ASHLAND CLIMATE Without the use of medicine cures nine cases out of ten of asthma. This is a proven fact. The Tidings Has Been Ashland’s Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years . VOL. XLVIII. Christmas Eve Finds Citi­ zens Responding to Seas- son’s Greetings ALL BUSTLE IS OVER Special Services Prepared for C hurches F eaturing C hrist­ m as Trees and Program s U pon th e city of A sh lan d , th ro u g h o u t th e r e s t of th e y ear, busy, p ra c tic a l a n d p ro sp e ro u s h a s fa lle n th e s p irit of th e h o li­ d ay seaso n . T h e a tt ir e of th e C h ristm a s seaso n h a s been placed upon th e c ity : In a lm o st every hom e is th e S pirit w hich com es o n ly d u r in g th is season o f th e y e a r, th e C h ristm a s s p irit w hich fills a ll w ith love, good w ill and c h e e r. In th e faces of a ll th e happy th ro n g cro w d in g th e s tr e e ts th ro u g h o u t th e day is re fle c te d th is sam e s p i r it. M o th ers, fa th e rs , c h ild re n h u rry th ro u g h th e Shops m ak in g last m in u te p u rc h a se s, a n d in each is t h a t lig h t w hich sp e ak s of good w ill. A lm o st e v e ry in co m in g tra in b rin g s m o re v isito rs to th e city. F a m ilie s a re being re u n ite d fo r th e h o lid a y season. S tu d e n ts a re a t hom e from colleges a n d u n i­ v e rsitie s. . E v e ry th in g is b u s tlin g w ith p re p a ra tio n s . fo r th e m o r­ row , th e c e le b ra tio n of th e b irth of th e C h rist ch ild . B ut to n ig h t, a t th e a p ro a c h of C h ristm a s D ay, a ll' th is h u s tle an d b u stle w ill cease. T h e re will descend upon A shland* th e q u iet, th e peace a n d good c h e e r w hich c h a ra c te riz e s C h ristm a s fro m ev ery o th e r d ay of th e y e a r. In th e c h u rc h e s , b e a u tifu l in th e so ft glow of th e c a n d le lig h t, k n e e lin g « c o n g re g a tio n s o ffe r up th e i r p ra y e rs , th a n k in g H im , fo r th e k in d lin e ss in th e w orld. T o n ig h t a t se v e ra l of th e c h u rc h e s C h ristm a s p ro g ra m s w ill be held. M id n ig h t m ass w ill be c e le b ra te d a t th e C ath o lic c h u rc h . S pecial m u sic h a s been p re p a re d fo r th e serv ice. M asses c e le b ra te d C h ristm a s • w ill be m o rn in g a t e ig h t a n d te n o '­ clock. T h e r e g u la r C h ris tm a s tre e p ro g ra m w ill be p re s e n te d a t th e N a z a re n e C h u rc h , s ta r tin g at 7 :3 0 th is e v e n in g . A sp le n d id p ro g ra m has been p re p a re d by th e S u n d ay School p u p ils, to be p re ­ s e n te d : to n ig h t. T h e r e g u la r serv ices w ill be held to m o rro w m o rn in g . A p a g e a n t, “ T he S to ry of th e C h rist C h ild ’’ w ill be p re s e n te d to n ig h t a t *7:30 a t th e P re sb y ­ te r ia n c h u rc h . T he J u n io r C hoir w ill give a c a n ta ta , “ S a n ta C laus B o rro w s T ro u b le ’’ w hich w ill be follow ed by th e r e g u la r C h ris t­ m as tre e p ro g ra m . R e g u la r se rv ic es will be held to m o rro w m o rn in g . A t th e M e th o d ist c h u rc h th e S u n d a y School p u p ils w ill p rese n t a p ro g ra m th is e v e n in g , fe a tu rin g a C h ristm a s c a n ta ta , w h ile th e ’•r»<»ul^r gpr-viceo w in be h e 'd bv N ew s' W ire Service» ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1924 S uccessor to th e S em i-W eekly T id in g s. V o lum e 43. SPIRIT OF GOOD FEELING FILLS CITY TONIGHT t International NEW S BOYS IMMORTALIZE P R E SID E N T HARDINGS DOG » ----------- a J 8 BOSTON, Dec. 24. — a 8 A s ta tu e o f Laddie* Boy, 8 8 W h ite H ouse p e t of th e 8 8 H a rd in g a d m in is tra tio n . 8 8 m ad e fro m p e n n ie s c o n tr i­ 8 8 b u te d by n e w s b o y s 8 8 th ro u g h o u t th e U n ited 8 8 S ta te s , w ill be tu rn e d over 8 i 8 to th e S m ith so n ia n in s titu ­ 8* _______ 8 tio n a t W a s h i n g t o n , «Penniston and Swedenburg 8 w h e re it w ill re m a in a s th e »• Homes Are Entered by 8 n e w sb o y ’s m e m o ria l to Burglars 8 P re s id e n t H a rd in g , th e ir 8 frie n d . « CULPRITS DISCOVERED 8 T h e s ta tu e w as to h av e 8 8 b een p re s e n te d to M rs. 8 I Return o f F am ily P uts Stop to 8 H a rd in g , h a d sh e lived. 8 O perations o f T h ieves at A p p ro x im a tely 15,000 8 8 Sw edenburg R esidence h av e a lre a d y 8 :: new sboys 8 « c o n trib u te d . Tw o ro b b e rie s, c o m m itte d S u n ­ 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 d ay a fte rn o o n a n d e v e n in g , an d believed to h a v e been th e w o rk of a b u n ch of hobos, w ere r e ­ p o rte d to police a u th o r itie s S u n ­ day .n ight. T h e r e p o r ts of th e J ro b e rie s w ere n o t m ad e public, i since C h ief of P o lic e M cN abb be- ; lieved th e m en im p lic a te d in th e ! b u rg la rie s w e re still in th is v i­ c in ity a n d d id n o t w ish to a la rm B laze in Saw dust B ox at Box th em . T he hom es of F re d P e n n isto n , Factory M ost Serious o f Lot. 916 E a s t M ain s tr e e t a n d F. Flu«*« Caus<> of R em ainder C. S w e d e n b u rg , in th e sam e v ic in ­ ity w e re e n te re d by th e th u g s. W ith a heav y ga,le blow ing, A t th e P e n n is to n h o m e, th e m a k in g even th e s m a lle s t fire th ie v e s o b ta in e d a re v o lv e r, an d d a n g e ro u s, th e fire d e p a rtm e n t som e je w e lry b e lo n g in g to Mrs. w as k e p t busy la s t n ig h t a n s w e r­ P e n n isto n , th e v a lu e of w hich ing calls co m in g in fro m a lm o st w as in t h e n e ig h b o rh o o d of tw o ev ery se c tio n of th e a ity . In a ll h u n d re d d o lla rs , a c c o rd in g to M c­ five c alls w e re re g is te re d a t N abb. h e a d q u a rte rs , th re e o f th e m flu e A t th e S w e d e n b u rg hom e, th e fire s, a n d th e re m a in in g • tw o, ro b b e rs w e re in te r ru p te d in th e ir sm all fire s a t th e box fa c to ry . w ork by th e r e tu r n of th e fa m ­ T he box fa c to ry blaze s ta r te d ily, a n d fled b e fo re th e y could in a box c o n s tru c te d fo r th e s to r ­ rem o v e a n y th in g of v a lu e , b u t age of saw d u s t. A s p a rk fro m an n o t u n til th e y h ad b ro k e n a w in ­ open in c in e ra to r, blow n in to th e dow , an d rip p e d a sc re e n fro m th e loose saw d u s t soon s ta r te d a back p o rch in. m a k in g th e i r e n ­ blaze, w hich fa n n e d by th e high try . D r. a n d M rs. S w e d e n b u rg h a d w ind, ra p id ly d eveloped in to q u ite a blaze. T h e f ir e w a s soon d riv e n to G ra n ts P a s s S u n d a y , e x tin g u ish e d , b u t th e d e p a rtm e n t! an d w e re r e tu r n in g to th e ir hom e w as called b ack a b o u t a n h o u r! a b o u t seven o ’clock. F in d in g th e la te r w hen it w as d isco v ered t h a t J sc re e n on th e back p o ic h rip p e d , a n o th e r s p a rk had a g a in ig n ited 1 a n d tb e p a n e of glass b ro k e n , Dr. S w e d e n b u rg in v e s tig a te d , but th e c o n te n ts of th e box. W hen fo u n d n o th in g m issin g . H e c alled th e d e p a rtm e n t resp o n d e d to th e M cNabb, a n d a f te r s e a rc h in g th e second call, th e y e x tin g u is h e d th e g ro u n d s s u rr o u n d in g th e hom e, blaze a n d th e n m ad e c e rta in rh ^ t th e fo o tp r in ts o f th e b u r g la r no m o re calls w ould com e in w ere fo u n d in th e d a m p soil in a fro m th a t sectio n by te a r in g dow n flo w e r bed. I t is a lm o s t c e rta in th e s to ra g e box, • t h a t th e sa m e m en c o m m itte d b o th T h e f ir s t a la rm of th e n ig h t ro b b e rie s, sin ce f o o tp rin ts fo u n d cam e fro m th e M iller rse ld e n c e on a b o u t th e P e n n is to n hom e w ere A lm ond a n d C h u rc h s tre e ts , w h ere id e n tic a l w ith th o se fo u n d a t th e a flu e w as re p o rte d b u rn in g . A ft­ Sw’e d e n b u rg resid e n ce . e r th is blaze h ad been p u t o u t, A lth o u g h M cN abb h a s receiv ed th e d e p a rtm e n t re tu r n e d to h e a d ­ no in fo rm a tio n w h ich w ould f u r ­ q u a rte rs , only to be c a lled o u t a n ish a clu e to a id him in t r a c ­ few m o m e n ts la te r to th e box fac- ing th e c u lp rits , h e ' h a s s e n t o u t to ry . Soon a f te r th e ir r e tu r n from ’ a c a ll to* tlie police of s o u th e rn th is E re , th e y w e re c alled to a O regon an d N o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia re sid e n c e on E ig h th s tr e e t, w h e re in an effo rt to lo c a te a n y g a n g a n o th e r flu e w as b u rn in g , a n d im ­ of hoboes w ho h a v e been ta k e n m e d ia te ly a f te r w e re c alled to th e w ith a n y of th e lo o t on th e m . I t H a rris re s id e n ie on L ib e rty St., is p o ssib le t h a t som e ra ilro a d po- above A sh la n d s tr e e t. H e re a n ­ l'c e m a n m ay pick up th e m en. a n d o th e r flu e fire w as e x tin g u ish e d , fin d th e sto le n a rtic le s o n . th e m . NO. 97 TWO ROBBERIES NET BURGLARS A GOOD HAUL and a f te r a few m in u te s in th e fire s ta tio n , th e y w e re a g a in c a ll­ ed o u t to th e box fa c to ry , th e fin a tl a la rm of th e e v e n in g . TO T BIG RUM CARGO IS W ASHED UPON SHORE; 8 ----------- P I 8 PR O V IN C E T O W N , M ass., 8 8 Dec. 24. — F ro m W ooden- 8 8 ed lig h t to P a m e t, a lo n g 81 8 m o re th a n 15 m iles of th e 8 8 san d y sh o re of th e tip of 8 8 C ape Cod, five gallo n cans 8 8 of a lco h o l in w ooden cases 8 8 b o b b in g a s h o re to d ay or 8 8 e lse flo a te d a lo n g o u tsid e 8 8 th e s u rf. C oast g u a rd s m e n 8 Distribution of Gift Pack­ 8 lo ca ted and d e stro y e d 8 ages Planned to Start 8 m an y of th e m . T he R ace 8 Tomorrow 8 P o in t s ta tio n a c co u n te d 8 8 fo r m ore th a n 40 ca se s. 8 OTHERS ALSO TO AID 8 T h e ab sen ce of w reck - 8 8 a g e in d ic a te d , th e c o a st 8 Salvation A n n y, Reti Cross and 8 g u a rd officials say , t h a t 8 Y aiiou s O ther O rganizations .8 th e casese w e re th ro w n 8 Plan C hristm as Cheer 8 o v e rb o a rd w hen a ru m 8 8 r u n n e r w as p u rsu e d by 8 H u n d re d s o | c h ild re n , w hose 8 re v e n u e a g e n ts. 8 p a re n ts a re in d e s titu te circu m - 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 stance's w ill to m o rro w know th a S a n ta C la u s is not a m yth. T h ro u g h th e v a rio u s civic an d c h a rita b le o rg a n iz a tio n s of . th e city, su p p lie s of food a n d c lo th in g will be d is trib u te d to m o rro w a n d C h ris tm a s Day to th e fa m ilie s h e re , w hich o th e rw ise w ould be forced to o b se rv e a bleak a n d h u n g ry h o lid a y seaso n . A sh lan d Locals O utclass V isitors a n d L odge No. 944, B .P .O .E ., and th e Score A lm ost at W ill. Show S a lv atio n A rm y a re tw o of th e Much Class o rg a n iz a tio n s p la n n in g to do all in th e ir pow er in o rd e r th a t BY TU T JA C K SO N C h ristm a s m ay be a re a l C h ris t­ R u n n in g w ild a n d sc o rin g a l- m as to th e se fam ilies. j m o st a t w ill, th e A sh lan d H igh T he b a sem e n t of th e E lk s ¡ q u in t e t la st n ig h t h u n g a «,60-12 b u ild in g " s a v e rita b le w arehou.io trim m in g on th e C e n tra l P o in t fo r su p p lie s of food. A lm t five, in th e f irs t h ig h school en o u g h to feed th e e n tire city of j b a s k e tb a ll g am e of th e seaso n A sh lan d is sto re d th e re , to be d is ­ 1 h ere. T he locals c o m p letely o u t­ trib u te d to m o rro w to ev ery needy classed th e v isito rs, w ho failed fam ily in t h ’s city an d w ith in th e to b rea k in to th e field goal co l­ ju r is d ic tio n of the. lodge. T his um n u n til la te in th e firs t h a lf. p ro v id in g of food an d c lo th in g to F o r a b o u t tw o m iu u te s in th e th e needy fam lies h as becom e an j firs t p erio d th e g am e w as a see a n n u a l a ff a ir w ith th e E lk s, a n d saw affair. T hen th e local o u tfit h u n d re d s of th e p o o re r people of | g o t th e feel of th e c o u rt, and t h ’p se ctio n a re su p p lied each I Held g o als s ta rte d p o p p in g : y ear. In a d d itio n to th é food to | th ro u g h th e loop w ith m o n o to n - : d is trib u te d , an • im m ense o u s ’ re g u la rity . A fte r th e y got bo a m o u n t of c lo th in g fo r a d u lts an d o rg an iz ed th e A sh la n d five sh o w ­ c h ild ren will ba passed out. ed re a l fo rm , w hich a u g e rs a re a l T he b a sk e ts th is y e a r w ill con­ b a sk e tb a ll o u tfit fo r th is seaso n , j T h ro u g h o u t th e f ir s t h a lf th e lo ­ ta in b u tte r, coffee, m eat, beans, cal o u tlit rom ped a ro u n d , th ro u g h , s u g a r, p o tato e s, co rn , can d y , n u ts, o v er and u n d e r th e C e n tra l P o in t a 25-pound sack of flo u r an d o r- defensC, w ith B u tte rfie ld an d | a n Kes. T h ese b a sk e ts will be dis- ’’ M arske b e a rin g th e b r u n t of th e U ib u tc l in th is city by m em b ers d e fe n se w o rk . B e a u tifu l * s h o rt of th e lodge w ho h a v e d o n a te d p a s i e s .^ m o s t alw ay s tending w ith ■the use of t h e i r a u to m o b ile s ’fo r i a s n o t a t th e b a s k e t fe a tu re d th e th e occasion. ■ offensive w o rk of th e A sh la n d e r In a d d itio n to th e d is trib u tio n , q u in te t th ro u g h o u t th e gam e. T he of su p p lie s and g ift b a sk e ts in • H rst h a if en d ed w i t h . th e sco re th is city, th e lodge h a s fo rw a rd ­ : s ta n d in g 29-5 _ w ith A sh la n d O il e d -m o n e y to o th e r sectio n s w ith- tb e long end. In .th is pdriod th e : in th e ju ris d ic tio n of A shland No. v is ito r s ru n g up b u t o n e f ie ld ' 944. to be used Jn p ro v id in g fo r goal. needy fam ilies everyw here, w ith - T he locals c u t loose in th e in th e ju ris d ic tio n of th e lodge. Second h a lf w ith th e sam e b ran d T he c o m m itte e ‘n c h a rg e of of b a s k e tb a ll, a n d soon h a d th e th e w ork of g e ttin g th e b a sk e ts C e n tra l P o in t a g g re g a tio n on th e rea d y an d th e d is trib u tio n is com ­ . an. T he A sh la n d o u tf it fo rced an even f a t t e r pace in th is c a n to posed of J a m e s B a r re tt, c h a ir­ D. P erozzi th a n w as show n d u rin g th e f irs t m an, A lfred K inny, and J . E d w ard T h o rn to n. p erio d , and lite ra lly r a n th e C en­ T he S alv atio n A rm y a n d th e tr a l P o in t five off th e ir fee t. R ed C ross, and o th e r o rg a n iz a ­ B u tte rfie ld , la n k y A sh la n d f o r­ tio n s w th in th e city a re also p r e ­ w ard w as h ig h p o in t m an w ith th ir ty tw o m a rk e rs , w h ile M arske p a rin g b a sk e ts to be .d is trib u te d his r u n n in g m a te c h a lk e d up am o n g th e needy, in o rd e r th a t e ig h te e n ., T h is p a ir w orked to c h e er m ay be b ro u g h t to e ”e ry j p e rfe c tio n a t th e fo rw a rd posi- hom e in A sh lan d on C h ristm a s 1 tio n s. T he d efen se w ork of R am - Day. ) sey a n d K a tz e r is show n in th e ! score, sin ce th e y allo w ed b u t fo u r j fisld g o als d u rin g th e tussle. B ry a n t a t c e n te r played an agres- FAMILY SENDS a n d m ad e liis way o u t w ith 8 ju r y by F rid a y noon. of liq u o r, vihtch w e re filed by c u tin g a tto r n e y a n n o u n c e d t h a t T he g o v e rn o r in d ic a te d to d a y a n ts . th e v ictim s in G lasg o w ’s t e r ­ McCoy lo st h is s tra te g ic rac e by th e sm a ll aud ien ce. d ifficulty. T he body w as 8 SEASON G R E E T IN G S ! t h a t no p a rd o n s o r p a ro le s w ould th e g o v e rn o r a few d a y s ago. rib le r e n t w a r, to d a y r a n g w ith ) T he n u m b e r p re se n te d by th e th e p a ir w ould be h eld to a n s w e r rec o v e red a b o u t a n h o u r 8 a g a in s t tim e fo r th e su b m issio n be g ra n te d h e re C h ristm a s eve, A n e a r p h y sical c o m b a t livened th e so u n d s of s h a tte rin g tim b e r, ch o ru ? w ere, W h ere is H e, O fo r th e m u rd e r o f th e m in is te r ’s a n d h a lf a f te r th e t r a g ­ 8 of h is case to th e ju r y fo r a 8 N o rw a lk , C onn. Dec. 24. a s h a s been th e c u sto m of a n u m ­ 8 th e h e a rin g y e s te rd a y , w hen D r P e a c efu l N ig h t, K illa rn e y , L uB a- w ife. B oth Mrs. H ig h t and W il­ w h e n se v e ra l th o u sa n d sym pa­ 8 C h ristm a s v e rd ic t, w hen S u p e rio r edy. 8 1924. b e r of p re v io u s ex ecu tiv es in O re­ 8 R oss to ld th e G o v e rn o r he w ould th iz e rs , inclu d ed in w hich w ere J u d g e C rail an n o u n c ed y ^ te r d a y 1,J .^M ountains of A llah ^ If I w ere fo rd S w eetin w ere k illed by a rs- B u rlin g a m e ’s dog la te r 8 8 T h e T id in g s: — 8 gon. . te a r P ie rc e ’s “ to n g u e o u t by th e a R ose, H e a r Me Ye W inds a n d ! erj:c Placed in th e r food. s e v e ra l m em b e rs of n o b ility , to re m ad e h is w ay to th e sh o re. 8 th a t upon th e co n clu sio n of th e 8 A sh la n d Ore. 8 r o o ts ” if th e G o v e rn o r s u b m itte d a rg u m e n ts of th e c o u n cil fo r th e I W ave»- M iss K itty O ’T oole. T e n o r I dow n th e b a r r ie r s k e e p in g th e 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 O u r frie n d s in A sh lan d « 1 an d B a rito n e , H en W la d Fy, 8 a n a ffid a v it on th e a lle g ed p u r ­ te h a n ts o u t o f th e ir d w e llin g s, TH E W EATH ER d e fe n se , he w ill o rd e r a recess 8 8 th ru th e T id in g s a big 8 To H ave Services— c h a se o f liq u o r by R oss. I t w as over C h ristm a s, in o rd e r to a v o id j ^ b 2 d a u e’sb N a tio n a l A n th e m ) 8 M axim um — a n d re s to re d th e e v ic ted fa m ilie s 8 8 M erry X m as. W o rld s of 8 Special se rv ic es a t th e T rin ity c la im e d t h a t R oss b ro u g h t M r. a n d M rs. M anley C h e rry th e lo ck in g of th e ju r y up over and A m erica. 8 th e M inimum— 24 to th e ir hom es. T h e fre e z in g te m ­ 8 8 love, good w ishes to every- 8 E p isco p al c h u rc h w ill be h e ld a t booze fro m a n A sto ria p o licem an , a n d c h ild re n a n d G ro v er C h e rry 8 Set M aximum— 26 C h ristm a s. I t is b eliev ed t h a t th e p e r a tu r e s w ould c e rta in ly h av e 8 8 body a H ap p y New Y ear 8 | e ig h t o ’clock C h ristm a s m o rn in g . a n d t h a t th e s e lle r h a d sw o rn to d ro v e dow n fro m C o tta g e G rove co u n sel w ill co m p le te th e ir a rg u - E d w in M ow att w ill a rriv e in ^ ^ 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 re su lte d ' in m an y d e a th s am o n g 8 to th e w hole to w n . 8 T he S u n d a y school o f th e c h u rc h a n a ffid a v it, a d m ittin g th e sale M onday a n d w ill spend th e C h ris t­ m e n ts th is e v e n in g , a n d it h ad A sh lan d to d a y fro m C o rv a llis to t h e p o o re r c la sse s h a d th e re n t » FRO M T H E G R U E L L E S 8 w ill give a n e n te r ta in m e n t a t five m as v a c a tio n w ith Mr. a n d Mrs. !----------------------------- ---------------------- spend th e C h ristm a s v a c a tio n w ith war been allo w e d to c o n tin u e . jj I th is ev en in g . (Continued on page 4} 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Eric Weren of this city. (Continued on page four) i ills parents. T id in g s W a n t A ds n e v e r fa il, M’COY TRIAL B E IF CHARGE TENANTS ttSlOILED 10 HOMES IN RENI ' WAR