D aily T idings
(International News Wire Service)
VOLUM E
3
(Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Vol. 43)
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ASHLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1922
NO; 139
ORANGE MEN AND SINN FEINERS CLASH
GREAT BRITAIN
Chief Coontz In
Oldfield’s Machine
Breaks Cafe Front
Fight For Navy
PROMISED IN THE
TAYLOR MYSTERY
Bryan Expects To
Launch Campaign
For Senate Soon
BELFAST SCENE
Or
i\LL ED TO DATE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 14.—
The United Stares navy would be
Rev. W. Judson Oldfield had the
costing $600,000,000 annually In the
m isfortune to have his car try to en-
course of the next two years if the
i te r the Tavern cafe via one of the
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
W ashington conference had not !
Early
announcem ent of William J.
large p late glass windows at the
reached an agreem ent cutting down .
Bryan’s candidacy for the United
front of the Tavern Monday a fte r­
the big naval establishm ents of the >
States
senate is expected by his
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14.— The re- noon at about 3 o’clock.
world, Admiral Coontz, chief of naval
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.— friends in W ashington.
Rev. Oidfield had driven up in Despite the desire of the republican
BR ITA IN CANNOT REGAIN TRADE operations, told the house naval af- P0 1 « which was w ithout definite
Bryan is expected to seek th at seat i
NORMALCY UNTIL TH E MARTS falrs com m ittee today.
confirm ation, gained circulation here front of the restau ran t and had shut members of the senate finance com-
now occupied by Senator Park Tram-
Admiral Coontz appeared to tig h t today, th a t D u trlct Attorney Wool- „ „
eng,ne w lthou( (hrow
O P GERM ANY AND RUSSIA A R E
a dem° c ra t- ’ ■>»
“
n r T ,M S o p CLA8HEs
against fu rth er reductions than the wine and his aides, while claiming i
O PEN ED TO TH E WORLD.
completing
his
first
tei'm
and
will!
TWEEN
ORANGEMEN AND HI NN
$100,000,000 designated
in the th a t they were virtually up against!
and had left the spark through direct taxation, and to sub-
seek
re-nom
ination
and
re-election.
FEINERS ARE WOMEN AND
te a bond _____
issue, ( President Hard
T h e G enoa C onference, I f H eld, W ill navy’s estim ated cash requirem ents a “ blank wall” in the investigation: ° n' When he got out of the car, he I stitu _________
Though
Bryan
is
regarded
as
a
of
the
^nysterious
Taylor
m
urder,
e
to
F
-
French,
who
happen-
ing
and
Secretary
Mellon
have
decid-
FOUR CHILDREN.
D evote It« E n tire W ork to Cause for the next fiscal year.
ed to be there, and the conversation ed th a t the bond issue is not feasible, Nebraskan, he will acquire citizen­
have
been
working
for
days
on
evi­
o f R evival o f E conom ic C onditions
dence which needs only additional i led to the discussion of the Chevro­ it was stated officially a t the W hite ship in Florida in April. By th at i Two Heavily Armed Force«, One Re
In th e Old W orld.
time he will have complied with the
publican and the O ther U lsterite,
corroboration to place them in a pos­ let car which Rev. Oldfield had ju st House today.
law
requiring
one
year’s
residence
in
gotten
out
of.
The
clutch
of
the
car
Lined F acing Each Other A long
It was officially learned that H ard­
ition to take definite action in un­
By DAVID M. CHURCH
the
state
as
a
prerequisite
of
voting.
seemed
to
always
take
hold
with
a
U lster-F ree State B onier.
ravelling the case.
ing was “ unalterably opposed” to the
(I. N. S. Staff Correspondent)
For many years Bryan’s chief am­
jerk, Rev. Oldfield told Mr. French, special taxes which the house ways
This report was coupled with ru-
LONDON, Feb. 14.— Out of the
and the two went to the car and and means com m ittee proposes to bition has been the senate. He has
BELFAST, Feb.. 14.— Two men
mors that the investigators had re-
. . . .
log of international displomacy
always
preferred
it
even
to
the
presi­
•
<
<
•
4
.»
4j
».
4
raised
the
hood
and
were
examining
were
killed in the street fighting last
ceived inform ation suggesting t h a t l , u„ ___g__
.
v*<*iuiuius lavy to raise $350,000,000 to pay the
which continually beclouds London,
the engine, when it was decided to bonus. Underwood, however, still dency, because of the unusual free­ night, bringing the total dead in the
the movie director had been slain by, ,
there comes but one distinct and
turn
oi
dom of action it offers. But as a city and suburbs up to 17 within the
. blackm
, , ailers when
,
, he fought
.
. . to
. pro-! tu
engine over
slightly
. rn
. the
.
6 J by y the e favors a general sales tax as the
constant ray of light as to ju st what
aid of the starter.
method for obtaining the necessary Nebraskan, Bryan could not I talke last 48 hours. Among the victims of
PORTLAND, Feb. 14.— Charged tect the good name of an innocent
G reat B ritain wants, and th at is a
Rev.
Oldfield
went
around
to
the
the democratic nomination for the the clashes between Orangemen and
funds for the bonus.
desire for restoration of pre-war with shooting and killing his di- ’ motion picture star,
side
of
the
car
and
reached
over
and
senate,
because the Nebraska dem oc-iSinn Feiners were women and four
trade.
vorced wife, Alice Purdin, at her
The unheralded arrival in Los An-
racy
was
about as “ wet” as Bryan is children.
pressed
the
sta
rte
r
with
his
hand.
It
FURTHER AUDITS
G reat Britain has a finger in ev- honie here, when ne found her in geles of William A. Pinkerton, co in -,
“dry.”
Bomb explosions and rifle fusil­
ery international pie, and her states- c°mpany of Howard Sigsby, Charles cidently with the retu rn from New ’ esl' on e a t once* and being in g e a i,
TO RECOVER OVER
Nine
or
ten
years
ago
Bryan
lades
rattled through the streets dur­
men are earnestly endeavoring to Burdin went on trial here today for York of Adolph Zukor, president o f * H Ca* 3tarte foiw aid and did not
PAYMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT
| stop until it hit the window and
bought property in Florida and has ing most of the night.
lend their aid in setting straig h t t h e ! flr3t degree murder.
the Famous Players-Lasky corpora-
liven there at times since. About a
against
The Ulster border has been
Purdin is also accused of shoot-1 tion. gave rise to reports today t h a t door,
i ^ * ’ 7 one " wheel
™
usa,I18t each.
eacn. How-
ways of the world, which are adm it­
WASHINGTON, D. C,, Feb. 14.—
year
ago
he
established
his
home
“
sealed”
to civilian traffic. Two hea­
ing
Sigsby
and
then
slashing
him
the
famous
detective
agency
has
been
e
e
i’
e
001
°Pened
and
the
glass
tedly askew, but back of all of B rit­
. ..
A v ,
! 14 was learned today from Hon. John
m it was not broken.
| H
,
there
and
has
lived
there
continually
vily
armed
forces, one of republicans
a in ’s efforts is a very apparent mo­ to pieces with an axe. A fter com- employed by the movie interests in
T h n
,,v i„
# AV
v
H’ B artlett, chairm an of the civil
since
except
when
on
lecture
tours
The
axle
of
the
machine
was
con-*
and
the
other
Ulsterites, are lined
m itting the shooting, Purdin unsuc the William D. Taylor m urder case,
tive to secure restoration of trade.
¡service commission, th a t the war de-
or
speaking
engagements.
facing
each
other
along the Ulster-
“The Taylor case will be solved,” siderably bent by the impact, but no partm ent had authorized further
Cannes and its ill-fated conference cessfully tried suicide by inhaling,
other serious damage was done to
Free State line. No shots have been
was a movement for trade restora­ gas-
' lie said. “ Somewhere there is a leak,
audits of contracts for aircraft which
the car, and no person was hurt.
exchanged,
but soldiers are refusing
tion. ’ The Genoa conference will de­
It was indicated th at the defense i perhaps in some infinitesm lal detail
were term inated by negotiated agree­
to
allow
civilians
to use the high­
vote its entire work to the cause of would base its grounds on self de­ not yet discovered the slayer has f.
m ents during the la tte r part of 1918
ways
crossing
the
boundry.
revival of economic conditions. B rit­ fense or tem porary insanity. The slipped up on— and he will be found.
and early in 1919, with a view to the
Twenty were wounded in Belfast
ain and Lloyd George were prime defense will also try to prove th at
recovery of overpayments estim ated
‘‘F urtherm ore, when this cloud of
throughout the night.
Several of
leaders in both of these movements. Mrs. Purdin was killed when she mystery is dissipated you will find,
at $25,000,000.
them
were
police
trying
to
rout snip­
B ritain, however, cannot set to tried to separate Purdin and Sigsby. I believe, th at the motive does not)
Mr. B artlett said th a t the civil
ers.
work to cure her own trade depres­
service commission was interested in
involve an affair of the heart.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
sion until she has a m easure of sup­
this m atter in connection with the
“ One thing I am certain of, how-|
LONDON, Feb. 14.— Members of
Extension
for one year, from June
port from the rest of Europe, be­
clerical work of the audits. He said
ever,” he added. “ No woman held
the Irish provisional government at
cause her statesm en believe th at the
th at he had been informed by the 30, 1922, of the three per cent re­
the gun th a t killed Taylor.”
w ar departm ent th a t th ree a u d its ! strictive im m igration law was recom- Dublin are taking vigorous measures
remedy lies in changing of conditions;
The new clue is connected with
to avert the threatened revolutionary
recently completed established over- mended to the house by the inuni-
■which are partially controlled by the
the past life of Taylor, who was
outbreak of extremist republicans. It
o th e r allies.
payments for aircraft totalling $7,- sration committee today.
, OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL known in New York as William
has been learned th a t the foes of the
871,000. He said th a t inform al fig-
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Lloyd George, according to current LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 14.__Caught Deane-Tanner, and the man sought
Dublin government are plotting its
ures obtained from accounting firms »INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 14.—
gossip in W hitehall and Downing ¡n an aValanche while coatsing down t for arrest has not been mentioned
overthrow and are conspiring to get
i indicate th at it would cost the gov- Executing an about-face on their de- co'ntrol of the republican army.
street, is fully convinced that Great a snowslide on Mary’s Peak, 25 miles I Prev^ous^y *n t ^ie case, according to
B ritain and Europe can not regain!southw est of here, a dozen members Captain Adams.
rnm ent a sum close to $1,000,000 t o i mands for increased wages for the
Hostility against the Griffith-Col­
trade normalcy until the marts of of the Mazama m ountaineering club,! The new tlP was given by a woman j
complete the additional audits which bitum inous coal miners of the coun- lins faction of the Sinn Fein has been
are contem plated; th at, by the use try, the officials of the United Mine sim m ering since the Anglo-Irish
Germany and Russia are opened to were carried from 300 to 400 fe e tiwho3e nam e is withheld
the world. Recent conferences be­ down the mountain.
of accountants obtained through the W orkers, through a union scale com- peace treaty was ratified by Dail Ei-
tween Hugo Stinnes, German indus­
civil service commission’s exam ina-' m ittee, today presented to the min-
Miss Sue K ellett of Portland was Free Basket Ball Game—
re a n n .. It was brought to a head by
tria l lord, and Lloyd George, are un­
tions, the three audits completed, to­ ers convention a program insisting
knocked unconscious by the sudden
The National Guards of Ashland
the fighting on the Ulster frontier,
derstood to have clinched this view rush of snow and her back is report­ will meet the National Guards of
RESOLVED— I will never say talling a recovery of more than $7,- th at the present basic wage scales
which followed raids and kidnap-
In the mind of the British premier. ed to be seriously injured. She was
Medford tonight in a game of basket­ behind a m an’s back what I 000,000 had cost the /government be continued, and setting forth c e r - lpings
Lloyd George, it Is generally un- carried to a cabjn at the foQt q£ the ball at the Armory a t 8 o’clock. The would not care to say to his face, only $59,000 for all expenses of the tain working conditions to be de
derstood, wants to let down the bars peak whence R hag been impoggible local team have not played as a team
and I will never lie about him. audits, and th at the w ar departm ent manded.
ROAD CONVENTION OPENS
for Russia and Germany. He wants to remove her
fu rth er stated th at the additional
but p re all good men and a good He m ight find it out. If he did,
(International News Service)
to lighten the burden of both of
Mary.g Peak ,g the highegt
t game is promised. Come out and
reputation for varacity would suf­ audits could be perform ed by civil Oi-egon-Montana Oil W ell —
LINCOLN,
Neb., Feb. 14 — Plans
these nations In order th a t Great in tbe Coast rftnge
fer beyond any weight that a dig­ service employes fo r less than $150,-
A clipping has been received from for Im
but is uot con- see them win.
”
ing
Nebraska highways
B ritain and Europe can regain their 3j(jere(j
nified position or C hristian claim 000, as against the $1,000,000 asked Montana stating th a t the Oregon- -
difficult or dangerous Former Ashland People—
'scussion here today be-
trade.
H erein lies th e difficulty. ! climb.
by private auditing companies, to Montana oil well a t W innett ha'-
»
Mr. and Mrs. Will Virgin, form er, might give me. If I have to fight
o
’ention of the state road
The barriers against Germany and
recover the estim ated overpayments reached a depth of 2430 feet with institute
I will do it in the open.
Ashland young people, who have
The
convention was called
R ussia can not be removed without MISSING WITNESS IN
RESOLVED, FURTHER— I will of $25,000,000.
been residing at Portland for the
good progress being made. Mr. Stone, by C. IT. Roper, president of the Ne-
the consent of France, and the re­
Mr. B artlett said th at the three
never attem pt to climb to the
ARBUCKLE CASE FLEES past several years, were greeting
the geologist, expresses a strong be- braska Good Roads association. In
audits
which had been made by civil
cent Brland resignation is regarded
heights over the bleaching bones
NEW ORLEANS. La., Feb. 14.— some of their friends here today, as
lief that a good sand would be drill-¡his address President Roper outlined
here as clearly indicating that the
While detectives and newspaper men they were passing through the city of anyone, especially of my
people of France have not yet
friends. It simply can’t be done.
: watched the door of a room at a lo­ on their way to make th eir home in
lns r , ™ by the contractors e„ect-1
Streets Attain—
j Cr" me“ 1
reached the stage where they can
HAZ KIK.
cal hotel today, a girl believed to be San Francisco.
exhibit any sympathy tow ard either
Mike Morgan, of North Main M anager Moves— ■
jZey Pyvron, missing witness in the
Germ any or Russia; nor will they
¡street, who has been confined to his
Arbuckle case at San Francisco, e s ­
Mr. Evans, who will manage the
; home with an attack of grippe, was Golden Rule store th a t will soon be
caped, according to hotel attaches.
(Continued on Page 4)
-able to be on the streets again Mon­ etsablished In the Elks building, has
day.
moved into the Orres pronerty.
j
a
H a z IÇ ik
Portland Girl Hurt
When Snow Caves
Oregon History in the Making
Buying Power of the Farmer
Fundamental Factor in Business
As Seen on 63 rd Anniveisary
Today we are celebrating the six­
ty-third anniversary of the admission
of the Btate of Oregon to the United
States. It is altogether proper and
fitting th a t we note some of the
events of the early Oregon days up
to the time th at our wonderful state
was made one of the United States.
the entire northw est country was
practically unknown, and President
Jefferson immediately sent Lewis
and Clark on an exploring expedition
which brought them to the Pacific
coast in December, 1805. In 1811,
John Jacob Astor, a New York fur
trader, landed and established a post
at
the mouth of the Columbia, nam ­
The first record that we have of a
ing
it Astoria, thereby establishing
w hite man setting foot on Oregon
soil is in the year 1792, when Cap­ the first settlem ent in the state of
tain Gray, an American fur trader Oregon.
In 1824, Dr. John McLaughlin a r­
from Boston, entered th e mouth of
rived
on he coast to take charge of
the Columbia river in his ship, nam ­
ing the river after his ship, the “ Col­ the Hudson Bay company’s fur in ter­
um bia.” D uring the same year, Cap­ est and changed the post from As­
tain Vancouver of the British navy toria to Port Vancouver, and he con-
explored 30 miles up the Columbia ’’’ 1
in cliarSe
the post for 22
and named many of the p ro m in en t!' ears' ThrouSh his fii*m control over
places in Its course. Near the same the Indians, his kindness and hospi­
date Oregon received its name from tality to traders and missionaries,
a traveler by the name of Captain adventurers and colonists he rightlv
Carver, who spent a w inter among deserves the name of the “ F ath er of
the Sioux Indians. On his return, ' Oregon.”
The first em igrants for Oregon
he spoke of a great western river and
called it the Oregon. However, the crossed the Plains in 183 9, and they
state retained the name and the river continued until the year 1848, when
the gold fever struck the entire coun­
kept the name of the ship.
try
and drew a great num ber of omi-
At the time that the United States
purchased the Louisiana Territory,
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^n:eris ate being trannuitted by radiophone throughout the Middle H^ett—N e»t Item
(International News Service)
,1921 fell 7.2 per cent below th at of
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.— Figures 1919. Varying, hut not m aterially,
furnished by the Chemical National , the actual contribution of the far-
bank show that the purchasing pow­ mer to the life of the nation has
e r of the farm er is a fundam ental varied during these three years.
factor in the business situation in Drop in Purchasing Power Shown
the United States. The agricultural
When a comparison is made of the
west and south are more im portant farm values of these leading crops
than all of the urban consumption during these three years, the situ a­
centers combined, the statistics show. tion is different. Giving a value of
It was these districts th at in 1891 100 to the 1919 figures as a basis
and 1897 pulled this country from of comparison, 63 per cent was the
the depths of depression by reviving value of the 1920 crop, and the 1921
agricultural demand.
crop had a value to the fa rm e r’of
Depicted graphically below is a but 39 per cent of th a t of 1919.
chart showing the yield and value There was lots of corn and wheat, but
figures for eight leading farm crops their value was down.
— corn, cotton, haw, wheat, oats, po­
When the relative purchasing
tatoes, barley and tobacco— in rela­ power of the farm er is considered at
tion to farm ers’ purchasing power these different periods, a correction
¡during the past three years.
must be made for changes in the
price
level. The farm er received a
The production index, weighed in
proportion to the relative importance total of $4,896,407,000 for his 1921
of the different crops, shows the re­ crops, but each dollar was worth
lation between the volume of produc­ somewhat more than in 1919, when
tion in 1919, 1920 and 1921, In $12,533,123,000 was received by the
1920 the physical am ount produced farm er for these eight crops.
An exact correction based upon
was 10.6 per cent more than was
produced in 1919. Production in
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