages of trench fever"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27
WANTED
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-The Bungalow for the
season from June l to Nov. /. Is
equipped with hot water heater,
gas stove, show cases, counters, ia
bles and chairs to accommodate
80 people at setting, Good dance
floor and the coolest place to get
confections and ice cream in the
valley. Located at the big park
entrance. See Bert R. Greer, at the
Tidings office. tt
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27

SACRIFICE SALE-Nearly new g.
room house and 2 acres of land, l
mile west of Talent school house,
for $50 less than the house cost
three years ago when material and
labor was cheap; good well and
pump; wood house; slightly build
ing site; house insured until 1920.
Want money, and will take $3.50.
K. D. Sanford, Helman street. Ash
land, Oregon. 1922
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27

FOR SALE OR RENT - Furnished
five-room house with bath and
screened sleeping porch, garden
and berries. 139 Winner street,
phone 210-R. ga"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27

National war savings day is the
5tay-at-home's day.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-06-27

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE am going to sacrifice
my five-acre ranch, one mile east
from postoffice, on East Main
street, for s25OO, one-third cash,
balance SIS per month, per cent
interest. No agents. This place
has to be seen to be appreciated.
Address H. L. Sinclair, Montague,
Cal. 1n'-tf