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Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24
IN READINESS FOR
COMMUNITY TREE

A handsome tree has been hauled
TO the Plaza where ii will be erect
ed and decorated for the community
Christmas tree Wednesday night
This event promises to be one of the
most attractive public affairs even
given here. The novelty of pub
lie, out of doors tree to be partci-
pated in by all the kiddies of Ash
land, no matter what their ages may
be, together with the joyous spirit
accompanying the glad Yuletide will
make the community tree a happy
feature.
The various Sunday schools are
practicing daily for the carols and
hymns which will be sung on this
occasion The exercises will start
promptly at 1880 o'clock in order
that all the children OF the city can
be out to the exercises which will be
essentially theirs.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24
Man Hit By Auto
Fatally Injured

A distressing accident occurred on
the streets last night when an au-
tomobile driven by NJ. f. Kaegi ran
into Clarence Prescott who was rid
ing on a bicycle. The latter was so
seriously injured that death result
ed in an hour or so.
The accident occurred between
$3.50 and near the junction of East
Main street and the Boulevard. Ac-
cordlng to Mr.. Kaegi, he was driving
up the street, and as he turned at
the junction on East Main street, the
bicycle suddenly crossed his path at
so close a range he did not see it
until he was fairly on the man. The
car struck Mr.. Prescott and threw
him some distance.
Mr.. Kaegi stopped lis automobile
and assisted by several people who
had gathered on the street by that
time, he placed the injured man in
his car and hurried him to the San
itarium.
An examination Of the unfortunate
mans injuries revealed that both
bones were broken in his LEFT arm,
both bones broken in the left leg, and
he was badly injured about the head
and chest The latter was evident
ly the cause of his death. lie never
regained consciousness after being
taken to the hospital, and death re-
suited within an hour or an hour and
q half
Few people witnessed the casualty,
but a crowd gathered at the scene
Of the accident Immediately after.
According to these people the street
lights had not been turned on and
that portion of the city was in dark
ness. It is supposed that Mr.. Pres
colt was riding up East Main street
to the Boulevard on his bicycle, and
at the junction OF the latter street
and East Main he was passed nv Mr..
Kaegi, who turned his car there to
70 out East Main street. The latter
claimed he failed to see the passing
blcyclist until he struck him. He inn
mediately stopped his car and
hastened to the assistance. Of the I'M
tortuante man, and rendered him all
the help possible under the circum-
stances.
Coroner Perl and District Attorney
Roberts were notified Of the accident
last night and stated that they will
be over to hold an inquest later
The affair was one Of the most
distressing that has ever occurred in
Ashland. Mr.. Prescott was a well
known carpenter and plumber living
on B street. He was about so years
of age and was a highly esteemed cit
izen of Ashland. He leaves q wife
and family. Funeral arrangements
will be made later.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

The churches of Ashland will unite
in a week of prayer and devotion the
first week OF January, 1920. The
call to prayer goes out to every be-
lever in Christ throughout the ma
tion. From to 4 p. m. every day,
prayer hour. Evening program will
consist of devotion, music and SER
mon.
The meetings will be held at the
Nazarene church under the direction
of the Ashland Ministerial associa-
tion. Various pastors of churches
will deliver the evening messages. 1t
depends upon you to make this the
meeting you think it should be.
WILLIAM E. BEAN,
Secretary Ministerial Association.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24
MAGNETOs TO BE REPAIRED

CORVALLIS.-Farmer are asked
to bring their faulty magnetos with
them to thet ractor short course that
follows Farmers week at o. A. c.,
and have them repaired free OF
charge. The repairs will be installed
under the supervision of experts
thus giving the farmer the double
advantage of renewed magnetos and
ability to make their own repairs
The course opens January S.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24
{. o g o 9 @ o 9 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ y
o COMMERCIAL CLUB COLUMN .
o o 9 Q o @ o o @ 9 @ o o o %

Henry NJ. Moss, yice-president OF
the Community Milling Co., of Port
land, address: 1876 i. seth street,
Portland, Ore, would be interested
in prices of really nice home places
with fruit, garden, etc.
Noah w. Griffith, Weaubleau, Mo-,
wants a dairy farm, good land, close
to railroad station. good buildings,
some fruit and berries, suitable for
grain,. grass and pasture.
Howard Ayant, Box 115, Hills
boro, New Mex, wants prices OF
farming land.
Carl C. Hutches, Bradentown, Fla,
wants prices of land.
S. W Cox, Miami, Fla, interested
in farm lands.
Elmer W. Colder, Route 3, Box
233, Portland, Ore, wants informa-
ton regarding farm lands.
George b. Reames wants to hear
from real estate men. Expects to
move to Rogue valley in vicinity of
Ashland or Medford next spring and
will need twenty or more acres of
land, improved or unimproyed. Ex-
poets to raise pure bred Poland
China hogs and Shorthorn cattle.
Chautauqua Auditorium TO BE
Famous
Our ChautauQua auditorium is 60
ing TO be famous. The Johns-Man-
vile company which furnished the
roofing for the building, is going to
use a picture of the auditorium in
their advertising in nationally cir
culated magazines. We are having
pictures made for them.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

LONDON.-The department COM
mittee of the Protection of Wild
Birds report recommends the pro-
hibition of the use of aircraft for
killing or taking wild birds. British
airmen are asking who's been do
ing it?"
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

OSWEGO, N. Y.-Sunday indoor
baseball games may be arranged fol
Oswego this winter. 1t is under
stood efforts have been made TO OBJ
tain the local armory to stage the
games.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24
SCHENECTADY, N. Y

SCHENECTADY, n. Y.-Quick
wit will be the main prerequisite for
a job at local manufacturing plant.
Officials hit on a new plan OF ex-
animation for applicants when they
instituted comparison OF proverbs to
determine whether he has enough
mental speed to be an accountant.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

BELVIDERE, Ill.-A 4.O00-pound
cheese, said to have been the largest
ever brought here, was delivered to
grocer here recently for the Christ
mas trade.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

LONDON.-Because it "is not con-
sidered a suitable sport for women -
Wrafs are forbidden to participate
in boxing matches. Now men are
objecting to taking part in bouts
where women are present.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

SYDNEY. y. S. VA rabbit
catcher, robbing a hen-rose. at Mud
gee. New South Wales. stumbled on
u pound nugget, shared like a Nal
tese cross, and OF practically pure
gold.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

Mr. and Mrs. Reginald D. Fifef
and NJ. Weir Mcdonald Of Medford
were dinner guests Sunday Of Mrs
Lillian Green Zundel
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

SPARTANBURG, S. C.-Converse
college has started a campaign to OBJ
tain a 100000 building and endow-
ment fund.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24
BENEATH M|STLET0E
Kissing Custom So Old No One
Knows When 1t Started.
Branches With Greatest Number ot
Berries Favored, as Kiss Must
Be Given for Each Berry
Pluoked.

A,oo.atoo 90 coandinayIon r,ythoI.
80, .o co1 90 orm No. A.,
Oe', ~ 90 p.Id,,r tho GOD -
So, So" S ..,od hr ouorr oena a.
ISM "nu ,,u t,n, h.. sanos =.
nis p0~e' w.. w in,n,na,ahIo =" a',o.,. ~
- .ha. aar,o fron, tho oar,n o,.
inns 'nu'
"v ~ "", ,'. ,o,oo,voa .ho ,aoo .no,
In ,'' =" w 1o.,nn,na tnnn, ",.h". ~
'"e ''.'eso ~ snaso aa1 ha,,,,a
"ouiu 9.i i'e Us ~, 49, a. ,
an "iiV~ 'ue u Lii an, W. ' aa.,' ~
neipeu iio NV III u',I1,e, en- ,o"a
neos' ,'sa ..a,,n,, ~ ",,i ~ .ha IN haart
A. 49, o,,, M uoddossos nroroa
,o. hts rostor,tion to l,f~ and whan
,ho nrovor wos granted # was de-.
crood tbat tba m,stletoe sbould never.
moro have newer to do harm unless II
touobod tho Garth and the goddess M
,ove was annointed 70 guard IT,
Somo leoands claim that tbe God.
docs kissed all who nossed under tbe
nlont oe a token that II was no longer
a weonon of deoth hut u svmbol n,
Iovo wbila others assert that she ex.
troctad a kiss from each Ms nronitla-
Zion or tho houoh shonld no allowed n
uorl harm
Another reason for the kissing priv.
iIapa conferred nv the nlont is said to
no that lovely maiden nreferred
deoth to the kisses Of an amorous old
monk who nursued her and her
nrsvars for deliveronce wore answer.
ed by Transforming her into a mistle.
toe branch and placing her in tree.
ni,. r Each nsr,v
mi - a.. ,' A.
ne Nu,'o"n VI e ''i''," '''e
- a. ort,,,,o.oa. h,,. ,,ho, ,,a,,na
-. VIZ, ~ " 49, ao,,o.,n. M ~, tu.,a,as ,.n
nSop' lhot 49, .Io honr,o, a,' t. J.. s,,u 80
a,,na n m .hat .hon tnon r,., r,ua,
ba H. fon oaoh horr, n,no,,ad on1
AZ .N .o ,a 49,. - a'.t'.' an
,",u a 80, -, :, 80 .ha hn""ah
W. 80 aaaa ,ha,'A
,,,i.to,or hoI,of thot +ho n,ist,o.oo nran,
on oak trees only. but that was So for
from true that the Drulds, who held
the oak as absolutely sacred because
they believed ii to represent the One
Supreme God. deemed the mlstletoe
doubly sacred If found on one. and
carefully guarded It until the sixth day
after the first new moon of each
year.
When tbls time arrived nriests
robed in spotless white. surrounded
the free and held solemn ceremonies.
among which was the sacrifice of two
white bulls.
After tbe ceremonjes n nrIest robed
I'm snotIess white oscanded tba traa
and with n golden knife cut the mis-.
tlatoe and let If fall onto wbite
cloth hold nv otber nriests
Tho branches vera tban formally
,Ieseed and d,vidad omong tha naonle
who believed the snrovs plven them
"a have mirocuIous nowar
-, u, 49,
N""eu 0e" @
Inc cohi''on oe''ei III 'ie ei''o"ry
u tlie pant was sucii 'i'ut 1t was ca,l,
~ "Il'heai' out ecco'uins W al oiu
egehu, certnili lover Seurcileu many
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-12-24

Christmas wouldn't seem like Christ
mas without the lovely bags of all
kinds that women delight in. Some of
them are rich and splendid aud Others
charm by their dalntiness. Here are
two that belong to these extremes
The shopping bag is of black satin bro
caded with silver and has handsome
silver mounting. The other is n pow.
der bag Of lavender satin ribbon with Il
big ribbon pansy on the front of It..
The petals are tinted with water col
ors, making a blossom that looks very
real. 1t carries powder pun and a
little box Of compact powder and a
small mirror is incased In the reverse
side.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-10
HONOR TO INVENTOR
FRENCH CATHOLIC MADE WIRE.
LESS TELEGRAPHY POSSIBLE.

In a series of articles by Mgr. A.
Farges, Prelate to His Holiness the
Pope, in the Echo de Paris, on tele-
pathy and second sight, says the Lon
don Universe, we learn of another
scientific invention by a Catholic
which is generally attributed to Sig
nor Marconi, the inventor, or-in
view of the information given US by
Mgr. Farges-part inventor of wire
less telegraphy.
After the Italian scientist had dis
covered the method of sending out the
messages, the problem still remained
as to an instrument for receiving
them, obviously an essential for the
practical utility of his discovery. The
instrument for responding to the ethe-
rial vibrations, the prelate tells us,
swas a discovery due to the genius of
Frenchman, M. Branly, professor at
the Catholic Institute of Paris" The
world has resounded with the praises
of Marconi-and we do not deny his
deserts-but has heard little of the
man without whose help Marconi's
wonderful invention would have been
valueless.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-10
k. OF c. STATE CONVENTION
ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD
IN ST. PAUL NEXT THURSDAY
-ARcHBIsHOP BOWLING TO
SPEAK.

Plans are under way for the annual
state convention of the Knights of
Columbus in St Paul May Is. The
st. Paul society will entertain 125
delegates at K. Of c. hall.
Among the speakers at the conven-
ton, as announced by John A. Burns,
State Deputy, who will preside, will
be Archbishop Bowling, Lieutenant C.
Arthur Macleod, chaplain at Fort
Smelling; Luke E. Hart of st. Louis, a
supreme director, and DR.. E w.
Buckley of ST. Paul.
State officers and delegates to the
supreme convention at Buffalo next
August will be elected. This is the
first time Minnesota has been allowed
the full vote of ten delegates, and is
due to the recent large increase in its
membership.
On the night of May 13 an informal
reception will be given for Archbishop
Bowling.
Visiting delegates will be enter
tanned with a dinner at noon and an
automobile trip about the city and
to the X. of c.. club rooms at Fort
Smelling in the afternoon
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-10
HE IS A CATHOLIC
SIR ERIC DRUMMOND THE FIRST
SECRETARY GENERAL OF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS,

Sir (James) Eric Drummond, named
first Secretary General of the League
of Nations, has been private secretary
to A. J. Balfour the British Foreign
Secretary, since December, 1916. Pre-
yiously he had served Sir Edward
(now viscount) Grey in the same ca
pacity while Sir Edward was foreign
secretary. From March, 1912, to June,
1915, he was private secretary to Her
bert H. Asquith, then the British pre-
mier.
Sir Eric was born on August II,
1876, son of the eighth Viscount
Strathallan, and is half brother of
and heir presumptive to the Earl of
Perth. He became a clerk in the for
eign Office in 1900 and from 1906 to
1908 was private secretary to Lord
FitZmaurice, parliamentary undersec-
retary of state for foreign affairs, and
continued under various undersecre-
taries until 1912, when he became pri-
vate secretary to Premier Asquith.
Sir Eric accompanied Foreign Min
lister Balfour to the United States in
1917 as a member of British high
commission.
In 1904 Sir Eric was married to An
gela Mary, youngest daughter of the
eleventh Baron Herries. They have
two daughters and one son. Captain
Maldwin Drummond, who married the
widow of Marshal Field, Jr, of Chi
cago, is a distant relative Of Sir Eric
The secretary is q practical Cath
olic.
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SUFFERING IN BIBLE LANDS

villages, no one being left to bury the
dead. The poorer classes have most
ly died.
Easter, 1919, in Lebanon.-"Certain
villages of the Ain Zehalteh, Rish-
maya and Deir regions have lost over
Is per cent of their population through
hunger and sickness. Nearly one-half
the total population of 127 villages is
dead Of the remaining 64,972 resi-
dents of these villages, 26,1S1 are in
absolute need of help. The total num-
Der of orphans needing help is 6,642.
At least S,252 houses were destroyed
by their owners, who sold the doors,
windows and other parts to buy food"
Easter, 1919, in Armenia.-"Wide-
spread famine throughout Armenia.
Refugees slowly starving on animal
corpses, slaughter-house blood, chaff.
Cholera expected this summer. Drugs,
food, positively must be imported. In
West Caucasus 100000 need help"
In Armenia and vicinity 3,950,000
human beings are reported perishing
from hunger and exposure. OF this
number, 400,O0O are little orphaned
children, whose parents were slaugh-
tered by the Turks. There are also
100000 widowed mothers and chill
dren
Easter, 1919, in Mesopotamia.-
Great multitudes of deported Ar
menians herded in droves. Girls car
ried off by Moslems. Great majority
of those found herded outside the
city of Mosul perished from hunger,
cold and disease. More filtered into
the cities, and struggled with the
street dogs for living. People drag
themselves to the market places and
die there calling necessarily for bread.
Many of them too weak to return
home, lie by the roadside waiting for
death" issg
Easter, 1919, in the Caucasus, Tif1is.
Conditions in this country are
frightful and rapidly growing worse.
1t is concentrating region for refu-
gees from other parts. People stary-
| Continued on page 81 -4L-L.s
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TO CONE IN FALL
CARDINAL MERCER POSTPONES
TRIP.

Brand Whitlock, American minister
to Belgium, writes as follows:
Il was very glad to communicate
your invitation to Cardinal Mercier
and l have just received the enclosed
response, which he asks me to send
to you.
Il believe that no date for the visit
ofathe Cardinal to America has been
fixed and that he has not as yet begun
to make any definite arrangements of
that sort
Cardinal MERCER planned to reach
America several weeks ago, but con-
ditions in Belgium made it impossible
for him to leave so soon Dr. Ne
rincX, professor of law at the Univer-
sity of Louvain, who was acting
mayor of Louvain at the time of the
German occupation, stated that Car
dinal Mercier had found it absolutely
necessary to postpone his trip to
America until next fall, but that it
was his purpose to make the trip at
that time.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-10
MR.. j. c. PRENDERGAST
ST. PAUL PIONEER PASSED AWAY
PEACEFULLY LAST SUNDAY.

Jeremiah C. Prendergast, 663 st.
Peter Street, a resident of st. Paul
for sixty-four years and owner of one
of ST. Paul's oldest plumbing and
heating establishments, died last Sun
day afternoon at five o'clock at his
home
Mr.. Prendergast had been automo-
bile riding and died a few moments
later while sitting in chair at home.
He had not been i'll.
Mr.. Prendergast was born in Youg-
hal, Ireland, May l, 1884. He came to
st. Paul in 1855, and had been en-
gagged in the plumbing and heating
business since that time. He was in
partnership with his brother, Michael
c. Prendergast, till the latter's death
in 1912. He was chief of the ST.
Paul volunteer fire department in
1870 and acted as fire commissioner
for eighteen years.
He was S5 years. old and is sur
vived by his widow, three sons, Jo-
seph c., Frank and Ralph, and three
daughters, Mrs. Finley Whaley, Mrs.
John Melady, and Miss Evelyn
Prendergast.
Two Of his nephews are Rev.
J. H. Prendergast, pastor of the
Church of ST. Canice, at Kilkenny,
Mimi, and Rev. J. NJ. Prendergast, S.
IT, Mr.. Edmund A Prendergast, at
torney for the Northwestern Tele-
phone Co. in Minneapolis, is another
nephew.
Mr.. Prendergast had always taken
a most active part in all matters per-
tanning. to religion in this city, and
had ever remained a most devout and
practical Catholic. He was long an
intimate friend of the late Archbishop
Ireland. 1t was he who made the
metal box placed, with various relics,
in the corner stone of the old Cathe-
dral more than fifty years ago. At
the removal of this box several years
ago Mr.. Prendergast was present and
identified the original.
The funeral was held from the Ca
thedral last Wednesday morning at
nine O'Clock, Rev. H. J. Prendergast
officiating. Burial was in Calvary.
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ADMIRAL SIMS
EXPRESSES APPRECIATION OF x
OF c. WORK FOR FLEET.

Rear Admiral Sims, former COM
mander of the Victory Fleet, has
given his official appreciation of what
the Knights of Columbus did for the
men of the fleet, in a letter received
at X. of c. headquarters in New
York The admiral writes:
Upon relinquishing my duties as
commander of the United States naval
forces in Europe, on behalf of the
navy | wish to convey my sincere
thanks and appreciation of the excel
lent service, which has been rendered
by your organization in aiding the
spiritual and material welfare of the
men of the navy.
Effective work of this kind, which
fosters contentment and better morale,
is of real military value, and the rec
ord of your organization is a most
happy one in this respect
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CONDITIONS IN ORIENT AT EAS-
TER THIS YEAR PRESENT PIC
TURE OF MISERY, FAMINE, AND
WALTON - RESUME OF
KNOWN HORRORS - RECENT
NEWS FROM PLACES MADE
SACRED BY FEET OF OUR SA-
VOUR.

1t is but natural that we should
think of the Holy Land, at the season
of Easter, because it was in Palestine
that our Divine Lord was born, spent
His life, and underwent His Passion
and Death. That country now is the
scene of utmost misery, as is so sadly
told in the following extracts from re-
cent cablegram and reports:
Easter, 1919, in Every
way we turn the question arises these
days of how many more orphans we
can accommodate"
Easter, 1919, in NaZareth.-"The
sight of the poor, starving little chill
dren goes right to ones heart. We
are caring for 2,400 children in the
orphanage, but there are still 500
homeless"
Easter, 1919, in Jerusalem.-"E Every
where children-starving children in
the arms of mothers, who had no food
to give them; little children, who had
left fathers and mothers dead beside
the roads from the north and now
wander, lost in the streets; sickschil-
dren, who had tramped all the way
from Asia Minor through the desert; !;
naked children, shivering with ma
laria and burning with typhus.'
Easter, 1919, in Syria. Famine has
increased in strength. The bodies OF
friendless poor, who die in streets,
are too many for authorities to bury
Some are thrown into rivers, others
collected in empty houses; and a cart
is sent around every day or two to
carry the corpses off to the sands.
In some districts famine and dis
ease have literally obliterated whole
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-10

As is known to readers of this pa
Paris some months ago to all the Con-
ferences Of the ST. Vincent de Paul
Society throughout the world The OBJ
ject Of this appeal was to interest the
members Of the society and their
friends in the worldwide campaign to
raise funds for the stricken poor in
the various war-torn countries of
Europe The letter Of the Director
General Of the Society was received
with Il sympathetic enthusiasm by the
Conferences everywhere. The local
councils throughout this country at
once set every available machinery
in motion in order that q large sum
might be raised for this charitable
purpose The fact that the money
contributed for This laudable object is
turned over entirely for the benefit
of those for whom it was intended,
leaves the assurance that every dol
lar given in this great cause of char
ity Will find a full response in the
heart Of some person bowed down by
grief, poverty and suffering.
The St. Vincent dc Paul Society, of
Minneapolis, is making an energetic
effort to raise as large a sum as pos
sible for the suffering in Europe. The
officers Of the Society are hopeful that
an announcement will be made at the
various churches in the city, and that
charitably disposed persons will offer
at least small donations to the cause.
Offerings may be sent to Mr.. Prender-
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$4,000 IN BONDS
GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC AID
ASSOCIATION INCREASES IN
VESTMENT.

Postmaster Raths of St Paul, on
May received a check for $4,000
from the German Roman Catholic Aid
Association as cash purchase of
Victory Bonds. The check was given
by John Q. Juenemann, secretary of
the association.
Mr.. Juenemann said that the total
amount invested in the different Lib
erty Bonds and the Victory Bonds by
his association is SGT 800 The asso-
citation has also $1,000 in War Savings
Stamps.