I
climate, without the aid |
A 8HLAND
sm
r i of medicine, cures nine cases
out of ten of asthma.
proven fact
VOLUME 3
This
Is a I
A shland D aily T idings
(International News Wire Service)
M A L A R IA terms c ta to t survive
*** three months In the rich oiose
at Ashland. The pure domestts *a»
ter helps,
ASHLAND, OREGON? THURSDAY?FEBRUARY 2, 1922
(Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Voi. 43)
No. 12Ô
ANOTHER HEADLOCK IN ARBUCKLE JURY
BfU,a' x w
senators up
SPECIAL TAX FOR
SOLDIER’S BONUS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—
Special
taxes m ust be levied to se
MEDFORD, Or., Feb. 2.— A1 Cle-i
cure
the
soldier bonus, as the for
ment, pipe machine operator at the!
eign
debt
cannot be relied upon for
Medford Concrete Construction com
j this purpose, Secretary Mellon s ta t
pany plant at the end of North Riv-1
ed before the house ways and means
erside street, suffered a severe iu-j
committee today.
! jury Tuesday morning, when A. j
He proposed a general sales tax
[
j Cowan, an employe a t the plant, hit
By H. K. REYNOLDS
on the ground of cost of adm inistra
I him with a cement scraper, knocking |
(I. N. S. Staff Correspondent)
tion, and suggested th at specific a r
ONE MAN K ILLED, SIX IN JU R ED ¡him down. His head struck a bolt'
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.
ticles be taken up for special taxa-
W H EN ENGINE AND CAR LEA P that portruded in the cement form.
Factional differences are being fan-ition.
It seems th a t Cowan though Cle
(
FROM TRESTLE AND FA LL 40
m ent was the cause of his dismissal ne(l to fever heat throughout the
F E E T INTO CANYON BELOW.
from the plant earlier th at morning. United States as republican and d e m -,
Clement has no fracture of the ocratic political generals line upj
E n g in e F ell Partly into W ater W here skull as far as can be learned, but tb ejr forces for prim ary cam paigns.
F ir e C aused Steam W hich Scalded ¡8 SUf fe rjng from concussion of the
Men Impritgmed Under W reckage brain- His condition is reported as to be held during the next seven
— D efective Track Is Cause.
j being 9erious, though it is believed months to nominate candidates for
i the general congressional elections
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he will eventually recover.
COCHRAN, Or., Feb. 2.— One man
in November.
■ I
was killed and six were injured
T hirty-three members of the sen-;
when a logging train plunged 40 feet
ate will “stan d ” for re-election at
from a trestle into the Nehalem riv-1
th a t time if they can safely pass
er, one and one-half miles east o f !
through the ordeal of prim aries or
here a t 4:10 o’clock Tuesday after
party conventions in their respective
noon.
states. Prim aries to nominate can-
The train, composed of the engine
didates for the house of representa
and one flat car, was carrying a crew
tives will be held in all states.
of the Francis Weist, Logging com
The national committees of both
pany from the woods to the camp
I
parties,
with headquarters a t W ash
a t Reliance. All of the men were in j
I am not mad at anybody. I
ington, are preparing to lend a hand
the engine, except the b rak em an ,1
have
no criticism for any man ex
! here and there during the prim ary
who waB on the flat car. The seven j-
cept
in
so far as he personifies a
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 1.— Offi- j campaigns in order that the machine- spirit th a t shackles Ashland. I am
men on the list of dead and injured
cers of the law have no rig h t to r V of th eir organizations, grown ru st opposed to the shackling spirit no
were the only ones on the train.
The train left the trestle on a ! search automobiles for liquor with- ed from disuse in recent months, m atter if it is found in Carter,
may he ship-shape and ready for McCoy, Smith, Lam kin and End
curve.
Subsequent investigations , out a specific w arrant, Judge E. E.
business when the polls open No- ers, or in Brown, Jones, Smith or
showed th a t the ties and rails had
Fuller.
Cushman ruled in the United States veniber 2.
My hope is only to remove the
slipped bodily from the trestle work,
district
court
here
yesterday.
He
de-S
Shortage
in
Sinews
of
W
ar
hindering
influences from the
throw ing, first the engine, then the
Chamber of Commerce and reor
d
a
re
d
suspicion
th
at
an
automobile
Political
leaders
adm
it
a
lack
of
car, into the canyon. The engine fell
ganize it into a broad, forward-
party into the w ater, where the fire is carrying liquor illegally is not fund\ bu tJ he?..are h° P! ful .th a t fi‘ looking, peptomistic, optomistic,
organization,
with
caused steam which scalded the men sufficient ground for search and nancial difficulties will be elim inat- democratic
1 ed before the time comes when mon faith in the future, in Ashland,
Imprisoned under the wreckage.
seizure.
ey will be needed badly. There are and in the citizens and business
The dead: R. B. P arker, Cochran,
The decision was made in the cases
indication, too, th a t congress may institutions of the town'. It is
Or.
worth more to Ashland to have
of Felix Dupis, R obert H. Russell
The injured: Francis W eis., 640 apd Jack Scott. and
earh ,.as(!
<1™«» lim itations npon
things th a t way than it is that
C arter, Fuller, Haz Kik and the
Grand avenue.
P ortland:
John
waa ordered spppressed '»
° f ca.ni.a.E.v expeditures
rest
should spend most of their
W eist. 69 North Tw enty-third s tre e t.. „ evldenae, a|ld
a,ltomoWles
l>rnnary season ge.s under
time hugging each other in sheer
Portland; Amos Nelson, P ortland; i *be men which had been confiscat- W3^
love and adm iration.
Although no sharp partisan dif
Clifford W eist, P ortland, Jam es. ed were ordered returned to them.
Ashland and her future is at
Thomas, Portland; Alfred Buckman,
Dupis was arrested in Olympia last I ferences are expected to arise during stake. Already some of these men
the prim ary elections, there will be have th ro ttled her. I am in
Portland.
¡November, while driving his car
numerous intra-party strifes which position to know th a t had it not
! through that city, and 68 hotties ofj
been for the sinister knocking and
will cas: their shadows over the elec
opposition Ashland already would
whiskey were seized. Russell and
tions to follow. In many states eith have her big hotel and sanitarium
Scott were ’arrested near Shelton.
er the republican or democratic nom- in operation, and I am determ ined
¡Wash., in December, when officers
nation is tantam ount to election, and th a t Ashland shall be throttled no
seized 163 bottles of whiskey and
longer, if I can prevent it.
in these places the selection of can
That is my whole fight and
ten bottles of gin. The fourth am end
didates will be watched with con- there is no personality in it as far
ment to the federal constitution is
as I am concerned.
i designed
. .
. to
. prevent x officers
««•
, from
„ „ se-i sumlng interest,
.
.
It would be the happiest mom
1 The prim ary scuffles will also
curing evidence in an illegal m an
ent
of my life if I could announce
reveal to party leaders w hat the peo tomorrow
th at all this has been
ner, Judge Cushman held.
ple are thinking about the prob accomplished and th a t hencefor
SALEM, Or., Feb. 2.— F irst pay
lems now confronting congress, and ward Ashland would have none of
m ent having been made
donation
they will also get a clear insight in this little, back-biting bickerings
for the 245-acre farm between Al-
CrOWGlI
but would push forw ard to her
to the attitu d e of the country to
bany and Corvartlis, which the W. C.
grand possibilities.
A w ay ward the work o f the adm inistration.
T. U. is purchasing for a children’s
If she does this promptly I am
Both parties will enter their prl- willing to stake my reputation
home, the rest of the purchase price
i maries this year with the usual con- th a t the d irt will he flying on that
will be m et by individuals and or
big hotel and sanitarium before
W illiam S. Crowell, one of Jack- fide»t Predictions th a t victory lies the first of June, 1922. If it can
ganizations undertaking to buy and
not be done, Ashland will never
. pay . for one or more acres a t a time, ¡son county’s oldest and most respect-
reach th a t goal. Is th a t worth
a t >200 an acre. Ashland o rg a n iz e
piopeer8> pa33ed away a t his home are inclined toward the opinion that
tion donates rive acres.
in-M edford a t 11:35 Tuesday night.! some im portant changes will be evi- fighting for?
I am not mad a t anybody.
This process is already under way ' Tbe end came as an affectation o f !dent in both branches of congress
HAZ KIK.
and several have pledged themselves tbe beart and the infirm ities of after the November elections.
to take care of acreage under the year8
plan-
Judge Crowell, as he was best
Mrs. Adah W allace I nruh an~, known by scores of southern Oregon
nounced yesterday it is hoped t o ! frienda> wa3 born March 28, 1 843,
have the farm ready to operate and ¡n Rock Point Ohio, where he was:
furnish homes for dependent boys educated and later taught school. ;
A L0M> TIME AÔO YOU MADE A
and girls this summer, and gave the. He served as a soldier during the
A LUIW
SOLEMN VOW-AND
following list of those who had pur- civil war, being a member of Sher-!
chased acreage to help pay for the man>3 army wben it made its his-!
«8¡¡!
fa rm :
toric march to the sea. In the re
Alfred C. Schmidt of Albany, pres ports of the battles of Perryville,
ident of the farm home board, five Ky., and Milton. Tenn., he received
tSSK
acres; Mrs. Mary Jew ett, Eugene, honorable mention far “soldierly!
»¡î«îk
five acres: W. E. Taylor, vice- p r e s i conduct under fire.”
dent of the board, one and one-half
During Judge Crowell’s active life-
.!!
!
acres; Mrs. Mary B. Powers, Salem, he held many political positions, as!
it i
!'! I
s
Z ■ J t
one and one-half acres; H. Hlrsch- district attorney in Coshocton coun-
berg, Independence, a director of th e jjy , Ohio, as state senator in Ohio,
/
board, two and one-half acres; Ash-, u n ited states consul to ChinA, judge
land W. C. T. U., five acres. Other of Jackson county and mayor of i j
donations have been paid in sm aller¡M edford, all of which positions he! l'il •
amounts.
'
filled with honor and efficiency.
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• The funeral services will he held ; ¡',¡! !{'.
GETTING EVIDENCE IN ASHLAND a( (be W eeks-Conger chapel in Med-j ’ !! ¡ ‘j
W. M. Hudson, of Portland, «on- ford, at 3:30 o’clock Friday after-!
nected with the departm ent of ju s noon, under the auspices of the í ¡| h
• i 'i
tice of th e federal government, was F irst Church of Christ, Scientist.
In town W ednesday, gathering infor
<* 1
m ation ln regard to the theft of F.
¡¡ :
i j
H. Short’s Studebaker car last Aug
ust. Donald Robert McDonald, one
Î
i J lllu i
> ¡ lllllll
of the lads who stole the car, is now
¡lililí
under a rrest a t Tacoma, 'Wash., and
'l i l i l í z 1
is being held until the authorities
'l!'
gather sufficient evidence to assure
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.-
his conviction.
It will be remembered the lads Edw ard H. Shaugnessy, second as-!
__
were arrested at Red Bluffs, Calif., sistant postm aster general, died last
August 20, but escaped the same day night as a result of the injuries re
and have been trailed from place to ceived ln the K nickerbocker theater
(Cai>>rlki:i I
disaster last Saturday night.
place since that time.
H a z IÇ ik
CAN’T SEARCH
FOR BOOZE
PLAN 10 OPEN
i
Passes
R ’m e m b e r
Harvard Doctor
Talks at Medford
Dr. L. Van H. Gerdine, consulting
neurologist and alienist a t the Still
' H ildreth sanitarium , Macon, M o.,'
will give a free lecture at the public
! library- in Medford, Friday, February
1 3, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
Dr. Gerdine is a graduate of Har-
By GEO. A. BRISCOE
This year the county school su p er-' vard colleSe of medicine, the Ameri-
intendent will depart from the old caa Sch° o1 of Osteopathy, and has
■ ; x.O . ) HAS LEAKED OUT
custom of giving out eighth grade studied in E u r°I’e- He w111 exa,n-
. ..»G TH E BALLOTING
diplomas in January and June, and lne nervous and mental cases and
institute Jackson county school d a y .!lecture to the Southern Oregon Oste-
.. x.»<\£ .IAS BEEN IN PROG-
x
,,
..
, opathy society at 9:30 in the fore-
At th a t time all the pupils who F
,
... 4 „
RLS SINCE YESTERDAY.
,
. x.
. ,
noon. At 11:30 he will talk to the
have finished the eighth grade dur-t
'h ig h school students, and give th e'
ing the school year of 1921-22, will
free lecture at the library at 2 Trial Game to Abrupt G lose W hen
meet with their friends at Ashland,
o’clock.
G avin McNab, Chief D efense ( oun-
this year, and receive their eighth
The public is invited to attend.
sei, Subm itted D efense Gase to
grade certificates.
The purpose is to make this a
Jury W ithout A rgum ent.
great day. A good program of mu
sic will be given, a speaker of more
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2.— An
than local reputation will make the
other hung jury in the Arbuckle case
address, and some of the children
seems probable. Unable to agree a f
themselves will take part In the ex
ter five hours of deliberation, the
ercises.
jury was locked up for the night.
In addition to the graduating ex
They resumed deliberations at 10
ercises, which will be but a part of
o’clock
this morning, and up to the
the day’s program , there will be
i
present
hour— 4 o’clock p. m.— not
drills, songs, pageants and athletic
a word has leaked out regarding the
performances. And it is hoped th at
ballots which have been in progress
neither the last nor the least of this
since
3:45 o’clock yesterday after-
(International
News
Service)
initial Jackson county school day
NEW’
YORK,
Feb.
2.—
A
coal
noon,
will be the basket dinner at the noon
Shortly before noon the jury re-
hour. This will be in beautiful Li- strike at the term ination of the ex-
istlng
contract
between
operators
quested
the entire transcript of the
thia park.
and
miners
on
March
31
would
have
testimony
in the case, covering thou-
Everybody Interested in the wel-
fare of the schools of Jackson county no immediate effect on the nation, j sands of pages, to be read to them,
is urged to be present that day. The according to Thomas H. W atkins, Such proceeding would have taken
C hautauqua building will provide president of the Pennsylvania Coal days, so the counsels for the state
room for all during the speaking and and Coke corporation and regarded and defense agreed that they would
formal exercises. The park will am- as one of the best informed opera- allow the jurors to take the testl-
ply and pleasantly care for the peo- tors in the bitum inous coal industry, money into the jury room instead.
Asked today how the production
The trial came to an abrupt close
pie at the noon hour and during the
of
the
country
would
he
affected
in
yesterday
afternoon, when Gavip Mc-
athletic and social events.
So all pupils who have finished the event of a strike, he answered: Nab, chief counsel for the film star,
the eighth grade in January will not|
“ In some districts not at all. In subm itted the defense case w ithout
get their diplomas until June, 1922,! the non-union districts a substantial argum ent.
when they with all those pupils fin-! increase in production would follow
Four hours had been allotted to
ishing at th a t time, will meet with a strike in the union field, and the each side. A ssistant District A fo r-
! their parents and friends for a good i production of the country as a whole ney Milton U'Ren, or the state, had
would be cut from 40 to 50 per cent, occupied alm ost two hours with his
day in Ashland.
“ There would he no immedialte opening argum ent.
L et’s all get ready for this day
Ater a short recess, McNab made
effect,
as the stocks in hands of con-
and make it a red letter one for
Jackson county schools and people. »sumers cover at least 90 days’ sup his announcem ent th at the defense
ply at the present rate of consump- would not argue the case, being
tion.
ready to subm it it to the jury at
“ Increased development now go- once.
ing on in the non-union districts,
The defense feels th at all of the
naturally tends to reduce production evidence is in the hands of the Jury
J
j from the union districts, and this is and they can make their decision
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! likely to be still more pronounced in w ithout argum ent on our p art," said
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.— 1922.
McNab.
Recommending neither acceptance
Consumption 65 Per Cent
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nor rejection, but urging immediate
* It should be borne in mind that
consideration, Secretary of W ar the country’s consumptive demand
Weeks transm itted to congress to-, today is about 6a per cent of the
day Henry Ford’s offer to the gov-.greatest known maximum produc-
ernm ent to develop the Muscle tion.
W atkins declared “ the operators
Shoals project in Alabama.
Last m inute changes in Ford’s are not profiteering,” and cannot af-
contract, making stronger the g u a r-io r d increased wages to the miners
antees of good faith to the govern-, “The m argins of profit have in
If there is anything in signs, sup
¡ment. have led the adm inistration ' many cases been totally elim inated
erstitions, or traditions, Ashland has
officials to regard F o rd’s offer as ln the last few months.
.
"In
what
m
anner
could
the
ultl-
mapped out for itself many days of
“ one of value,” Weeks declared.
¡m ate price of soft coal to the con- blustery and wintry weather,
sum er be reduced?" he was asked.
Tradition says th at on February
! “ Reduction of wages, reduction of 2, if the ground hog appears from
freight rates, reduction in the cost his burrow and sees his shadow, he
! of distribution,” was the answer.
will retu rn beneath ground for six
! The consumer would get the ben- weeks as bad w eather will prevail
1 eflt of whatever reductions were for th a t period. If he finds no
made in freight rates or wages, W at- shadow, he is assured th a t w inter is
kins declared.
over and will remain above the
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ground.
The w eather bureau seems to be
co-operating with th e ground hog
_ ,
j as the week’s forcast predicts con-
DiSCUSSCd tlnued cold.
90 DAYS SUPPLY
Ford’s Proposal
Before Congress :
NOUl- OH.BOyi1
Ort.teE
[M MN
"21 Demands" to
Bc
Community Chest
Drive Has $116,W1
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.—
The whip is being applied to the lag
ging arm am ent conference in a drive
to have its work completed and ad
journ within another week.
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 2.— Com
Hughes and other conference lead
ers are determ ined to end the con plete returns from the community
ference by the end of this week or chest campaign yesterday totalled
the first of next, if it is hum anly, $64,101, a m arked increase over the
possible to do so. A nother p len ary . figures for the first day which were
session to clean up details will be $52,300. Last night’s total for the
two days of the campaign was $116.-
held Monday or Tuesday.
Three m ajor questions occupied 401, less than one-sixth of the total
the attention of the delegates when to be raised.
“The fellow who has a job must
the meetings resumed work along
the line today: The Chinese Eastern divide with the fellow who hasn’t a
railway; the m atter of selling arm s job,” was the reason given by Cap
to China; and the much discussed tain Robert E. Smith for the small
returns so far.
“ 21 dem ands.”
“ An analysis of the returns does
ROME, Feb. 2.— Prem ier Bonomi not indicate any reluctance on the
' and the entire Italian cabinet have part of the people to subscribe, but
resigned. The resignations are said reveals th at these subscriptions are
to be due to the growing hostility in being made for small am ounts,” says
Captain Smith.
parliament during the past week.