A BHLAND climate, without the aid
* * of medicine, cures nine eases
out of ten of asthma. This Is a
proven fa ct
A shland D aily T idings
(International News Wire Service)
VOLUM E 3
(Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Voi. 43)
AAALARIA germs cahtet survive
three months in the rich or one
at Ashland. The pure domestic wa­
ter helps.
ASHLAND, OREGON^ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1922
No. 128
ABOLISH USE OF GAS IN WARFARE
FIWL TEXT OF
Parley Nears
End of Labor
ON TRAIL PROSPECT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—
The settlem ent by the Japanese and
Chinese of the long debated Shan­
tung question and the final agree­
m ent on the text of the five power
naval lim itation treaty, has brought
the W ashington conference very i MEDFORD.— “The state highway
near the conclusion of its labors to­
NAMES SHIPS TO BE RETAINED, day, with some of the delegates ex­ commission is committed w ithout
AND SPECIFIES SCRAPPING OF pecting to be on th eir homeward reservation to the completion of the
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF jonrneys possibly by the end of the C rater Lake highway between Trail
and Prospect, every foot of it, with
EXISTING“CRAFT.
week.
The last details in the plan for the I a standard grade and rock macad­
am surface,” reported Ben C. Shel­
T reaty L asts for F ifteen Y ears, But restoration to China of Shantung
don upon his return from Portland
P rovides for A n other Session at province was settled in today’s m eet­
the first of the week. This piece of
E n d o f E ig h t Y ears to Consider ing. The basis of settlem ent is un­
construction
will be a “co-operative
P ossib le Scien tific D evelopm ents. derstood to have been the comprom­
contract”
be.
ween
the state and the
ise plan supported by President
national
forest
service.
Harding.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—
There are several cirm ustances at
The F ar Eastern committee was in
A fter alm ost three months of con­ session today, cleaning up the col­ both ends of the m atter— the state
tinuous negotiations, the five great lateral issues rem aining in th a t field, and the federal governm ent— th a t
powers of the world met In open con­ which, with Shantung out of the way have made it difficult to work this
ference here today and formally pre­ was expected to take but a few days. project out satisfactorily. The state
sented to the world the term s of the A plenary session will be held t o ­ highway commission is near the end
treaty which definitely prescribed morrow to perm it formal ratification of its present authorized finances.
the limits, charts and courses of of a dozen or more resolutions relat­ Next y ear’s work will practically
th e ir navies for the next 15 years.
ing to China which have now re­ scrape the bottom of the pot. And
Secretary Hughes read various ceived committee approval.
everyone feels thpt th e tim e has
agreem ents adopted by the delegates
about
come for a letup in expendi­
The Shantung proposal, which has
which the conference proceeded to been given approval by the two pow­ tures and to keep taxes at the lowest
adopt promptly. He formally an­ ers concerned, in substance provides possible point until conditions in the
nounced the settlem ent of the Shan­ th a t China pay for the railroad in state have undergone a radical im­
tung controversy. As he finished the 15-year treasury notes, with a five- provement. The members of the com­
agreem ent there was a prolonged ap­ year option, and th at Japanese ex­ mission agree to this.
plause from the crowded galleries.
But with the bottom of the pot in
perts be retained during the paying
W ithin an hour after the confer­ period in some departm ent of the sight there comes an immense pres­
ence met there was w ritten into the
road adm inistration, but under a sure from every section of the state
records a succession of Chinese
for a little more work in th a t local­
Chinese superior official.
achievem ents, all aimed at restoring
ity. The commission has ten de­
to the great republic of the orient
mands for every dollar at its com­
p art of th a t which other nations in
mand. But they have promised th a t
the past had taken from her.
the C rater Lake road will be among
Hughes announced th a t China,
those to be finished.
“ now restored to her sovereign
“ On the forestry departm ent’s end
rights,” is w ithout foreign domina­
of the question, there is a very
tion on her soil, “ in any way w hat­
sharp, determ ined controversy at
soever.”
W ashington over the question of a
“This treaty ends, it absolutely
'policy for the departm ent respecting
ends, the race in competitive naval
the expenditure of the forestry road
arm am ents,” declared Hughes when
funds. One faction wants the bulk
he finished presenting the naval
of these funds spent within the for­
treaty. “ In this step we are taking
ests, having in mind the protection
the greatest forward step in history
That, in all probability, there will of the tim ber from fires. The other
tow ard a reign? of peace.” He said be an exposition in Portland in 1925, faction says th at the policy should
the treaty was perhaps the most im­ but th a t the plan for financing the recognize the fact th a t these im ­
portant international undertaking same will not be determ ined upon mense federal fores* areas pay no
ever completed.
until a fte r a careful survey of the taxes, and th a t the forest road funds
F ew C hanges in F inal Text
sentim ent over the state has been should go on state roads leading to
The final text of the document made and such plan made to com­ the forests, somewhat in the nature
held few changes. It lasts 15 years, port with the sentim ent found, is the of a compensation for the lack of
but provides for the United States report brought from Portland by taxes on the forest lands. While
calling another session at the end of Ben C. Sheldon, of Medford.
this controversy is running, Mr. Ce­
eight years to consider possible
“I was invited to a meeting of the cil and his superiors are unable to
M
changes due to scientific or technical 1925 exposition committee held last say just how far they can go to­
developments in th a t time. It fol­ week in P ortland,” said Mr. Sheldon. ward co-operating in these projects.
lows the 5-5-3-1.75-1.75 ra£io for “ The situation disclosed is about as
However, the agreem ent worked
th e five powers. It names the capi­ follows. The warm advocates of the out is as follows: There will he a
tal ships the powers may retain and plan, a fine body of progressive, pub contract or contracts let this spring
provides methods and times of re­ lie spirited men, have awakened to for all the grading of the road be­
placements. The treaty affords an the fact th a t they had not appreci­ tween Trail and Prospect, covering
avenue of escape should any of the ated the feeling out over the state, the expenditure of a hit more than
powers become embroiled in w ar and due to the heavy tax burden the peo­ i $300,000. That work will be done
lastly, Its provisions makes certain ple are carrying. Their plea was ¡during the coming summer. They
the scrapping of hundreds of thous­ th at the legislature would put the have agreed to require of the con-
ands of tons of existing crafts.
m atter up to the people and then a
In addition to the purely naval campaign could be made which
aspect of the document, there is a would convince the people to sup­
three-cornered agreem ent in it be- port the fair. But they now see
tween the United States, G reat B rit­ their m istake; see how very heavy
ain and Japan, providing for m ain­ the tax burdens are, and are some­
tenance of the status quo regarding what disposed to blame themselves
fortifications in the Pacific posses­ ¡for making a mistage at the legisla­
sions of the three powers within pre­ ture rath er than to blame those who
scribed areas.
opposed the fair.
A brillian t assemblage of interna­
Now they say that, having gone
tional governm ent and social leaders as far as they have, the exposition
w ere present when the fast dying must be carried out. hut that they
arm am ent conference met in their will not ask the state to co-operate
fifth plenary session
'
- unless some plan can be worked out,
such as a stock selling campaign,
GRIM REAPER IS
which will have the co-operation of
WHETTING SCYTHE
the outlying sections. The forming
FOR RICH HARVEST ,of this plan is left until after a
¡thorough canvass of the state has
U ndertakers will have a prosper­ i been made.
ous year about 1926, in the opinion
“I feel th at an exposition will be
of J. M. Kovachy, assistant city held; but th a t the action of the leg-
chem ist of Cleveland, Ohio, because islature has prevented the .mistake
he claims th a t the grim reaper is j being made of trying to put the plan
w hetting his scythe for a harvest of across through taxing the people of
prohibition liquor drinkers.
the state.
H undreds of persons are slowly
“ This affair has brought sharply
but surely asphyxiating themselves, to the minds of the men in public life
according to Kovachy, by unsuspect- in Oregon, the necessity of giving
lnly assim ilating the poisons in al­ earnest and heroic attention to the
most every sam ple of w hat is be- tax porblem in the state, and I look
lived to be “ pure bonded” liquor, for a most determ ined effort being
and also w hat is called “ moonshine.” made to th a t end.”
“ H undreds of samples are brought to
my office each m onth," says the
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 1.— County
< -chemist, “ and all thus far analyzed commissioners ordered work started
have contained a high percentage of immediately tow ards clearin Colum­
fusel oil in the raw. In large quan­ bia highway from ice and snow. It
tities fusel oil removes the oxygen is estim ated it will take about 30
from the blood, causing the lips and days to cut a ten foot path through
body to tu rn blue and has the same from the falls to the Hood River
«(fact as asphytatlon,” he insists.
county line.
Arbuckle May
Be Acquitted
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.— The
prosecution closed its rebuttal last
night in the m anslaughter case
against “ F a tty ” Arbuckle, after call­
ing eight witnesses. The defense be­
gan its su r-reb u ttal testim ony today.
Public opinion seems to indicate
an acquittal, the general belief be­
ing th a t the prosecution has again
failed to establish the charge. The
district attorney is said to have no
hope of a conviction, and apparently
is endeavoring merely to obtain a
disagreem ent.
It was learned today th a t the de­
fense again will offer to subm it the
case w ithout argum ent.
But the
state will insist on discussing the evi­
dence for the benefit of the jury.
A nother attem pt was made yes­
terday by the prosecution to have
the testim ony of Zey Prevost strick­
en out. Miss Prevost testified in
the statem ents referred to, th a t Miss
Rappe exclaimed a fte r being fatally
Injured, supposedly by Arbuckle, “ I
am dying. He h u rt me.” She did
not remember in the present trial
th a t Miss Rappe had made the state­
ment.
“ If Miss Prevost committed per­
jury. the district attorney was a p ar­
ty to it, and his action should be
called to the attention of the grand
ju ry ,” Gavin McNab, chief defense
counsel, argued.
T TAX,IS
Colorado, with a population of
one million, had half th a t many
tourists last year who stayed
there from one to three weeks and
spent $35,000,000.
Looks like
it's worth while to go a fte r the
'to u rist business. It is a crop th at
can be cashed in on every day in
the year. Most other crops ripen
only annually. If our Chamber of
Commerce was organized into a
go-getter institution, it would not
be long until Ashland would go
some. But she can’t do it spend­
ing her cash for “ eats” instead of
literature.
HAZ KIK.
STEPS LEADING
TO
L
Ford OfferfNow
Up Io Congress
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—
Prelim inary discussions of the Mus­
cle Shoals question, involving the
disposal of government properties in
Alabama, to private interests, either
by sale or lease, were held today be­
The following address was deliv­ tween Secretary of W ar Weeks and
ered by Rev. Josephine Champie, President H arding. The discussions,
pastor of the Ashland C hristian it was learned, were based upon an
TREATY W ILL FORM A NEW
church, a t the celebration of the sec­ oral presentation of the situation by
CH APTER IN INTERNATIONAL
the w ar secretary, outlining the sev­
ond anniversary of national prohibi­
eral offers of lease and purchase.
LAW W HEN OTHER NATIONS
tion, held a t the Presbyterian church
W ith acceptance by President
ADH ERE TO ITS PLEDGES.
Jan u ary 15:
H arding of its conclusions a forgone
“The growth of sentim ent against certainty, Secretary Weeks announc­
Today’s A greem ent In “ H um anizing
the use of alcoholic beverages was ed th a t he had completed his report
W arfare” W as Direct Growth of
on the Ford proposal and would send
very slow. It may well be likened to
it to congress at noon tomorrow. The
R oot’s R esolutions Agreed to E ar­
the incoming tide. One stands by text of the report will be made
lier In the Conference.
the seashore and watches the waves known to the public when it is re­
as they wash in tow ards the shore. ceived at the capitol, he said.
WASHING i ON, D. C„ Feb. 1.—
It is very difficult to discern any
». treaty between the five great pow­
forward movement or lifting of the
ers of the W ashington conference,
tide. But there is a forward move­
abolishing the use of gas in w arfare,
ment th a t is irresistible, however
and virtually making it impossible
slow it may appear. The prohibition
for a subm arine to attack and sink a
sentim ent is unlike the tide In one
m erchant ship, was presented and
respect though. It never recedes.
adopted in the plenary session of
We will notice a few stages of the
the arm am ent conference today.
prohibition tide.
The treaty is expected to form a
“ Very early in the history of the
new chapter in international law as
United States there was an attem pt
other nations will be invited to ad­
at legislation on the m atter. In 1777
here to the pledges which the five
the continental congress passed the
great powers have made in it.
following resolution: ‘Resolved, th at
Irving E. Vining, who recently re­
Today’s agreem ent in “ humaniz­
it be recommended to the several turned from a meeting of the direc ing w arfare” was* a direct outgrow th
legislatures of the United States im­ tors of the state chamber of com­ of the Root resolutions agreed to
mediately to pass laws the most ef­ merce at Portland, reports th a t there earlier in the conference.
fective for putting an immediate will be a complete reorganization of
stop to the distilling of grain
the departm ents of the state cham­ PR ESENT MONTE STARS
which the most extensive evils are ber at the annual meeting to be held
DIDN’T TW INKLE
likely to be derived.” The states early this month.
TEN YEARS AGO
passed up this good advice, and none
Under the leadership of William
of us can deny th a t the “extensive Hanley, of Burns, the following de
Adolph Zukor and Sarah Bern­
evils” followed.
partm ents and directors in charge hardt made their movie debut iu
George W ashington, when he first were designated: M arketing, A rthur
became president of the new repub­ Clark, Corvallis; publicity, L. D. “Queen Elizabeth,” the form er us
lic made this assertion: ’Drink is the Drake, A storia; irrigation, R. S. producer and the la tte r as star, ten
ruin of over half the workmen of Hamilton, Bend; industries, T. B. years ago. It was the first great
five-reeler ever made and marked
the country.’
Kay, Salem; legislative, William Mc­
the
beginning of the modern cinema
“ Time went on. In 1808 a group Master, Portland; roads and high­
of farm ers, 200 of them , banded ways, L. L. Goodrich, Eugene; land ndustry. In March a big birthday
themselves together in the first te5> settlem ent, J. T. Rodrick, The celebration will be held in approxi­
perance society of America. Notice Dalles; tourists, I. E. Vining, Ash­ mately 12,000 theaters throughout
th a t the word “ tem perance” was land; traffic and rates, George W the country in commemoration of
used. Nobody was daring enough to H yatt, E nterprise; finances, Leslie the tenth anniversary.
In this connection some surmise
even think of the term ‘prohibition,’ Butler, Hood River; agriculture, E.
might
be made as to what the stars
much less to speak it.
B. Hall, Klam ath Falls; resources were doing ten years ago. H ere’s
“ Eighteen thirty-four saw the en­ and exploitation, Alfred A. Aya,
actm ent of the first actual legisla­ P ortland; waterways and harbors, what some of them did:
Wallace Reid was working as a
tion on the use of strong drink. Con­ Charles Hall, Marshfield.
nick-and-shovei
man on the Sho­
gress at th a t tim e, forbade the sale
A new departm ent— “ organization shone dam in Wyoming.
or gift of intoxicating liquor to the and service”— was authorized. This
Betty Compson
was
playing
Indians. I have wondered ju st why new branch will work with the locai
they were willing to take so much chambers in their organization work around the silver mine in Utah, near
better care of the Indians than they and will employ the services of ex­ which she was born.
Dorothy Dalton was attending
were of the white men and boys.
perts who will aid in solving perplex Sacred H eart academy, Chicago.
“ Seventy-four years after the rec­ ing problems in all sections through­
Thomas Meighau was making his
ommendation of the continental con­ out the state.
debut
as a stage actor with Henri­
gress, mentioned above, the state of
Commenting on the results of F ri­ etta Crosman, in Pittsburgh.
Maine became a prohibition state. day’s meetings, Mr. Vining said it
Gloria Swanson returned to Chi­
This was no easy victory, nor one was the biggest movement th a t has
cago
with her family, after several
th at was easily m aintained a fte r be­ even been launched in Oregon for
ing gained.
But it is a point of the co-operation and development of rears spent at an army post in Porto
Rico.
the state.
i Continued op Page Four)
Agnes Ayres was the reigning belie
As soon as the new organization n the town of Carbondale, 111,
becomes effective, representatives of
William de Mille was w riting
the various departm ents plan to tour plays for David Belasco.
the entire state, study the conditions
Rodolf Valentino was attending a
and make a survey of the needs and military academy in Taranto, Italy.
the problems confronting the various
George Melford made a picture
localities, says Mr. Vining.
called the “ Boer W ar,” and spent
“ The greatest problem before us *26,000 on it. This was a stupend-
today is the m arket condition,” he ns price for the day and alm ost
added. "Unless we follow' the ex­
oke t ’ie hearts of tho Kalem offi-
ample of California and find a de ials.
pendable m arket for our produce, w<
Leaf-ice Joy was the prettiest girl
cannot consistently encourage se‘
v>er f ’ass "t a convent in New Or­
tiers to come here.”
leans, La.
As director of the tourist depart­
Lila Lee was attending public
ment, Mr. Vining can be of great school in-N ew York city.
service to Ashland and southern Ore­
Lois Wilson was hoping soon to
gon.
graduate from Alabama Normal
school and become a schoolma’rm.
9 5 2 ,3 0 0 MARK HIT ON
Conrad Nagel was giving learned
FIR ST DAY OF DRIVE lectures on the Chautauqua circuit
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 1.— Re­ for the Redpath Lyceum bureau.
Jack Holt was herding cattle on
sults from the first day’s campaign
a
ranch in Oregon.
for the community chest show a to­
tal of $52,300 raised.
Over 6000 campaigners, spread
over the city, launched the great
charitable and philanthropic drive
I for $798,777, the price of P ortland’s
happiness for the year to come. They
met with a hearty welcome wherever
they went yesterday, the public ap­
parently understanding the purpose
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Feb. 1.-
thoroughly, and no refusals were en­ An invitation to sixteen m ajor rai
countered.
road unions in the United States i
The 1922 budget includes $40,000 pool their interests with the Unit«
for the relief of disabled soldiers, Mine W orkers for united resistant
boys who were battered and incapici- to the proposed attacks upon the
tated under the flag, and an addi­ wage schedules, was issued a t tt
tional $75,000 has been allotted for international headquarters of ti
the relief of the unemployed.
miners’ organisation here today.