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4 f ass ft A 6HLAND climate, without the aid of mediciue, cures nine cases out of ten of asthma. This is a proven fact. ALARIA getnn cannot survive three monrtts in the rich ozone at Ashland. The pure domestic water helps. (International News Wire Service) si/ V O LUM E 3 (Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Vol. 43) ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1921 NO. 38 HARDING CALLS RAILWAY LABOR BOARD Ï0 SOLVE 0. S. TRANS. PUZZLE Holdup Man Of Siskiyous Killed In State Prison 88 ÍS $18,000 Bond Election Called F or November 2 David Bearks, sentenced to serve twelve years in the state prison from this county for the holdup of three; hobo kids on a Southern Pacific j freight train in the Siskiyous a year ago, was killed almost instantly | INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM Tuesday afternoon while working in , MITTEE PICKS UP TANGLED the prison flax factory. His cloth-j | TH READ S OF RAILROAD WAGE ing caught in a revolving shaft , AND FREIGHT CONTROVER while working around some machin ery, and he was killed before the; SIES. m achinery could be stopped. He was 33 years old and had a wife and By H. K. REYNOLDS little boy and a sister living in Polk j WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14.— county. Members of the senate interstate Bearks was sentenced to twelve commerce committe gathered around years and his two companions, C lar MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 15.— P ic tu r-1 a big mahogany table a t the capitol ence McDade and Clarence Mc- today and again prepared to solve Glown, sentenced to eleven and ten esque witnesses, among them Sheriff' A m erica’s transportation puzzle. years, respectively, by Judge Calkins. R. W. Starm er, of Douglas county,’; Having collected more than a Bearks was employed as a brakem an a central figure in the Dr. R. M. ’ thousand printed pages of testimony out of Ashland south, a n d the evi * 1 in an effort to find a remedy for the dence showed th a t he plotted and Brumfield m urder case now under; ills of the steam lines by listening held up transient youths while they way at Roseburg, testified in th e' to the diagnosis of the leading rail were riding over the Siskiyous in a federal court Thursday afternoon ' and yesterday morning in the trial; road executives of the country, the box car. of John Isson, an ex-special game com m ittee picked up the tangled Many people ask the question, warden, and C. A. Brumfield, a 1 threads of an investigation launched w. C. T. U. HOLD SOCIAL “ Why trade at hom e?” but very farm er. Sheriff Starm er is a vitali early in May and began the exam AND BUSINESS MEETING few trouble to seek the answer. witness in the Brumfield m urder, ination of officials and representa Why should people patronize which was committed in the te rri-' tives of the railway labor organiza The W. C. T. U. met Tuesday Ashland m erchants? tions. afternoon at the home of the presi tory he officially guards, and an im-j Because it is g great saving of Senator Albert B. Cunjmins, re dent, Mrs. Luella Stearns, 212 Pine portant witness in the federal court time, and time today represents publican, of Iow’a, chairm an of the street. The meeting combined a here. He was the arrestin g officer. money. On his first apeparance on the com m ittee and one of the fram ers social and business m eeting in one. Because the Ashland m erchant of the m uch-discussed Esch-Cum- A lter the business session an im stand Sheriff Starm er testified th at can only remain in business m lns act, which released the carriers prom ptu program was given. Mrs. there was a ’stovepipe running out of through the patronage of Ashland from federal control and returned W ilshire favored the ladies with a the still house, located on the ranch people, and a town without m er them to th eir owners, hopes th at the reading, “ The Inventor’s W ife.” The of Sam M. Welleck, a co-defendant, chants would be a sorry-place in last lap of the inquiry Into the tro u hostess, Mrs. Stearns, served dainty who turned sta te ’s evidence. Wel which to live. bles of the roads may be completed refreshm ents th at were enjoyed by leck testified there was no pipe ru n Because the Ashland m erchants w ithin a month, but adm its th at it all. Those present were: Mesdames ning through the roof. sell goods that do not have to be Sher'ff Sta riper requested the may tak e longer. Hatch, Roland. Powell, Wilcox, M. returned because of defects or in- The in terstate commerce commit J. Sherman, Elizabeth Smith, Oben- privilege of qualifying his testimony, feriority of quality. It is the only tee was directed, under the Cum chain, W ilshire, McCoy, Mary Lewis, which was granted. He was called way in which a local man can hold mins resolution proposing the in Moore, Jam es, Pervis, E. W hite, L. to the stan d and testified th a t there his trade. was no stovepipe, and that he had vestigation, to find a means of Stearns and Miss Benedict. Because the Ashland m erchant bringing about a ^condition that Mrs. Roland was elected vice pres been so busy that he overlooked the'i is not in the habit of charging ex would w arrant the interstate com ident to fill the vacancy made by detail, but th at he wanted the jury cessive prices. merce commission in reducing removal of some • of the mem ber to understand it correctly^. You may at times be able to get The attorney for the defense the same article elsewhere for a freight rates and passenger fares. ship. asked Sheriff Starm er if his return This was the principal reason for little less money, but the quality to the stand wap not Jo r thè purpose th e investigation, although the com will invariably be reduced in pro of making his testimony agree with m ittee was authorized to make a portion to the price. The local th at of Welleck, which, he denied. comprehensive study of the condi m erchant cannot afford to sell “ You a re 's u re you have not made tions of the carriers both during and cheap stuff. His customers a m istake about finding the still? ” a fte r the period of federal control. would not tolerate it. asked the defense attorney. When the committee suspended Because th e prosperity of a Government Sustained its hearings on July 1 only the rail community depends upon th e This lien of questioning brought am ount of money in circulation road executives and large owners of forth a strenuous objection from the in the community, and th a t is railroad securities had been given an governm ent’s attorney, which was regulated mainly bv the m arket opportunity to testify, but it had sustained. The sheriff has been kept ing of surplus products A b ro ad been generally understood th a t the on the jum p between the Brumfield anti the keeping of as much as inquiry would be resumed at a later • moonshine case and the Brumfield date, when the senate investigators possible of the receipts at home. I m urder case in Roseburg, the prin- would go more fully into the railroad Because a community th a t ; cipals being only of the same name spends most of its money abroad m uddle by hearing labor’s side of in the same locality. the story. for supplies soon finds th a t it has Humor found its way into the dig but little left for the purchase of The first witness scheduled to a p nified session. Gunner Jolsen, a additional supplies. pear before the committee is Frank young man of 26 years and Scandi J. W arne, statistician for the four It is so simple a child could un navian extraction, was a smiling derstand It, and what a child can transportation brotherhoods. W arne will be followed by other represen witness for the government.’ He tes comprehend should not go un tified he and Frank Carlson went to heeded by adults. tatives of railroad labor, and it is expected th at hearings will also be a feed barn near the farm rented by Think it over. g ran ted to W. S. Stone, grand chief Brumfield “to find a bottle,” and Thinking may accomplish much engineer of the Brotherhood of Lo in tead found a small still hid under good. it certainly will db no com otive Engineers; W. S. C arter, the straw. They took the still up harni- HAZ KIK. president of the Brotherhood of Lo • to hi.; house and showed it to his com otive Firem en and Engineers; i folks and then returned it to its hid- I ing place. L. E. Sheppard, president of the S HERI FF TO SUPPLY O rder of Railway Conductors, and Asked why he entered the feed TEMPORARY LICENSE W. G. Lee, president of the B rother barn, Jolsen said, “ Ve vanted to play PLATES FOR AUTOS hood of Railway Trainm en. a yoke on deni fellers.” He adm it-i SZH LeONARoMtfooT» D uring the com m ittee’s recess a definite plan for the relief of the MANILA. Oct. 15.— Major Gen- railroads was presented to congress. eral Leonard Wood, in the presence _____ This is the adm inistration’s proposal of 35,000 persons, took the oath of authorizing the sale of railroad S ia n d ^ to d ly 116^ 1 ° f Philipplne securities now held adm inistration, the m ade available to be th e indebtedness of ted he and Carlson weije on a sort of reconnoitering expedition for booze. Following a suggestion of Repre He said li4/ had heard there were sentative Benjamin C. Sheldon, of stills in th at p art of Douglas county, Medford, Secretary o f State Kozer but he had never seen any of them ’ has authorized Sheriff T errill to dep by the ra ilro a d , The ceremony occurred directly i Is Passe<l utize Medford and Ashland au th o ri money thus »iter the general and his party dis- w - H LonK- a native of Douglas ties to supply tem porary license plates used in funding em barked from the cruiser New O r-! county, used the word “ lie” -in de- for automobiles. Representative Shel- the carriers to china. * hiCh br° Ught him here from 1 nying the intim ation that he and his ¡don has w ritten to the Ashland eham the United States to the extent of ______________________ m other an d the defendant Brum- her of commerce suggesting th a t the $500,000,000. A bill for this pur- Prom inent speakers and educators field had Quarreled over a lease to m atter be taken -up with the local pose has already passed the house from the Oregon A gricultural c o l- 'land’ and said: “ Mr. Brumfield and) police, John H. Fuller, secretary of an d now is pending in th e senate. lege and the State university will be 1 are a s 8P°°d friends as two meh the cham ber of commerce, sta te d this T he m easure has encountered stiff present a t the Jackson county teach- can b e ” morning th a t he would bring th e mat- opposition from ra ilro a d labor o r-ie rs ’ institute to open a t the local He said he saw Iason while he was ite r to the attention of local authori- ganizations, which believe th a t the! high school Monday and continue wol'hing in a straw berry patch, a n d ; ties. P a rt of Representative Shel- governm ent should not extend fu r-¡u n til Wedensday, inclusive. The th at the special game warden called j don’s letter follows th e r financial favors to th e steam Monday session will open a t 9 -o’clock him to the fence and asked for some Under a law passed by the last lines. Monday morning. smoking tobadco. While thus en- legislature, the purchaser of an auto- President H arding insists, how- The opening address will be made gaged, he saw Welleck d riv in g ; mobile m ust secure a “ tem porary 11- •ever, that this measure— the Wins by G. A. Briscoe, city superintendent toward them in a wagon an d re-1 cense” and carry the same on his car low-Townsend bill— be passed dur of schools. Other speakers of the m ar^ ed: pending the receipt from the secre- ing the present session, of congress day will be W. M. Smith and S. “ Here comes another man who will tary of sta te ’s office of the perm a as the only means of pulling the Teuscher, Jr. The public is espe be out of tobacco.” nent license tag. railroads out of a financial bog, and cially urged by the teachers to a t- ! “ Sure enough,” continued Long, Secretary of State Kozer sent a it is flkely that the admfhlstratlon’s tend the lecture on “ M arriage and “ Welleck drove up and said ‘Hello, supply of these temporary license backing will result in favorable ac Divorce in Relation to the Schools” Bill, give me a pipeful of tobacco.” plates to Sheriff Terrill for the use tion in the near future. in the afternoon. (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) FOR NEXT YEAR Ashland voters will pass judgm ent on the city’s potential bond issue of $18,000 November 2. Resolutions providing for the coming bond elec tion were passed yesterday evening at an adjourned meeting of the city council after WHliam Briggs, city a tto rn ey ,. had engineered the proper legal steps to be taken. The bond issue will be supplem en tary to the $45,387 in bonds, both refunding and improvement bonds of the first issue, sold at auction Wednesday morning of this week, a fun account of which sale was pub lishet* in The Tidings on the same day. The total bond issuance of $63,^87 is for the purpose of payinj existing indebtedness of the city. The bond election will be the cul mination of plans th at have devel oped in the council meetings of the past several weeks. An am endm ent to the eity charter provides that in -the case of special elections, two wards only may be used as polling places. Ward No. 1 will be located at the city hall and will be in charge of A. E. Kinney. Mrs, Josephine Crocker and Mrs. William Briggs. The judges for the Second ward are W. H. Gowdy, G. W. Trefren and O. W inter. To Fram e Budget 'High Type of Men Affend the i Oregon University WE'RE GOING UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, E u gene, Oct. 14.— A higher type of man attends the University of Ore gon than at Columbia university, said H A. Scott, head of the phys ical education departm ent for men. This fact was brought to Tight COUNTRY TH REATENED WITH within the past few days when men NATION-W IDE STRIKE OCTO have beeu enrolling for athletic and BER 30; RAILROAD LABOR gymnasium work. The Oregon men LEADER STRONG FOR FINISH are more regular in size than the eastern men, with very few extreme-i FIGHT. ly over or under developed. The paucity of unusually fat men WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 15.— here is in distinct contrast with Co News that the railroad brotherhood lumbia and other eastern colleges, chiefs at Chicago have countenanced said Mr. Scott. The reason for the better physique, the nation-wide strike for October of western men is th a t most of them 1 30 aroused official W ashington to are working their way through col- actl° n today- lege,' according to Mr. Scott In- 11 “ “ au boui after Chicago dis- stead of idling about the beaches patChes reached the W hite House U and summer resorts during vacation. • W“ S announced tb a‘ President Hard- the young men in this part of the ing had summoned the members of the labor board to W ashington for a country generally work. conference. . The hardiness of the pioneers who crossed the plains has been in-' The president personally conduct- herited by the young men of today membera of Pub“ < «roup in the west and Mr. Scott believes rai,way ,abor board to the »'«««« this is another reason the *nterstate commerce commit.- reason for th e ir sion and after spending ten minutes physical superiority. with them, walked back to the W hite House with them. A fter being clos HOLD DEMONSTRATION OF eted together for an hour, the con- KERR PRODUCTS HERE ference adjourned for lunch. ---------- . To all outw ard appearances, the The housewives of Ashland will president shut the two commissions he glad to know th at a d e m o n stra-itORetber in the room and asked them tion of the famous K err cereals and t0 work out a solution of the freight flour has been arranged for M onday,! rate and *’age controversy^which Tuesday and W ednesday at H. P. has brought the nation to a situa- Holmes’ and H. P. Plum m er’s gro- t,on wl»ere it is tro u b lin g on the ceries, Thursday, Friday and Satur- ver8« “ I a disastrous railway strike, --------- * day at Square Deal grocery and *" K napps groceteria, and on Monday, CHICAGO, Oct. 15.— "W e’re go- October 24. at the East Side grocery. inR out on the sreatest railroad The dem onstration of this well- strike the country known product will be held all day has ever known; long at these stores each day and a nothing can pre cordial invitation is extended to alL vent it now,” de local and out-of-town people to a t clared President tend. Lee. of the Broth K err products have already been erhood of Rail established in this section and the, way Trainm en, as present dem onstration has been ar-l fifty g e n e r a l ranged to convince those who are chairmen of vari not already users of this brand of ous railway com flour and cereals of their superior m ittees convened quality. to discuss their action regarding * the railroad ix- deftance of their flPfeat to ¡gainst the wage reductions, roposal of the railway ex- for the immediate 10 per uction of wages was respon- r the crisis. President Lee OF PRES. LEE In accordance with a recently- passed state Jaw, the city council appointed seven freeholders not con nected with a municipal corporation to act with the council as a commit tee for the fram ing of the city’s budget of expenditures for the com ing year. The law provides th a t the heads of the various city depart ments must subm it figures showing j the cost of the m aintaining and oper ating of their departm ents for a period of the past three years and a half, such figures to be used as a basis for determ ining the budget, which must not be in excess of 6 per cent higher than the expenses for a fight to a finish for life or the past year. The council may, of our organization,” he as however, levy any am ount it deems serted. “ Perhaps it’s a fight to the necessary to take care of interest on death, but we’re not going into It blindly.” bonds. The report will be subm it ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 15.— With ted by the committee at the next his face haggard and solemn. Dr. R. PRESBYTERY OP meeting of the council on Novem M. Brumfield, accused of the m urder ber 1. SOUTHERN OREGON of Dennis Russell, was a dejected HELD AT ROGUH RIVER The budget made by the city for figure in the court room today. He last year amounted to $52,88 i . 26. appears to be ten years older than Of th at am ount $23,5-33.56 was used The fall meeting of the presbytery when the trial opened. He formerly to pay interest on bonds. of southern Oregon was held on laughed and joked with his family Members of the committee ap while in the court room, but now he • Tuesday and Wednesday a t the pointed to act with the council in a r sits pale, nervous and tense. His j Rogue River church, attended by ranging the budget are: J. H. Mc eyes have lost their bold stare and Presbyterian m inisters and elders Gee, W. A. Patrick, W. M. Barber, he now sits with hie head bent, avoid- i™ "1- K° gUe R‘Ter va,ley’ Klailiatb William Loomis, B. M. Shoudy, Fred ing all the gaze of everybody in the ? / “ V “ “ churches “ ia r north as W agner and C. C. W isenburger. court room. Roseburg and Oakland. The w inter fair was allowed $200 Rev. Aaro Wolfe, pastor of the The defense offered testim ony to- from the city’s publicity fund by the i day in the hope of establishing the Rogue River church, was chosen me city dads after listening to a plea , diator of the presbytery for the en „ u i. 7 dentistie insanity. Mrs. Jane Brown, made by John H. Fuller, secretary D ... . . . , . , , suing six months, to succeed Rev. E. , Brumfield!« sister-in-law, said the of the cham ber of commerce, asking , . , . . . .. j W. W arrington, of Roseburg, who ♦ a a * v..’ -w alleged mur- th w.t a t o $300 be given “to match the defendant , ... - Prior , , to der, offendted her by strange actions. has just been called to Corvallis to am ount allowed by the county court. become Y. M. C. A. secretary at the The city dads favored the allow ance,' “He called me a little girl,” testified O. A. C. Rev. L. B. Quick, recently Mrs. Brown, who is 60 years old. but the publicity fund, from which Mrs. L. S. Taylor testified when pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian the money would have to be ta k e n .! ¡she went into Brum field’s office the 'ch „ u rch of Portland, will succeed amounted to less than $300. It was dentist told her he couldn’t work o n ' ’’ WarrinRton at Roseburg He intim ated, however, by the council supplied the Roseburg church for ; her teeth because he had spells of that, in case of a deficit for the fair, about a year, during Mr. W arring blindness. the city might “ help o u t” in th at re Other witnesses stated th a t the ton’s , . absence overseas in “ Y” work spect. dentist acted strangely in his office 1 C war, an d so is already In making his request of the coun and th a t he had staggering spelW ¿ n° 7 l° ‘he R° 8eb» r* People, cil, Mr. Fuller stated a great deal of and pains In his eyes, slammed the, uig church and the entire interest in the fair had been cbors and whistled. presbytery are very sorry to lose Mr. aroused among the young ranchmen ______________________ W aarington from the work in south- near, Ashland and Talent. He stated Crops are beina marketed iu an O f « 0”' his work baa been th a t it was the plan to make Ash orderly, rapid m anner and Aquida. “ ucesslnl. land the central location in south tion of debt is taking place 4 ,<>sePh w - Angell, pastor of the ern Oregon for pure-bred livesock _______ ____________ Phoenix church, was elected stated raising. Albany’s new cleanser factory i clerk tery and treasu rer of the presby- According to Mr. F u ller’s state- opens poon, employing twenty-five __ ___ compíete the three-year term men. (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four)