climate without the aid A SHLAND ot Medicine, cures nine cases out of ten of Asthma. This la a proven fact. VOLUME 2 A shland D aily T idings (Successor to the Semi- Weekly Tidings. Vol. 43.)* MARIA Germs cannot survive th r e e months In the rich ow ns a t Ashland. T h e p u re d o m es tic water helps. n No. 301 ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,1921 ■w FIFTY LOST IN FALL OF HUGE DIRIGIBLE Oregon Emergency Board Votes Aid For W ar Veterans Congress Month’s Recess Scheduled To Start Tonight W A SH IN G TO N . D. C., Aug. «> 24.— C o n g ress h a s la u n c h e d its ! cess sc h e d u le d fo r to n ig h t. E g - <$■ o u g h le g isla tio n is on h a n d to ------------------ ' keep th e tw o h o u ses in sessio n SPURIOUS STOCK TRANSACTIONS| for tw o w eeks lo n g er, b u t th e <8> <•> • <$> c o n g re ssm e n a re d e te rm in e d to ; leav e th e city. T h e b e e r b ill, : <£ w hich th re a te n e d to p re v e n t a recess, w as v irtu a lly a b a n d o n e d : to d ay fo r a c tio n w hen c o n g re ss <3> m ee ts a m o n th from to d ay . 1 M cN ary b ill is now se rv in g <$>' <•' <$>) $> i NATION, CLAIM IN VOL V S $20,000,004) IS THE RELIEF OF POLICE MARKET FLOODED x x / i'r i- i c a i / c o T A f i/ e W l I H r AKfc 5 1 DVKb ag a block to vacatlon con. SALEM . O r., Aug. 2 4.— T he s ta te em ergency b o a rd , m eetin g w ith th e v e te ra n s bon u s loan com m ission, a d o p te d re so lu tio n s to d ay p led g in g its e lf to b ack th e bon u s b o a rd t o a $ 9 0,000 m in im u m fo r a d m in is tra tio n of th e v e te ra n a id act. T he $30,000 a p p ro p ria te d by th e a c t fo r th e a d m in is tra tio n w as deem ed in su ffic ie n t to ta k e ç a re of th e h a n d lin g of th e loan b u sin ess in v o lv in g som e $30,- 000,000. . . . . . . . ’S» •> fe re e s b e in g u n a b le to a g re e <$> ' . t> on th e b ro a d e r p ow ers fo r th e <$>' EVIDENCE SHOWS AT LEAST <•' w a r fin a n c e c o rp o ra tio n . SE V EN TEEN COM PANIES TO FIFTY LIVES ESTIM ATED LOSS; TW ENTY-SEVEN ARE AMERICANS NEW YORK RECEPTION PLANNED FOR AIRSHIP ---------- BE TA REN BY SCHEME CLAIMSEAOF OIL LIES UNDER KLAMATH FALLS to rn e y B riggs. C ross e x a m in a tio n w as w aived by A tto rn e y B riggs. W h ite h e a d 's T estim ony L. A. W h ite h ea d w as th e n called to th e w itn ess s ta n d — in p o in t of ta c t, an o rd in a ry k itc h e n c h a ir. He te s tifie d s u b s ta n tia lly th e sam e as M r. W in b u rn . B riggs cross ex am ­ ined W h ite h ea d in an e ffo rt to show th a t th e la tte r w as a “ to o l” of th e i p la in tiff. T h e w itn ess s ta te d posi­ tiv ely th a t B riggs h ad in tro d u c e d P ro v o s t to W iu b u rn . A lth o u g h d e ­ n ia ls w ere m ade by W h ite h e a d , it was d iffic u lt to d e te rm in e from th e s ta te m e n ts a n d cross e x a m in a tio n m ad e by B riggs w h e th e r W h ite h e a d w as a v a le t, c h a ffe u r o r se c re ta ry to th e p la in tiff. W h ith e a d d en ied th a t he w as em ployed by W in b u rn , s ta tin g th a t a t th e tim e in q u e stio n he w as em ployed by th e A sh lan d D ev elo p m en t c o rp o ra tio n . T h e w it­ ness w as in s is te n t t h a t th e fo u r p a r­ tie s n am ed by Mr. W in b u rn in his te stim o n y w ere th e only ones p re s ­ e n t in sid e of th e cabin d u rin g A t­ to rn e y B rig g s' visit. He d e n ie d t h a t a boy n am ed C lark B yer w as in th e ca b in a t th e tim e. W h ith e a d claim ed , tiff. J e ss e W in b u rn , a n d th e re fo re th a t B riggs show ed a v in d ictiv e mood ¡ n o th in g to ab so lv e Mr. B riggs from , r a th e r th a n d ic ta to ria l. T h e “ t r i a l ” was c o n d u c te d in t h e | G ives D ifferent V ersion council c h a m b e r of th e city h a ll,. F o llo w in g th e te stim o n y of W hite- jam m e d t o th e w indow s a n d d o o rsi Gead. A tto rn e y B riggs laid his case I w ith a m ixed a u d ie n c e , a t tim e s in a . b e fo re th e council. He denied th a t i s ta te of c u rio u s ex p ectan cy . F r e - i b ® bad in tro d u c e d Sylvan P rovost q u e n tly A sh la n d , a s re p re s e n te d b y j a n d (-be c h a rg e th a t he had a tte m p t- ! th e a u d ie n c e , lau g h e d . T h e “ t r i a l ” I to o b ta in tlie sew age w ork for th e la tte r . He s ta te d th a t he had gone .a s fu ll of good jokes if am u sed c h u c k le s m e a n t a n y th in g . A fte r it to L o n g ’s C ab in follow ing th e in ­ was all o v e r th e city d a d s so b ered , s tru c tio n s of th e city council to s a t s tr a ig h t in th e ir c h a irs an d th en “ ta lk o v e r” th e sew ag e problem a t ! — u n b e n d in g from a cold rese rv e, t th a t place, w hich was said a t th a t ! glow ed w ith sm iles of f rie n d lin e s s 1 tin i ” to be th e cau se of w a te r pol- fo r th e w orld in g e n e ra l. A s h la n d ,1 lo tio n in A shland creek w hich sup- especially, d ecid ed , v erb ally , d e f in - ! I>lies w a te r to th e city. H e a s se rte d i ite ly . to say “ n o th in g ” and re n d e r ,b a ‘ W in b u rn re fu se d to ta lk w ith a decision of ju s tic e on th e sam e him . He a d m itte d te llin g th e plain- basis. i tif f th a t th e septic ta n k plan s, w hich T h e “ h a n d s o ff” a ttitu d e of t h e i he u n d e rsto o d w ere c o n te m p la te d b y council a f te r th e “ t r i a l ” ,was p u r . i S im pson s h a rd w a re s to re , w ould not s u a u t to a decision m ad e b efo re t h e ! be> s a tis fa c to ry to th e city. He s ta t- h e a rin g s ta r te d to not re n d e r a de- ed tb a t W in b u rn was in a “ bad cision. T he city d a d s lis te n e d o n ly ? m o o d m a ( , e in sin u a tio n s q u e ry in g ¡lis te n e d w ith o u t q u e stio n o r in te r-j Brigg8 w h e th e r o r not he p e rso n a lly i ru p tio n . G ross e x a m in a tio n o f w i t - i w as tl,e “ com m on c o u n c il,” a n d gave nesses, re a d in g of le tte rs , r e b u t t a l ! c u rt o ,d e r s to W h ite h e a d a p d a boy WAS TO HAVE BEEN FLOWN TO V. S. WITHIN FEW DAYS; HAD NAVAL CREW CHICAGO, 111., A ug. 24.— S p u r-t LONDON, A ug. 24.— T h e new io u s sto ck tra n s a c tio n s in v o lv in g ' A m erican d irig ib le ZB 2 exploded $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 h av e been c a rrie d o u t n e a r h e re to d ay , c a u sin g an e s tim a t­ by th e g ig a n tic sw in d lin g o rg a n iz a ­ ed loss of fifty lives, tw e n ty -o n e of tio n said to h a v e b een h e a d ed by w hom w ere A m ericans. C h a rle s W. F re n c h , “ th e w olf of T he sh ip b ro k e in h a lf follow ing W all s t r e e t , . ’ c o v e rin g a ll p a rts of th e explosion, p e rm ittin g only tw o th e c o u n try , a c c o rd in g to re lia b le in ­ m en to descend safely in p a ra c h u te s . fo rm a tio n , co m p iled over n ig h t by The m en a re believed to have been th e d e p a rtm e n t of ju s tic e o fficials. K LA M A TH FA L L S, O r., A ug. 24. resc u e d . R escue w o rk e rs a re now T h e m a rk e t is believed to be flooded — T he H e ra ld is in re c e ip t of a sp e ­ com bing th e w a te rs of th e H u m b er w ith fa k e sto c k s a n d n o tes to w hich cial m essag e fro m E. J . M u rra y , p u b ­ riv e r fo r th e bodies of th e re m a in ­ n a m e s of p ro m in e n t m en a n d com ­ lis h e r, now in S an F ra n c is c o , im w hich ing p assen g ers. p a n ie s h av e been fo rg ed . T he evi- he says t h a t he h a s le a rn e d from an T he a irs h ip , m a n u fa c tu re d in E ng­ dence sh o w s t h a t a t le a st se v en te en ■ a u th o r ita tiv e s o u rc e t h a t g eo lo g ists land fo r th e U nited S ta te s g o v e rn ­ c o m p a n ies a r e involved. m en t, w as on a tria l tr ip w ith the of u n q u e s tio n e d r e p u ta tio n c o n sid e r B esides n e a rly $2 .0 0 0 ,0 0 0 w o rth th e K ia ra a th b asin a p o ssib le oil field crew a tte m p tin g to rem edy d efects o f s p u rio u s s e c u ritie s seized w h e n |of th e g r e a te s t m a g n itu d e . of th e big lig h te r - th a n - a ir m achine C h a rle s W. F re n c h , “ th e w olf of L a ; M r. W urray> a s a n e w sp a p e r m an b efo re it sh o u ld a tte m p t its fliglD S alle s tr e e t,” a n d p a r tn e r of J o h n i of long e x p e r|e n c e, is n o t lik ely to a c ro ss th e A tlan tic . G en eral M a it­ W . W o rth in g to n , w as a rr e s te d . o f - l h a v e beeu nli3led in o b ta in in g th e lan d . E n g la n d ’s fo rem o st a ir a u th o r ­ ficiaIs to d ay s ta r te d a s e a rc h fo r o th -i in fo rm a tio n c o n ta in e d in th e d is- ity, is believed to h av e been on er a lle g ed f ra u d u le n t s e c u ritie s patch> th e t e x t of w hich follow s: b o ard , a lth o u g h th e re p o rt c a n n o t a m o u n tin g to m illio n s of d o lla rs. “ SAN FR A N C ISC O .— I have ju s t be o fficially verified as yet. D eta ils Are W ithheld , le a rn e d from a s o u rc e th a t I believe S p e c ta to rs say th a t th e crew of th e T he d e ta ils of th e h u g e co n sp ira cy , ; ¡s a b s 0 lu te ly re lia b le th a t th e K lam - sh ip had ju s t sig n a lle d th a t th ey said to have been rev e a le d by R u d - : a tb b asin is looked upQn ag a lm o st w ould a tte m p t a speed tria l b efo re olph E. K ohn, w ho m ad e a co n fessio n I c e rta in to be one o f th e biggeg( oH d e sce n d in g w-heu th e big bag b ro k e o f th e w o rk in g of th e a lle g ed sw in d -j iie jds on th e coa3t in half, th e sm oke ballo o n in g above lin g g a n g a f te r a r r e s t y e ste rd a y , w e r e ; th e fab ric, a n d th e g ian t m ass of A g eo lo g ist of n a tio n a l re p u ta tio n w ith h e ld p e n d in g a r r e s t o r six a d d i- ! re c e n tly vlslted th e r e [o check , ste e l, tra p p in g m any h u m an live», tfo n a l a lle g e d m e m b e rs o t th e g a n g . w ork s„ e „ aS5lBla„ ts have fell in to th e riv e r below . f o r w hom w a rra n ts w e re Issued. S i x t e e n in v e s tig a tin g th e field fo r tw o T he ZB 2 w as o rig in a lly th e 1! 3S. o f th e accu sed le a d e rs a r e a lre a d y „ro u th s, a n d he s ta te s th a t th e to r- a n im p ro v em en t on th e fam o u s B 34 m o n th s, a u u ire scares m a t m e tor- f t ,,. com ic lia s m ad vertised for th e c ifj ludi last night w as pre- held. w hich cro ssed to A m erica in 1919. ■nation is freakish and likely to be senter,.llld h av e th e sew ag e w ork a t L o n g ’s , p ay er an d in te re s te d s p e c ta to r. As a , .... . .. leged w o rth le ss se c u ritie s. C laim ed Claim Winbiii'ii Defiant th e clouds a n d m ists becom es fre e z in g c e rta in ly one of g re a te r m a g n itu d e ¡C a b in given to P ro v o st B ro th e rs re s u lt th e council decided th a t the U n e a rth in g of th e g in a n tic sw in- W h en th e c h u c k le s su b sid ed . At- cold to th e u n p ro te c te d . ; in th e R o g u e R iv e r valley. T h e above d ie sy n d ic a te , a c c o rd in g to C lin n in , j d isp a tc h is of R e ite ra tin g its tw ice -m a d e decision h a rd w a re s to re in ste a d o f S im p so n ’s j h e a rin g w as not a ju d ic ia l one, a n d ito n ie v B rig g s s ta te d ‘ t b a l ‘ W ln b u rn C o m m an d e r M axfield, U. S. N.. p e c u lia r in te r e s t, w ith A tto rn e y B riggs th a t, th ----- ------- e re a— fo re , w itn esse s w ould n o t > i . u $ . . j u . . . s ta r te d w hen a u th o r itie s s w o o p e d ! re c e n t e n c o u ra g in g deve7onm eiits in to ta k e no o ffic ia l ;iction <>t th e cuse h a rd w a re sto re . have to ta k e o ath l3il S‘* 1C f ' nOt w ant a n y th in g lh a d Ins crew of sa ilo rs tra in e d dow n dow n on th e o ffices o f W o rth in g to n ‘ th e local field of C ity A tto rn e y B riggs a n d Je sse d e n ie d th e c h a rg e , s ta tin g a t th e I. L. -t , . to do w ith th e m ayor, th e city coun- to th e fin e st point. E ach m an had W in b u rn , w ho h a d a lre a d y ta k e n cjl ol. anv ()f thpni .. He rh a rg e d a n d F re n c h a m o n th ago. ! W in b u rn , who lo ck ed w its la s t n ig h t co u n cil m e e tin g o f J u ly 12. th a t M r. h is a llo tte d ta s k , an d each one of W in b u rn h a d lied. W ith th e h e a r ­ th e o a th , in sisted on re m a in in g u n d e r tb a t a t th e tim e of h ls visit to L o n g .a W’o rth in g to n , F re n c h a n d sev eral MARKHFTELD MINISTER in an e ffo rt to e s ta b lis h th e lac k of th em knew e x a ctly w h a t to do w hen o th e r s w ere a rr e s te d a n d c h a rg e d h e,m l C abin th e p la in tiff had not applied ■ th e o rd e rs w ere ru n g dow n from th e v e ra c ity of each, th e city council h a s in g a n d cro ss e x a m in a tio n of w it­ it. T hen th e MISSING; LAST SEEN n esses y e s te rd a y ev en in g , b o th of w h a t it h eard . w ith d e a lin g in s to le n an d f ra u d u le n t IN PORTLAND H O T E L ! w*Ped i t 8 h a n d s c le a n of th e q u e ry , Mr W in h n rn in ♦ .■ , fo r a b e rm it to insta11 th e p lan n e d c a p ta in ’s “ f lig h t” c a b in , w h ere th e c o n te n d in g p a rtie s s o u g h t to leeed t i n t -on ’/ t i s e c u ritie s to ta llin g $ 1 ,000,000. ______ _ ‘ w ho lie d ? ” re le g a tin g it to th e m u sty T n" ° Uy’ a1' sew age im p ro v e m e n ts. B riggs as- w heels a n d tele p h o n e s a n d in d ic a to rs c le a r them selv es. , itg e ti th a t som e tim e d u rin g e ith e r se rte d F re n c h to ld a sad ta le to in v e s tig a t­ PO RTLA N D , O r., Aug. 24.— 24 ___files th a t in a d d itio n to th e fo u r w ere fixed in a m a z in g a rr a y , just Rev. ol in d iv id u a l m em o ry , a m at- M r. W in b u in a t a p rev io u s m e e t­ th e la t te r p a rt of A pril o r e a rly p a rt o rs, C lin n in sa id , in w hich he said J e ss e T. A n d erso n . M a rsh fie ld m in is ^ it e r w ith o u t o ffic ia l rec o g n itio n o r p a rtie s m en tio n e d by W in b u rn as as in th e c o n n in g to w e r o f a big h e h ad been duped by W o rth in g to n , te r. w ho stopped a t th e C lyde h o tel re c o rd - T h e d ecision cam e a s th e re- in g h a v in g re q u e s te d a fo rm a l a p o l­ of Ma>, th a t W illiam B riggs c a m e ■ preBent, a t L o n g ’s C abin, th a t Dom- fig h tin g ship. ogy fro m th e co u n cil fo r A tto rn e y to L o n g ’s C abin, re p re s e n tin g h im ­ “ th e g e n iu s gone w ro n g .” h e re la st w eek, a n d w ho h a s been s u l t * o i a s h o rt * ta lk fe st ’ ara o n £ ino P ro v o st, son of Sylvan P ro v o st, M axw ell had hoped to b e a t th e It B rig g s’ s ta te m e n t, a re q u e s t th a t w as se lf as city a tto r n e y a c tin g on be­ m issin g since S a tu rd a y , h a s n o t b e e n ! th e city d a d s fo llo w in & a th re e h o u r and C lark B uyers h e a rd th e discus- 3 4 ’s record. E v e ry o n e who knew him W A SH iN G TO N , D. C., A ug. 24.— ¡lo c a te d to day, a lth o u g h police a r e : h e a rin g of th e tw o m en, th e ir iig en ts d e n ie d w ith th e a s se rtio n th a t th e h a lf o f th e city of A sh lan d a t th e sion. A tto rn e y B riggs re a d te le g ra m s h e re w as c o n fid e n t t h a t h e w ould in stru c tio n of th e council. He P re s id e n t H a rd in g h as s e n t th e fo l­ ‘ e x p e n d in g ev e ry e ff o r t to fin d him i a n d w ltn e sse s’ co n d u c te d a f te r th e m a tte r w as a p erso n a l one. from C lark B uyers, now a t Los A n­ b e a t it if it is w as w ith in h is pow er. c h a rg e d t h a t B riggs had in tro d u c e d low ing n o m in a tio n s to th e s e n a te : Rev. A n d erso n w as in p oor h e a l t h ,' m a n n e r of a ju d ic ia l c o u rt b e fo re th e ^Council’s Part Was Listening geles, C alif., a ffirm in g B rig g s’ s ta te -. T h e la s t seen of him , he w as lean- Lartd o ffice r e g is te r s . C arl H elm , La it is u n d e rsto o d by th e police. The city dads were good listeners S ylvan P ro v o st, h a rd w a re d e a le r, as m en ts, c la im in g th a t W in b u rn w as in g o v e r th e ra ils of h is “ b rid g e ,” city council last n i«ht. G ra n d e ; J a m e s D onnell, T h e D alles; last night. Listening to the two a p lu m b e r w ho w a n te d to bid on th e ru d e and had sa id w ords to th e e f-j w aving a s a lu te , cap In h a n d , to th e ________ _ S h o rt a n d U gly P h rase P assed F r a n k L ig h t, L akeview . R eceiv ers, LONDON, A ug. 24.— T h e S inn F e in J e sse W in b u rn c h a rg e d th a t men was the only action they-had de­ p ro sp e c tiv e sdw age c o n n e ctio n s to be feet th a t he “ w ould fig h t It o u t w ith ' long lin e s of B ritis h a irm e n d raw n H e s ta te d public m oneys; J o h n P e a rc e , L a reply to th e B ritis h peace o ffe r re B riggs u n ju s tly c alled him a l ia r a t cided on following the insistent de­ m ad e on th e p ro p e rty . th e city c o u n c il.” B u y ers d e n ie d ; up below him . t h a t B rig g s h ad a tte m p te d to have G ra n d e ; T h o m a s Q ueen, T h e D a lles; je c ts th e p ro p o sa ls b u t paves th e a co u n cil m e e tin g J u ly 12, a meet- mands'of Mr. Winburn at a council th a t B riggs had used his in flu e n c e ' Reception Planned F re d H a in e s, R o seb u rg . w ay fo r f u r th e r n e g o tia tio n s , a c co rd -; Big, h e a s s e rts , w hich he a tte n d e d meeting last week that he be heard. th e w ork given to P ro v o st in lieu ; to o b ta in th e sew age w ork fo r P r o ­ N E W YO RK , A ug. 24.— P r e p a r a ­ ing to D ublin advices. a t th e re q u e s t of th e city co u n cil At the end of the three hour hear­ o f S im p so n ’s, w ith w hom , W in b u rn i vost. A tto rn e y B riggs th e n in tro - tio n s w ere co m p le te for th e rec e p tio n ________________________ , re le v a n t to th e in s ta lla tio n o f sew - ing, and in which Attorney Briggs s ta te d , he h ad m ad e p rev io u s a r- j duced D om ino P ro v o st, w ho, u n d e r of th e ZB 2 to th e U n ited S ta te s A CLASSIFIED AD Is a B u si­ i SAN FR A N C ISC O , C alif., A ug. 24. a g e fa c ilitie s a t L o n g ’s C abin, o r asked that the council adopt an oral ra n g e m e n ts. W in b u rn c la im s to have cro ss e x a m in atio n by A tto rn e y G us c o a st on h e r m aid en voyage from n ess G etter, It goes everyw here ;— F o llo w in g a r e to d a y 's m a rk e t quoa- w h a t is now k n o w n as Sap a n d S a lt resolution clearing him of any charge to ld B riggs t h a t if he w a n te d to say N ew burg, of M edford, r e p r e s e n tin g ' th e little Y o rk s h ire v illag e of How- , in th e W oods. A lth o u g h n o t m a k in g of malfeasance in office. The request a n y th in g fo r th e city c o u n cil to p u t W in b u rn , b o re o u t s ta te m e n ts of and pops right out at one every­ ta tlo n s on p o u try p ro d u c ts : den, England. . E g g s, 43. a fo rm a l c h a rg e of m a lfe a sa n c e in was refused on the grounds that no th e sa m e in w ritin g . H e s ta te d t h a t B riggs a n d B uyers. B esides h is ow n tim e you pick up T he T idings. A great fleet of se ap la n es, a ir- H en s, 25(0)27., o ffice a g a in s t A tto rn e y B riggs, th e such charge had been made on the th o se p re s e n t w ere h im self, L. A. Try It and prove w hat w e say. (Continued on Page Four) B ro ile rs, 32 @ 35. case p re s e n te d by M r. W in b u rn , who part of the attorneys for the plain- W h ite h e a d , Sylvan P ro v o st a n d A t- (Continuad on Page Four) Good Listeners At Fiasco “Lie” Hearing Council Acquits Itself as Good Listening Body; Refuse Verdict Or Official Record of Case. 1