a g riM iív r>ií ASHLAND CLIMATE W ithout the use of medicine cures nine cases out of ten of asthma. This is a proven fact. A shland MALARIA GERMS Cannot survive three months in the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure domestic water helps. (International News W ire Service! VOL. XLVIII. Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43. PART OF IT HAS BEEN STOPPING IN ASHLAND « « xx LONDON, Dec. 13. — tt « London today was still in tt n the grip of one of the tt tt worst fogs in years. It tt tt descended upon the city » xx Tuesday night and con tt « tinued throughout yester tt tt ______ i « day and this morning. « Thousands were delay tt Labor Leader, Reported to « ed in going to work be tt be Dead Thursday, Dies xx cause of the burdening of tt tt the subways with un 8 on American Soil xx wonted members and the tt » virtual paralysis of the tt REPORT IS OFFICIAL » omnibus and tram way ser tt F ederation of Labor Faces S tiff n vice Busses were able only tt tt to crawl, snaillike through tt F igh t in S electin g New Or tt the inky mist, occasion tt gan ization Head tt ally bumping the curbs tt tt and one another. tt SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 13. tt Several persons were tt — Samuel Gompers is dead. The tt injured in collisions yes tt veteran leader of the American tt terday. tt laboring forces, victor in his de tt Telegraphic reports in tt term ination to make his last fight tt dicate the fog extends to tt for his life on the soil of America, tt large degree over half of tt his adopted home, suffered a re tt Europe. tt lapse late last night, and died at J « The cost to London is tt 4:05 o’clock this morning. tt estim ated at five million tt The official announcem ent of tt dollars. Much shipping is tt Gompers’ death was made here l tt held up and the crews of tt this morning by Chester W right, tt many vessels fogbound in tt press representative of the American Federation of Labor, » the Thames are short of tt food. tt the organization w'hich Gompers’ t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t helped to organize, and which he led as President for a period of th irty seven years. Many of these years were strenuous ones, es pecially during the early history of the organization, but through the efforts of the dead leader, the body was able to w ithstand the attacks upon It, and came to be known as the strongest organiza tion of its kind in the world, one which had to be reckoned with S. P . and S. C hiefs May l»e P la n ning E xtension to Serve F a lls whenever collective bargaining be Company, B elieved tween laborer and employer was undertaken. Gompers went to Mexico City KLAMATH FALLS, Dec. 13. with a delegation of officers, fol — Two well known Hill railroad lowing his re-election as President line officials and the superinten of the Federation a t the lust con dent of one of the road's chief vention at El Paso, Texas, last construction firms, have ju st fin month. He attended the inaug ished a reconnoitering of the te r uration of President Calles newly ritory between Bend and Cres elected President of Mexico, but cent in the northern p art of was troubled during the entire K lam ath county, it became known trip with his breathing in the yesterday. varifled altitude of the Mexican Those in the party w ere: A. capital. J. W itchell, chief engineer of the He grew steadily worse and Spokane, P ortland and Seattle, ■Wednesday night was carried the G reat N orthern connection helpless, on a stretcher from his into Bend; G. V. L intner, assis hotel in Mexico City to a w aiting tan t engineer and George Rock train, on which he was rushed well, superintendent of A. Gu back to American soil. It was thrie & Company, known as one reported on Thursday th a t he had of the active contracting concerns died, but the following day this in the northw est aligned with report was denied by his physi- Hill construction. sians, who claimed th at Mexican •The assum ption is th at the m ilitary authorities were respon tour was made with a view of sible for "the false rum ors con possibly connecting the S. P. & cerning Gompers. S. now 32 miles distant from the The boy of Gompers will be the K lam ath county line, with taken tonight aboard a train for the new N atron cut-off roadbed, W ashington, D. C. Burial may be and forcing joint use of the in Tarrytow n, N. Y. where Gomp Southern Pacific into this sec ers recently purchased a plot in tion. This would provide .the Sleepy Hollow cemetery. G reat N drthern with a standard Matthew Woll, sixth vice-presi built roadbed into the K lam ath dent of the American Federation basin, give the Shevlin - Hixon of Labor has been prom inently Lum ber company, due to operate m entioned as Gompers’ succes here soon, a Hill connection and sor. at the same time establish a new outlet for K lam ath Falls. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — One of the stiffest internal fights in its history is faced by the American Federation of Labor to select a successor to Samuel Gompers. The constitution of the body provides th a t Frank Morrison, secretary, m ust call a m eeting of the executive council MEDFORD, Dec. 13. — Henry w ithin six days to select a suc Conklin Smith, proprietor of the cessor, who shall serve until next Holland hotel this city, and for convention at A tlantic City next merly a well and widely known fall. citizen of eastern Oregon, where he has a large acquaintance, died at the Sacred H eart hospital yes terday from a lingering illness of several m onths duration, aged 60 years, six months, and 18 days. By a tragic coincidence death came upon his th irtieth wedding anniversity. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’ clock, the Rev. F ath er Hamilton of the Episcopal church officiat Y esterday afternoon the hear ing, the last rites being held from ing of R. Rickman of Ashland on the Perl Funeral Home. the charge of subornation of per The body will be shipped east ju ry , and who had been held since in the spring, to lie in the ceme the time of his arrest under a tery of his birthplace, Gouvernor, 32000 bond, was begun in Justice New York. T aylor’s court in Medford. R ickm an’s wife signed the com plaint contained in the w ar DE FORD IS WINNER ra n t for R ickm an’s arrest, issued IN GUESSING TRIAL some time ago by the district a t W. F. De Ford, box 323, Ash torney's office. She charges in this document that her husband land ru ral delivery was the only induced her to swear falsely in guesser to correctly name th e to justice court and sign her name tal in the label guessing contest falsely to crim inal com plaint held by the Bagley Canning com against her half-brother. W illiam pany at the W inter F air here. De DeBolt, on Septem ber 14. Ford, it was announced this DeBolt has never been arrest- morning, guessed the number of on this charge, but the district labels as 1487, and when they atto rn ey ’s office caused the a r were counted1 this morning, this re st of Rickman on the perjury charge because of his wife’s per guess was found to be correct. Although a num ber of other ju ry allegations. guesses were very dose. De F ord’s Eugene — Lane county bees the only correct one, and to him have Increased from 135 stands will go the prize offered by the company. In 1923, to 1633 stands. GOMPERS DIES AS RESULT OF HEART ATTACK VETERAN MEDFORD HOTEL WOMAN CHARGES MATE FORCED HER INTO PERJURY IN A TRIAL ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1924 WINTER FAIR OF 1924 IS NOW A THING OF PAST WOMEN WHO FIGURE IN NEWS OF THE DAY Big Event Brought to Close W ith Dance at Armory Last Night BIRDS Egg on. ARE SHIPPED L aying C ontest Is S till Birds Owned l»y L. H. G allatin Have Lead The pen of six birds, entered by L. H. G allatin in th e egg lay ing contest, has w hat appeals to be a safe lead over the other pens entered, wiht a total egg record of eighteen eggs for the four days of the com petition which have already passed. The pen owned by A. Bert Freem an ¡9 in second place with a total of 15 eggs. Since the contest closes at six o’clock this evening, there seems but a small possibility of F reem an’s birds overtaking the pen owned by Gallatin. The two pens ran neck and neck for the first twro days of the contest, being tied with eight eggs each W ednesday evening. On Thursday, Freem an’s pen fell far below their record, only one egg being produced by the pen, while G allatin’s pen continued their four egg a day record, giving them a lead of three eggs. Yesterday F reem an’s* hens produced five eggs, but every bird in the Galla tin pen produced an egg, making a total of eighteen to fourteen for F reem an’s birds during the con test. At noon today G allatin’s birds had not produced an egg, while F reem an’s entries had laid but one. The work of crating and shipping the six hundred birds entered in the show started late last night, and continued through out the day today. Many of the birds are locally owned, and their owners were on the scene early to take home th eir fowls, but the work of getting ready for ship ment the large num ber of bird« entered by raisers throughout the state was occupying the attention of a large num ber of volunteer workers. Carnival Night at the Armory last night, the closing event on tlie W inter F air program a ttra c t ed a crowd which taxed the capac ity of the big building. The spe cial! features presented amused the crowd before the opening of the dance with which the evenings entertainm ent was closed. The “ Grand Chicken Revue” was one of the best num bers presented, and drew much applause from the audience. R eturns to G ridley— Mrs. J. R. Lilly form er Ash land resident now living a t Grig- ley who has been visiting in Ash land for the past few days re turned to her home yesterday. TREES ARE TO LINE HIGHWAY BETWEEN tween Medford and Jacksonville the five miles of highway will be lined with English w alnut trees. A rrangem ents for buying the necessary num ber of trees were completed Thursday by G. A. Gardner, retiring county judge of Jaekson county. “ The movement is backed by the cham ber of com merce of Jacksonville,” explain ed Judge Gardner, “ and the trees will be planted inside the fences, so th a t tourists cannot raid the trees when they are bearing a crop. The farm ers have agreed to the plan, and all has been a rran g ed for except the actual shipment of the stock, and the trees were contracted for today.” Judge G ardner retires from office next month, and his last appearance before the highway commission in his official capacity was made this week, when he sought to have cleaned up some odds and ends in Jackson county. The county has fared well a t the hands of the commissions, because Jackson county has always come forward with a proposal for lib eral co-operation, and the con» mission has displayed an a tti tude of helping counties which displayed a willingness to go 50-50. M e?. AXröUiTIJT. MRHUÖJT ä KUVi-í JTDGT ATT M R S j & N M B ì SD. D E JU föX T $ K K E JOHANÎTA ÖADFICI Her romance ended, Mrs. Raymond Belmont, of New York, former ly the beautiful Carolyn B. Hurlbut, Is reported on her way to Paris to seek a divorce from the son of Major August Belmont, multi-million alre sportsman. Mme. Johanna Gadskl, famous prima donna, closed her theatrical engagement In Philadelphia to sail for Germany, where ene will undergo an operation on her throat, the result of an abscessed tooth. Augustin McHugh, of New York, playwright and author of •’Ixive in Twenty Minutes,” had planned to remain a bachelor, but v. hen he met Miss Helen Counihan, artist’s model, he made love fo>- twenty minutes, proposed In two seconds, and spent the next four hours getting a marriage license. Miss Ruth Nugent, New York actress daughter of J. C. Nugent, veteran actor and playwright, has been married to Alan Bunch, himself an actor. TALENT HAS FOUR ELKS BASKETBALL REPRESENTATIVES OUTFIT WILL PLAY j AT AGGIE SCHOOL PORTLAND QUINTET Students from S outhern’ Oregon City P rom inent in A ffairs on C ollege Campus IxK'als P ractice H aul for Game to be Staged at Armory H ere Next Saturday NO. 8S ( Al TIOI7S CAL SLIPS, HE LOSES TEN CENTS tt ---------- r tt WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. $• tt — President Coolidge was tt tt described during the cam tt tt paign by his running ■ tt mate, Charles G. Dawes, XX XX as “ one who watches the tt 02696567 tt nickels,” but a letter re XX tt ceived today at the White XX tt House showed th at he does « Í Daylight Holdup Nets Gang » not always watch the n , Election Judges Absent from tt dimes. The letter, addres- XX i Small Fortune. Make Polls During P art of XX sed to the President and Escape in Boat Election Period tt dated Racine, Wis., said: “ Dear Cal: SEEN IN SEATTLE tt MIGHT BE CONTESTED tt “W ishing you a Merry Police Give Chase to Car But Are ‘ tt Christm as and a Happy Board R efuses to Canvass Result, ■ tt New Year. O utdistanced. Search of ami Orders New Municipal tt “You do not know me, Underworld Made P o ll to lie Held Jan. fl | tt but one day before you ! tt were elected I was walk- SEATTLE. Dec. 13. — Five of "Y REKA, Dec. 13— To avoid XX ing In back of you. You the members of the bandit gang the possibility of plunging the tt dropped a dime, but did who escaped w ith 340,000 when •ity into a maze of litigation i tt not notice It. I picked it they held up and robbed the which might be extended for more tt up and kept it because I Royal Bank of Canada at N an a-1 than three years, the board of was hungry. It got me imo, British Columbia y esterday,’ trustees of Yreka Monday night tt a hot cup of coffee and were believed to he in Seattle to- tt two rolls. Well, I have refused to canvass the returns of j day after three narrow escapes tt plenty of dimes now, so XX the special $56,000 bond issue ■ from capture by police author- tt I am returning one in the election held here last Tuesday itis at the city border. tt place of yours. Yours and ordered a new elction held According to a telephone mes XX truly, January 6. sage received from the Belling ! XX “A FRIEND.” The decision of the trustees ham police, the bandits landed in t t t t t t t t t t n t t t t t t t t t t t t that city early this morning from came as a sensational climax to a fast motor boat, and escaped in the fight th a t Y’reka recently two automobiles. Two hours la made for the bond issue, which ter, one of the autom obiles was was for the purpose of buying the sighted by Patrolm an Coons in Cady and Buckner mine shafts this city. The car was bearing for an inexhaustible municipal the same license num ber as that w ater supply, the covering and in which the bandits had d epart concreting of the reservoir and ed from Bellingham. Coons gave the construction of a septic tank. chase but was out distanced. The three propositions were As a result of this new clue, overwhelmingly carried a t the Statem ent by State Tax C om inU the police of the city have s ta rt Tuesday election, and, under the «loner Show s Big Increase In ed an intensive search of the law, the trustees met the Mon underworld section in an effort V alue Throughout State day following the election to to disclose the hiding place of the bandits. It is alm ost certain, SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 13. — The make tlie official canvass of the local police officials declare, that value of all taxable property In vote. the gang which committed the the state of Oregon for 1924, in Under tlie state election law, robbery is one of the many out cluding th at equalized by the which controls regular and spe fits which has been preying upon county boards of equalization and cial municipal elections in Y’re k a ,' m ercantile establishm ents of th h that equalized and apportioned which is w ithout city charter and city for the past several months. by the state tax commission is special election provisions, a ma- For this reason the police be $1,058,880,736.61, as against <>‘? 4 th< ------ » jority e of -- » the »-V members * 0 »r. 11 lieve the gang is in hiding in $1,042,410,618.66 for the year\ election hoard must be present at fido rr« i_ _ . ». Seattle and they believe they will 1 1923. These figures were set oui all times while the polls are open uncover d u e s in their search in a statem ent prepared here on to the electorate. which wilf enable them to bring Thursday by Earl Fisher, state tax Following the election, oppon the culprits to justice within a commissioner. ents called to attention th at the few days. The total increase in valuations The robbery of the Royal Bank for the year 1924, as compared result of the election could prob of Canada was one of the most with those for 1923 is $16,470,- ably be inva’idated because In a period while approximately 125 daring ever perpetrated in the 117.95. Northwest. The bandits, unm ask A sum m ary of the assessment votes were cast, two of the mem ed marched into the hank just rolls of the several counties of bers of the board were at lunch. before closin gtime, lined the pa the state for the year 1924, as It is said th at Irving L. Eddy and trons up along the wall, and then equalized by the county boards Mrs. O. G. Steele were the first ransacked the bank, taking al! of equalization follow: to adjourn for lunch, and, on the cash in the building. Although Tillable lands — Acres, 10,- their return, Mrs. Kate L. Bickel a posse gave chase, the bandits 271,832.23; value, $246,311.72; and W. R. Pollock left for a brief soon outdistanced them and average value per acre $23.98. time. made their escape toward Puget Timber lands — Acres, 3,185,- Investigation showed that two Sound, where a boat was aw ait 231.06; value, $74.708,130; ever- of the judges had been absent for ing them. - age value, $23.45. lunch while the others stood Ijan<l Improvement Valued. duty. The judges have been a b Non-tillable lands — Acres, 13,- TWO ARE FINED FOR solved from all blame, for they PARKING ON ROAD 797,273.60; value, $88,954,948; received no instructions as to such average value, $6.45. Ralph W illiams was fined in Improvements on deeded or a clause in the election laws. The law does not provide duties to the Justice court today charged patented lands, $37,619,318. with parking on the highway. Town and city lots, $199,722,- judges were received and their rights and duties. YViliianis, it is alleged, had park 681. Improvem ents on town and W ith election supplies, pam ed his car on the highway with out any light. F. C. Stevens ran city lots, $122,350,159. phlets printed by a San Francisco into the car, badly damaging Improvements on lands not publishing firm and ostensibly Stevens car and injuring his wife deeded or patented, $1.538,500. setting forth the duties of judges, Railroads under construction, were received and distributed, and two children. Williams agreed to pay ail dam ages and the logging roads and rolling stock, hut examination of these booklets car has been taken to a garage $1,849,745. after the election disclose the fact Steamboats, sailboats, station for repairs. th at they do not include the Thomas G. Hamlin was a rrest ary engines and m anufacturing phase of the law which has caus ed yesterday for parking on the machinery, $18,513,035. ed the call for the new election. Merchandise and stock in trade. highway and failure to procure THUGS OBTAIN $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 FROM CANADIAN BANK o w e PAST YEAR The Ashland E lks’ basket badl OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Dec. 13.— spuad will tak e on the Portland Talent is represented at the col Municipal Basketball Club five lege by four girls. Lucille Hold- here next Saturday evening in ridge, and M ild re d Nye their first game of the season, ac are graduates» of the Tal cording to an announcem ent ent high school, Dorothy Piercy made today by Jim Bowers, m an was graduated from the Vallejo ager of the club. Bowers com high school in California, before pleted arrangem ents for (Jje game coming to Talent to live and Lil yesterday. lian Reimer graduated from the The local outfit has been prac Ashland High School last year. ticing strenuously for the past Lucille Holdridge is a senior in professional home economics week, and according to Bowers, She is secretary of the Rebekah he boys will be put through some tough practice sessions during club at the college. Dorothy Piercy is a junior in the coming week, in order to be agriculture. Miss Piercy is in shape for their tussle with the president of the Rebekah club, Portlanders. A num ber of well secretary of the ag ricultural club, known local casaba tossers have and secretary of the horticultural shown up for practice, and the club. She won first prize at the Elks have the m aking of a splen recent “ Home Ec-Ag Ball,” for did puintet. A1 Guthrie, Leslie the most original costume. Heer, Don Provost, Millard Grubb Mildred Nye is a freshm an in George Ellis, H ubert Bentley. commerce. She is a pledge to the Melvin Keagie, Dale Young and Sigma Kappa sorority. Miss Nye Bi ill Dean are the members of the takes an active p art in musical spuad who have reported for activities on the campus, and she a d river’s license. He was fined has been chosen a member of the practice, and it is from this list $25 in the justice court today. Lyceum club, into which she will th at the five men who will start The ear belonged to Rapp B roth be initiated the beginning of the against the Portlnad outfit will ers of Roseburg as Hamlin had be selected. w inter term . taken over the car but not paid According to Bowers, the locals for it yet. Lillian Reimer, daughter of F. C. Reimer, superintendent of the e x p ec t to meet the Portland Southern Oregon experim ent sta quintet in a re tu rn game to be tion, is a freshm an in home econ played in Portland, but the date omics. She is a pledge to the for this game has not been de Xi Beta sorority. cided upon as yet. In addition to .these games, tussles have been McNABB SPEAKS AT lined up with the Salem, Eugene, BOY SCOUT MEETING and Roseburg outfits, while challenges have been sent out to Chief of Police McNabb last team s throughout Southern Ore night spoke a t the m eeting of gon for games. PHOENIX, Ariz. — Dee. 13— Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts, th an k Charging th at W arden Sims, w ar The game here next Saturday den Sims, warden of the Arizona ing them for the part they have will be played at the Armory. It state penitentiary had decapi taken in making Ashland a good will be called at nine o’clock in town. He complimented the order th a t the m erchants who tated the bodies of Paul Hadley scouts on their interest in observ keep their stores open on Saturday and Theodore West, m urders, very ing the traffic rules and for the evenings may be given an oppor shortly after their execution in the state prison during the past assistance in the protection of tunity to attend. year, and had boiled the flesh property and rights of others. from their heads in order to ob In conclusion, McNabb gave tain their skulls, Mrs. E. How the boys some interesting points LITHIAN SHOW TO BE ard today filed a sensational com on finger prints, and explained PRESENTED FEB. 2-3 plaint in the Justice Court at the methods employed by the po Florence, Arizona against the lice in tracing a m an’s record. The annual show put on by the warden. Mrs. Howard alleged th a t she L lthians will be (staged a t the could produce witnesses to prove Vining T heatre on February 2 JAP SHIP SINKS, 80 the charges which she brought OF GREW ARE KILLED and 3, according to an announce against the warden. She was re m ent made this morning. Al TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 13. — though no definite arrangem ents leased last week from the F lor Eighty members of the crew of for the show have been made, a ence county jail, where she was the Japanese battleship Kanto he’d on charges of supplying fire committee has been appointed to which went aground off the arm s to her husband who is an N ortheastern coast of Japan yes-j p.lan the entertainm ent and| inm ate of the state penitentiary. terday are probably dead, accord- things will take a more d efinite' ing to advices received by the RhaP® w ithin a few days w h en 1 Hillsboro — W ashington coun Yokosuka naval station here to -' fu rth er announcem ent will b e 1 ty 1925 budget is $278,862, T— SENSATIONAL CHARGE day. * m ade. CITY ELECTION FOR YREKANS IS $47.836,812. Farm implements, wagons, car riages, motor vehicles, etc., $5,- 594,686. Money, notes and accounts, $17.240.756. Dogs W orth $12.45 Each Shares of stock, $15,750,- 829.60. Hotel and office furniture, etc., $4.163,080. Horses and mules — Number, 150,980; value, $6,580,315; aver age value, $43.58. , , C attle — Number, 550,131; value, $13.544,399; average val ue, $24.62. Sheep and goats — Number, 1,356,041; value, $7,096,865; average value, $5.23. Swine — Number, 72.219; Value, $524,125; average value. $7.26. E T ROSEBURG, Dec. 13. — City officials are investigating George England, one of the four robbery suspects arrested yesterday In the belief th at he may be the “ inch and a q u arter jim m y” robber of Portland. In the suit case bear ing E ngland’s name the officers found two lengths of pipe, care fully flattened and sharpened on one end, one being ju st slightly over an inch and a q u arter in width. One had a leather thong taped on so that it could be used Dogs — Number. 12,301; Val J as a jimmy or sap. John O’Leary, ue. $153,206; average value, one of the four arrested, is a $12.45. boxer, and was on his way to Bees Number stands, 12,-j Medford to fight in a prelim inary 892; value, $36,541; average bout there. value, $2,83. The Chief of Police at H arris Miscellaneous, $308,861. burg identified a suit case, clothes and a can of oil in the car. In Total, $910,425,790.32. According to the statem ent which the men were riding, as Jackson county has $24,800,490 having been stolen from the home of taxable property as equalized ^ank T S p U I ° f H arr,shure by the county board of equalizn- T * . an<l 9 ° clock last lion, $4.691,912 value of taxable nighL L,nn county officers ar<* property assessed and equalized b y ! herp latfi lhis afternoon the Stof« fox take prisoners to H arris- the state tax commission and burg. $29,492.402.93 total value of taxable property. Including that equalized by the county board' W arren — Two electric com- and tliat equalized and appo rtio n -! panies competing for contjraeta $350,000 to be raised by taxes, ed by the state tax c o m m issio n .1 for electric ligh t and power.