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a BHLAND climate, without the aid « * of medicine, cures nine cases •u t of ten of asthma. This Is a Proven fa ct A shland D aily T idings (International News Wire Service) VOLUM E 3 jyiALARIA germi WMftSi iervlve three months In the fl$h OSQne at Ashland. The pure domestic wa ter helps, (Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Voi. 43) ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1922 FARM-LABOR BLOCS TO CONTROL POLITICS Convict Tells of 3 "Love Murders" Thrilling Tales of Life in Hear East FACES PERIOD CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 20.— Three mysterious slayings, in two of which women were the victims, may be solved by the confession th at County Prosecutor Edward C. Stan ton announced William Anderson had made to him and Captain of D e-1 By ROBERT STARR THORNBURG tectives George M attowitz from a T 8 0 SAYS GOVERNOR HARDING state penitentiary cell late Saturday ' S' Special Correspondent OF TH E FE D E R A L R ESER V E night. CHARLESTOWN, W. Va., Feb. 20. Anderson confessed to the killing Sixty-three years ago John Brown, BOARD IN H IS ANNUAL R E of Miss Gretchen Brandt, Mrs. Elsie • a L°litionist, was hanged to a sour PORT TO CONGRESS TODAY. K reinbring, and Santa Lommachio. a PPle tree in the courthouse yard of In each case the prisoner, who is 45, Charlestown for treason against the E rasin g o f Credit, More Confident said he killed “ for love.” United States government. F e e lin g in Investm ent M arket and Miss Brandt was beaten and stab In April, 1922, two hundred men Broader P lan s o f B u siness G ener bed in her apartm ent in J a n u a ry ,! charged with treason against the 1921; Miss K reinbring was choked to government of W est Virginia, and a lly Cited a s Favorable F actors. death on a lonely road in September, other offenses, • will be put on trial 1918, while Santa Lommachio met • here as the result of the arm ed WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 20.— his death by being hurled from n march of miners last August, The United States faces a period of bridge in February, 1919. I The trial of John Brown was one prosperity of longer duration than Stanton said the prisoner had told of the ‘ fifteen famous tria ls” fof th e country has ever known in its him th a t he had loved both women I American history. That of the Unit history— a period m arked by sane ¡and wanted in tu rn to m arry each ed Mine W orkers’ officials and their business methods— Governor H ard -¡b u t could not divorce his wife. T h e ' followers will probably be one of the ing of the federal reserve board said man slain, he said, had been disposed most rem arkable industrial hearings in his annual report to congress to- of for strolling with another of the | of modern history. day. prisoner’s loves. Comparing the two cases there is a H arding’s diagnosis of the nation’s queer sim ilarity. Brown, a N orther business conditions and business ner, with Theodore P ark er and other prospects was linked with a review famous abolitionists, hatched of the finances which show th a t the scheme to establish a free negro col country has about reached the end ony in the Virginia m ountains, where of deflation. slave liberating forays could be made E rasing of credit, a more confident J into the surrounding country. feeling In the investm ent m arket and October G, 1859, with 19 comrades broader plans of business generally John Brown captured a United States were cited to congress as favorable arsenal. Two days later he was factors now in evidence. (By International News Service) wounded and taken prisoner by fed LONDON, Feb. 20.— Mormonism eral forces commanded by Robert is under fire in London, and weird E. Lee U. 8. CIVIL SERVICE tales of conditons in those sections, Brown was convicted of treason in COMMISSION WANTS of the United States where the Mor- the historic Charlestown court house ASSISTANT SURGEON ¡rnons have settled are edifying the and banged December 2. 1859. His ox * , . English newspaper readers at their body was taken to an old farm house The United States civil se rv ic e :. x a , . . q breakfast tables, near North Elba, Jefferson county, commission announces an acting as- i „ . ,, sistan t surgeon examination to fill P er’odical,y London new spapers, where to this day his grave is m arked vacancies in the position of acting ° P,en ' re ap° " tbe M° rmOn ’« ’^ " - ¡ b y a huge rock. , * * „ .... a lies in England, and for a few Affair Created Sensation assistant surgeon, at $480 a year, ■ . o . for part time, to »2400 and »3000 a demand their expulmon from The affair created a sensation year for fnll time. United Staten pnb- \ C „OU,n try - The com- throughout the north, and while * °" and the sympathy was not with Brown for lic health service, thronghont the service district- re- new3I>a Pers conducting the siege his treason against the government, Eleventh „ ceipt - int of rtf applications onniinoft « to f close i m . '. have made M arch ... frantic demands th at the it gave rise to a famous war son 18 1922 ¡home office deport all Mormons in which goes: . .. . , .. , England, m aking serious charges. “John Brown’s body lies a-moulder- For fu rth er inform ation and ap- O1 _ vi , . * xv “ White Slave Secrets of the Mor- ing in the grave, pl,cation blank apply to the secre- tary. local board of civil service ex- J nvaslon 311,1 other alluring But his soul goes marching on.’ hmnlinnn ♦ n V » Ikzx __ ___ Trial of the union miners was am iners, a t any first or second class j headlines catch the newspaper read ers’ attention, but of chief interest transferred from Logan to Jeffer- post office, or to the secretary. Elev in London are Ihej soa county on plea the m,nera th>, enth United States civil service dis for Americans we,rd s to n e , ot Utah. W rite r, of t h e . , hey could get „ ta |r and , trict, 303 Post Office building, Seat most exciting movie scenarios have tta , tria , ln Logan [or , he reaBon, tle. W ash.' been outdone by the w riters on L o n -j,h at moat the ellglble JurorB h a„ iTeht ™ i T ? era; . descrlbe<i taken up arm s against the m iners’ night raids by Mormons on western ¡armv "inches^ and fights between Mor-j The march was i mons who were carrying oU th e . H arnie.. w Va Augua, Q[ women folks of ranchers, and m ount year. Before the au thorities real-! ed cowboys. ized what had happened a big arm y Salt Lake City is described as a started a march toward Logan, with den of iniquity, entirely in the the avowed intention of unionizing V E R SA ILL ES, K y., Feb. 2 0 .— clutches of the Mormons, and there the coal fields there. Twenty m asked men held up th ree have even been descriptions of pre- On federal intervention the min- guards a t the Old Pepper distillery cautions taken by the Mormons to n e ar heve today and escaped with Prevent the escape of women from ( Continued on Page Four) th re e large truckloads of bottled ®alt Lake. -Jfhiskey. The loot was estim ated to Though taunted on all sides by he w orth betw een 8 3 0 ,0 0 0 and $ 4 0 ,- m ost sensational statem ents, the OOO at b o o tleg g ers’ prices. heads of the Mormon church in Lon-j NEW YORK, Feb. 2 0 .— W illiam don have been unwavering and have R u sse ll, a bank m essenger, was held confined their replies to the simple i up and robbed o f 9 2 2 ,0 0 0 by th ree statem ent t h a t polygamy is no( d arin g m otor bandits sh ortly before lonKer practiced by those of the Mor- : noon today. P ed estrian s w atched mon faith- □E If th e op erations under th e im pression -------------- th a t it w as a “m o v ie” plot being CRUDE Oil« ON BEACH film ed. CAUSES SPECULATION J MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2 0 .— Soldiers from th e garrison here report th at BANDON, Or., Feb. 20.__The order lias been esta b lish ed a t Ixta- presence of large quantities of what: palpa a fter a clash betw een m em bers is thought to be an asphaltum or o f th e agrarian and labor parties, in crude oil extending along the high JNtiieh three w ere k ille d and 3 0 tideline on the beach between Floras w ounded. Ixtapalapa is four m iles lake south of Bandon and Cape Ara- sou th o f M exico City. 'go. near the mouth of Coos bay, first ---------- discovered several days following the LONDON, F eb. 2 0 .— B ritish Coin- recent earthquake shocks, is the m ission cr B aker w as attack ed , and cause of much speculation here. It th ree p olice k ille d and th ree w ound- is believed th at the quake may have ed w4ille d isp ersin g a forbidden [ rent the bed of the ocean at some Ö m eetin g o f N a tio n a lists at Sylhet, point and allowed a subterranean th e Irish o ffic e at D ublin announced channel to force oil to the surface. | today. Several local men form erly em- -"■■■ • ployed in the California oil fields. upon examination of the substance found, declare it to be crude oil that had not been through a refinery. A nother theory has been advanced th at the oil may have been lost from ia passing vessel, but local steamship pilots declare to spread oil over a territo ry of more than 20 miles to the extent found here would require more oil than one steam er could D U BLIN , Feb. 2 0 .— L ieuten ant Mead o f th e B ritish m iltary force« w as k illed , a B ritish sergeant and, tftree civ ilia n s w ere w ounded in an affray in D ublin suburb« la te today, ____ ______ W ASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2 0 .— T h e h o u se passed th e resolution . 2 8 0 to 3 « , exten d in g th e p resen t three per cent restrictive im m igration law from Ju n e 8 0 , 1 0 2 2 to Ju n e 80, 1023. carry. Filled with thrilling remlnscences of those dark days when the streets of Urumia ran red with blood of Russian officers, following the down fall of the Slavic army, Mrs. E. T. Allen, of W alla Walla, W ash., where Mr. Allen is a member of W hitman university faculty, is speaking in and around Portland this month in the interest of Oregon’s work for the Near E ast relief. For several years Mr. and Mrs. Al len were stationed at Urumia, Persia, 12 miles from the Turkish border, and th eir bedroom windrows were veritable box seats for tragedies staged in one long continuous per formance in the streets below. When the Bolshevik! had killed off Rus sian officers and royalty and the re gime settled down to— if not more sane, at least a more quiet mode of living, the little group of Americans (Continued on Page 4) H a z IÇ ik folks like these for directors of the Chamber of Commerce next year: Mrs. Leavitt, H. S. Sterns, H. P. Holmes, H. B. Plum m er, R. E. Detrick, Homer Billings, Louis Dodge, J. H. Dill, Frank Jordan, O. A. Paulserud, H. O. Anderson, and E. W. Flackus. Come to think of it, there are hundreds of good, forward-looking citizens ca pable of m aking fine directors of a commercial body w ithout ta k ing any of the bankers. Maybe some of these are not now mem bers of the club, because, perhaps, the club has not been delivering the goods to justify their mem bership. I am not one of those who feel th at a man is not prog ressive simply because he is not willing to pour money into the club treasury merely to be dissi pated on a secretary’s salary w ith out accomplishing any good for the town. No doubt, when the commercial body is enlivened into a real, go-getter organization, nearly everybody will join. HAZ KIK. Ä FOUR POWER PACT Ä ETES BF IM E E WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.__ The first of the conference treaties, th at which settled the long standing dispute between the United States and Japan over the island of Yap,! was favorably reporred to the senate: by the foreign relations committee. The committee voted the treaty out ten to one. Senator Pittm an, democrat, cast the only dissenting P I T THE RIGHT MEN IN CON GRESS IS TO BE TH E SLOGAN vote. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.— H arding informed the senate today th a t it was "literally impossible” for^ him to furnish the senate with infor mation it requested last week re garding the negotiations, records and OF NEW NATIONW IDE POLITI data concerning the adoption of the CAL MOVE INAUGURATED. LIVING COSTS JUM P four-powered Pacific treaty, which D I RING LAST MONTH D efeat o f Members of C ongress W lio replaces the Anglo-Japanese alliance. •---------- A re R egarded as “ R eactionary The president gave this inform a Old H. C. L. has mounted the lad tion in a letter replying to the reso F orces” Planned, and Seating of lution the senate adopted calling der again, according to the indus Men W ho A re “Friends o f P eople.” upon the executive for all the infor trial review of the M anufacturers’ WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.__ mation as to the details of the nego and M erchants’ association, which tiations. “ There were many conver reports an advance of 1 per cent in The thoughts of a great army of I toilers of the farm and the workshop sations and discussions quite outside living costs the last thirty days. The price of meat took the biggest are focused upon a conference at the conference, yet vital to its suc cess,” said the president’s letter. jump, being 8 per cent higher than Chicago today of progressive-liberal “ N aturally these are w ithout rec thirty days ago. Groceries have also spokesmen for union labor, agricul- made slight price advances. tural and other organizations bent ords.” A decrease of 20 per cent in the upon “ electing the right kind of unemployed is estim ated by the re men” in this year’s congressional HERO, W HOSE BODY THOUGHT port, which believes there are about elections. TO COME FROM FRANCE The formation of a “ farm er-labor ALIVE AND SENTIM ENTAL 4000 unemployed in Portland at present. The average wage for day bloc” to conserve the “ best interests of the producer, the working man CHICAGO, Feb. 20. — Donald labor is $3 for an eight-hour day. and the consumer, to bring about Campbell, believed by his wife to “an understanding between all peo have been buried with m ilitary hon ple who are genuinely interested in ors last Labor day, a few days after the public w elfare,” is the purpose the casket said to contain his body of the conference which was called arrived from France was being tried by some of the foremost leaders of before a general court m artial board organized labor, it was stated. at Fort Sheridan today on a grave William H. Johnston, president of charge. the International Association of Ma A girl friend recently told Mrs. chinists, and others prominently Campbell th a t she had met “ the most By MAX KÄSE I Identified with the so-called “ pro- wonderful m an.” A little later Mrs. I. N. S. Staff Correspondent Agressive wing” of the American Fed- Campbell discovered th a t it was her NEW’ YORK, Feb. 20.— Champion- eratlon of Labor, who are taking an husband. Exam ination disclosed th at the body sent from France was ship aspirations of either Charley active Pa rt in the conference, repud- White, southpaw lightw eight of Chi- Iated the suggestion that they had not th a t of Campbell. cago, or Willie Jackson of this city, the formation of a “ third party” in will be dashed tonight when the two m ,nd- FR EA K BEET LOOKS LIK E Boring from W ithin” A D R ESSED CHICKEN battlers meet in a fifteen round de “ It is the intention of those par cision bout at Madison Square Gar TILLAMOOK, Or., Feb. 20.— A dens. It is possible that Champion ticipating to launch a movement freak stock beet is on exhibition in Benny Leonard will be signed to rath er for the purpose of ‘boring from w ithin,’ instead of from with- the office of County Agent Pine of meet the winner. This is the first m eeting between out’ botb the repubHcan and demo- this city, which closely resembles a i dressed chicken. So close is the re- the pair. W hite, fresh from a victory cratic partles ,n the coming congres- i semblance th at many observers have over Johnny Dundee, is clam oring sional Primaries and to get behind to handle the deception to be con for a match with Leonard. The Chi- conp'ression;l1 candidates of either vinced th a t it does not represent a cago southpaw has had more oppor- party who can be dePended «P°n to real dressed fowl. The tail feathers ‘unities to win the lightw eight *serve the best interests of the corn- of a real chicken add to the delusion. championship than any other fight- m°n people in either the senate or The counterfeit bird was brought in er. W hite has fought Ritchie, Welsh bouse’ tbey explained. The defeat of members of the sen- from the beet patch of a farm er, who and Leonard many times, but al- ! at first thought he had discovered though possessed of a hefty kick in ate and house who are " y a rd e d as his left hand, has never been able to “° f tbP reactionary forces” ,s also a mummified pullet. put over the decisive punch He p,anned’ and a nation-wide “drive” W E E K ’8 W EA TH ER FORECAST came near it in a bout with Leon- ’s to he undertaken, it was stated, to ard at Benton H arbor two years ago SPaf both chambers men wbo are when he knocked th e Qightweight rPal fr:?nds nOt on,y ° f the farraer W eather outlook for the period February 20 to February 25, 1922, champion out of the ring with one and ° f ’ab° r ’ bnt ° f tbe great maS8eS inclusive: Pacific coast states— Con- of his well known left hooks, only siderable cloudiness; rain; normal to be counted out himself as a result fee tba tbe react,onary tem perature. Rock M ountain and of Leonard’s smashes. Since then forces and sPecial interests which plateau region— Considerable cloud-, W hite has been yelling for a return ° i ®Very bra" Cb of the government are pursuing a ness and occasional snow and rain; 1 battle. policy which has already wrecked normal tem perature. Jackson has met practically all American industry and agriculture, the topnotchers ln the division with causing widespread bankruptcy and the exception of Leonard and nation - wide unemployment, and White. Jackson has had many op- which, if not arrested, is destined to to meet the champion, j . . u fundam * j . , principles , , , I ; portunities ... . p ’ destroy the ental hut each time appeared reluctant to of liberty upon which this govern ; take the match. Many years ago the ment was established,” said Johns champion met Jackson in a short ton. “ We have invited to the con | bout staged for the benefit of the ference men and women from all Red Cross, and gave Jackson a box- groups of American life who we feel iing lesson. can best express the hopes and de- The men will weigh in at 135 sires of those great masess of Amer- pounds. lean people who are suffering from acuta economic and financial dis DEATH FROM HUNGER tress." About This Time of Year ]□ MAY CHEAT GALLOWS “ Put R igh t Men In" “ Put the right kind of men in con gress” is to be the slogan of the CHICAGO, Feb. 18 __ Harvey lcountry’wide P01111081 movement the Church, whose hanging, scheduled conference is to inaugurate. It Is for today, was postponed until March planned by the labor and agrarian 3, to allow an insanity hearing, may leaders behlnd tbe conference to con- cheat the gallows by starving to centrate their forces in certain states death, physicians believed todav. , where they regard industrial and ag- Church, who has refused food for r,cultural ’ntrests as especially pro- a month, and has been growing very pitious for the elect‘on of senatorial weak, took a turn for the worse to- and congressional candidates who day. A fever developed. ¡can be counted «P«n to be entirely in The slayer of the two automobile synipatby with the kind of legisla- salesmen was reported unconscious. tlon *be Pr°P °sed ‘ ¡arm er-labor He keeps his eyes closed all the time bloc intends t0 foster. and never gives anv signs th a t he An a li’ance between the labor and knows what is going on. I agricultural interests would also do Other jail attaches expressed t h e ‘.muCh the fu rtb er tbe Premised fight belief th a t Church was dying from between the progressive-liberal and the “reactionary” forces in this fright. year’s congressional campaign, it “ He Is so afraid of hanging th at he is dying,” said a guard. “ He was was predicted, and to prevent the re- pretty strong and it would take a e,ection of a num ber of senators and hunger strike of more than a month representatives who have opposed to wear him down to the weak con the “agricultural bloc” movement ln OF YOUTHFUL SLAYER dition in which he now is.” (Continued on Page 4)