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C ZANIBONI IS ARRESTED FOR MURDER PLOT Southern Methodists Oppose Unity 1 N A S H V IL L E , Tenn., Nov. 7— Including , the vote of three conferences Wednesday, the combined Vote of 4 0 annual confer ences in ' the* Methodist Episcopal church, Sooth, today stood a t 2,968 fav oring and '2,171 against unification w ith the Meth odist Episcopal church, making final passage ap pear improvable. 'Yesterday's votes were: East Oklahoma, 140 for, .8 18 against; North Mis- 8 slsslppl, 43 fo r,. 168 against; Louisiana, 117 fo r,*74 kgalnst. Three-fourths of the total vote in the South ern churph Is required for unification to pass. T h ir teen conferences are yet to vote, the total vote be ing expected to reach only about 8,000. Confesses to Plan tor Slay- ing Premier Mussolini of Italy IS TRUSTED f ADVISOR Free Mason Headquarters Closely Guarded by Troop« to Prevent Outbreak A ROM E, N o r. 7— (U . P . ) — Tito Zanlbonl, ex-deputy of the U ni tarian-Socialist party, and a trusted political adviser o f the King of Ita ly , has confessed to participation in the plot to k ill Premier Mussolini, dictator of Ita ly , and to thereby dethrone the Italian monarch, according to the police announcement made here this morning. Under a terrific g rillin g at the hands of the police, which has continued constantly since he was taken, rifle in hand, from a hotel near the balcony where Premier Mussolini spoke to A r mistice Day throngs, Zanlbonl shouldered the entire reeponsl- \ bllity for the plot himself, it was said, when he denied that he had any accomplices in the plot. Inform ation given out yes terday by one of the leading newspapers of this city, which Hughes Wants University of is usually in close touch w ith all 'on Men to political affai-s of the state, in- Officiate . dicate that the plot to assassin ate Mussolini was bnt a p art of M ED FO R D , Nov. 7— The all- a huge plot to overthrow the en star football team selected from tire government. the grade schools of Medford According to the article, it w ill play the Junior, high school was planned not alone to m nr- of Ashland at the H o lly street * dor the fascist. chief, bnt also grounds this afternoon in their to overthrow the Savoy fam ily annual game, and for enthusias and make a republic of Ita ly . tic fierceness of play the contest Today, soliders continue to promises Io be the best of the guard the headquarters of the socialist party, and the Jnstinian Weldon McBee, first string palaces resemble w ar times, w ith ! center of the Medford high ‘the bristling haynots of soldiers school, w ill be out of the game appearing throughout the build Armistice day w ith Ashland. Mc ing, In which is housed the head- Bee, seeking entrance to West • quarters of the Free Masons. Point, has been called to Port Other Free Mason headquart land to take entrance examina ers a n d ’ meeting places were tion next week and w ill study closed and guarded by fpseist instead of practice. H is place troops, and oppositions news w ill be taken by Hughes. papers were burned, since it is The selection of the officials believed that there Is a possi for the game Wednesday la now bility of a new break. under way and they w ill prob ably be from the University of Oregon. Coach' Hughes of Ash PHOENIX MAN GROWS land objects to Ted Cramer of AN IMMENSE PUMPKIN Grants Paas and Scheffel of this E arl M iller, who lives near city, on the grounds "a slip w ill The Phoenix, brought a pumpkin cost him a year's w ork.” weighing nearly 100 poun4s to attitude of the Granite City the chamber of commerce today. mentor came as a surprise. M iller has specialised in large * The local squad w ill spend to sixes this season and raised some morrow morning in hard scrim' of the best and largest w ater mage, perfecting of Interference and new plays that have been melons in the valley. held in reserve all season for the Ashland game. The Ashland NEW AIR MAIL LINE team Is fu ll of hope and “ pepped CONTRACTS SIGNED up” for victory, in spite o f the poor showing they have made W A S H IN G TO N , Nov. 7— (U . p .) — Postmaster General New a ll season. OFFICIALS FOR MEDFORD GAME NOT SELECTED today signed contracts for five a ir mall routes which w ill act as feeders to the government owned transcontinental lines. In cluded in these is a lin e to E l ko, Nevada, from Pasco, Wash ingtoc. This line was contract ed to W alter T . Varney of San Francisco. ----- -----« M ary W addell, whose Ups are Prosecution Rests in Trial of Dr. B lu er for Killing —-.. Daughter -___ Armistice Day Marks Open* in< of Annual Drive for Funds CAR NO DOING IS CONFISCATED Fined glOOO by Justice of Peace • Glenn O. Taylor of Medford cating liquor, yesterday plead guilty to the charge and was fined 91,800 by Justice of the Peace Taylor of Medford. His car and the liquor were confis cated. When first taken into custody by Chief of Police McNabb, Spe cial State Prohibition Officer Terry Talent and a federal pro hibition man, Richards declared that be knew nothing of the 21 cases of liquor which were found cached near his machine follow ing the crash. J A fte r several hours of ques tioning by D istrict Attorney New ton Chaney, and when confronted w ith the overwhelming mass of evidence which the officers had lected, connecting him with the liquor, Richards decided to plead guilty and throw himself upon - the mercy of the . court, hoping to escape a Jail sentence. Fingerprints found on one of the bottles in the cache tallied exactly w ith fingerprints takon by the officers here when Rich ards was brought to this city. In addition bits of paper, exactly the same as the paper in which the bottles were wrapped, wpre -found in his Padkard car. A fte r confessing, Richards told 'a story coinciding w ith the theory the police had been w ork ing on. A fte r crashing o ff the slippery mountain road, and ro ll ing almost 100 feet into the canyon, Richards worked himself free from beneath the car, and then after taking his w ife and child to the road and obtaining a »ride for them, started work of caching the liquor. H e de clared that he intended coming back w ith another car and re moving the liquor and then re porting his crash. Richards had his bed made near his car, and was preparing to remain there the remainder of the night when the car drlv- ( Continued on Page Pour) ---- Advertise In The Tiding». reported to have been the re cipients of another of Henry’s best placed smacks, has declared that H enry is a dismal failure •end she lodged a charge similar to th a t of Miss Ince against Henry, Y et a Jury of men came to the rescue of Henry, Friday, when the charges filed by Miss Ince were triad and declared by a unanimous vote that perhaps Miss Ince waa an "In ju n giver," and that if she had really "wig gled," as «he saljl in giving her account of the episode on the 'back . porch of the Ince Trackless Train to Visit Ashland Monday Afternoon NEW WITNESSES R iese two Los Angeles councilmsp aver« convicted ot accepting a 12,000 for their votes oil a tractleal nU««urc and have-been sent to prison tor ¿ne to ten years. ' Left to rlgt|t< they are "Dig Joe" Fitzpatrick and \Charlle Downs. ,».The_ pb0t0„MM>ws them in their prison ra rb .< GAME WARD OF STATE G PAY 1NCR Antlers of Elk Found Imbedded in Tree Trunk YO SEM ITE, Cal., Nov. 7— (U . P .) — The prize instance qf the engulfing tendency of trees has just been exhibited here. The massive antlers of a Roosevelt E lk, found by an Indian woodshop- per near Scotia, Hum boldt county, Cal., im bedded in a growing madrona, was the exhibit. One side of a section of the tree was split oft. showing the intact skull in the tree’s heertwoo'd. Growth rings proved that more than a hundred years had elapsed since the engulfing began. Experts - believe the sapling madrona shot up through the skull and antlers, carrying it up off the ground and fin ally growing around it. I , 8 8 Jackson County Warden is Not Included in List of Those Benefited Members of the Jackson Cdun- ty Sportsmen's association ayd wondering why, in the Hat salary raises granted by state game commission .recen ‘the name of Roy P arr, Jackibn county game warden does not ap pear. The name of Pat Daily, the state ranger warden, doee ap pear as credited to Medford, but in the llet as given out for pub lication a mistake is made in crediting D. T. Godail, the p ik e county game warden, to Med ford. Salary increases amounting to 93570 a year have been giant ed officers, deputy wardens and. office assistants of the 'state game commission under a revis ion made by E. F. A verill, state game warden, and indorsed by a m ajo rity o f the commission. Under this revision the eal- iary of the state game warden was increased from 9300 to 9350 a month and 19 other Increases were lndersed. A verill stfld that it had not been necessary to lay o ff any regular wardens to pro vide for these increases and that there was an estimated sur plus o f funds amoujntlng to 912,368 in the department fund as of November 1. Fresh from causing a sensa tion in New Y ork and Seattle that, It is said, has never been surpassed, the firs t Trackless Train in America Is due to' ar rive here on Monday, en route from New York to Los Angeles on the last lap of the interna tional trip that w ill take It later to Europe i n . the interests of better motion pictures. The Trackless Train, which is sponsored by the Metro-Goldwyn film company, is also working for improved national roads, and in doing so has the cooperation o f a u t o m o b i l e associations throughout the country. The Trackless Train arrived in New York from Indianapolis af- of ovations, w ith schools In the smaller towns holding special recesses that the pupils m ight see the passing.of probably the most unusual sight that tw en ti eth century ingenuity has pro duced. In every city visited, police motorcycle escorts were necessary to prevent the dis ruption of traffic by the great crowds that surrounded the train. A t Dayton, Ohio, the en tire plant of the N ational Cash Register Company suspended work for twenty minutes no that the 8500 employees ,o f the plant m ight see the Trackless Train the firs t time that the plant sus pended for such a purpose, POLIOS LOOK FOR RUNAWAY YOUTHS Local police have been notified to be on the lookout for three Redding boys, W illia m Blaser. Charles Gettings and Glenn Sev- erton* all 16 year» of age, who ran away from th e ir home In the C alifornia city last night. The boys are believed to be headed this Way, for Blaser has an uncle residing in Eugene. W hen they le ft Redding, they were driving a Chevrolet touring car, 1919 model, bearing the California license 482-259. FIVE DROWNED T IN Q n fl p i n qstusra s i ------ d ä iz nweasaD T;Q w * A U S T IN , Tax., Nov. 7— (U. P .) — Unprecedented r a in s throughout the state during the last three days have caused the deaths of fire parsons, having Isolated many towns and vil lages throughout the state, vir tually halted traffic along the highways, snd h are oaused Ines tim able damage to erops. The five persons who ere dead are all’ negroes, who have as y«t not been identified. They were drowned when an automobile track was washed from a oause- way Into the swollen waters of the Ban Gabriel river near Vleodgetown. •>' • z 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 A M D MEN ON JURY FOR MURDER TRIAL L IT T L E T O N , Colo., Nov. 7— (U . P .) — The state completed its case a t eleven 'o’clock today against D r. Harold E. Blaser for the murder of hie Imbecile daughter, the "child woman.** D istrict A ttorney Joel E. 8tone rested the state's case a f ter having recalled several of he witnesses whom he had ou the stand during the session yesterday afternoon. No new prosecution witnesses were brought on the stand to day, although it was generally believed that Mrs. Frances Bis hop, for years the nurse in the Blaser home, would be called upon to testify for the proSeeu- tlon this morning. Stone said he would resist any attempts that may be mads by defense counsel to prove the victim had no soul. "Hazel Blazer may not have been able to talk or walk, but who Is there to say that she could not feel?" he asked. Prosecutor 8tone announced that the state had "shown that this woman was fully developed above the torso." "Below the waist she was an Infant but a few months old," he said. "H er affliction was the result of spinal meningitis. Med ical authorities w ill show that thia disease often destroya and distorts the human frame bnt it does not destroy the brain nor the soul. 'The killing of Hasel Bister was a deliberate, well planned murder.’’ A sharp skirmish followed the attempt of the state to chal lenge A. A. Hensel, a prospective Juror yesterday for cause. Hensel ssld in reply to a ques tion by the prosecuting attorney that "taking human life under certain circumstances was all right.” The State challenged Hensel three times for cause but was overruled each time by the judge, Samuel Johnson. The state's ninth preemptory challenge was employed to re move Hensel. The selection of the 12 men to try the aged phy sician came with startling sud denness yesterday. "W e are satisfied w ith Hypuui Huntley on Trial for Stabbing Affray at Medford the Jury," Joel Stone, state’s pro secutor, said. " I t is acceptable to us,” D. E. R. Mowery, defense chief A Jury to hear the testimony counsel said, "although, of in the tria l of Hym an Huntley course, we would have preferred charged w ith firs t degree mur to have had more time and der as the result of a stabbing money to Investigate some of the affray in Medford last Septem panel lists." her 2, in which Jesse James Gibbs was killed , was secured yesterday morning in the cir cuit court as follows: John Mast, Medford; Alfred J. Hensler, Medford; Fred W Pinkerton, Ashland; D. E. Phipps, Medford; W illia m Barn hart. C entral Point; John Cox, YR EKA , Nov. 7— When Henry Medford; C. W . McDonald, Med Hess, legal Investigator for Col ford; A. R. Brown, Ashland onel Ned Green of San Fran J. E. Weaver, Central Point cisco, was sent northward by his John Kasstlom, Phoenix; C. H chief to Investigate the damage Merrim an, Medford, and M. M. caused by two federal prohibi Kendall, c en tral Point. tion agents and a mob of 30 The jn ry was secured^ sooner v o l unt eer » ai ders in r sps st sd soft than expected. Counsel for each drink parlors at Shastlna, suburb side asked each Juror his po of Weed, he expected to In sltlon on capital punishment. vestigate the damage. About II were examined before But Hess's coming pas not 12 men ware selected. The heralded by blare of trumpet or Jury and court recessed until roll of drum, and, when he ar Monday, when the opening rived Thursday at the scene of statements and testimony w ill the trouble, in compliance with begin. an agreement between Green and Sheriff A. 8. Calkins, who w ith held the services of warrants for the federal men, charged with participating In the mob Oregon «ad Washington raid, he walked Into the BI Federal Man Gets Weed Bootlegger By Accident THE WEATHER ( — Probably rain in the I west portion. Fresh I strong southeast winds, I t shifting to southwest galea along tha coast. GREAT WORK Half of Money Raised Here to be Used for Relief o f Xeedy Families Attempt * W ill be Made to Prove Girl “Soulesa.” W ill be Fought by Proeecntlon Ed Richards, arrested here Thursday night, following an ac cident on the 8isklyou mountain road, and charged w ith posses sion and transportation of intoxi Business Visitor— Dallas J. Sidwell o f Portland, general agent fo r the Provident M utual L ife Insurance company wttH > business visitor in Ashland yesterday. I (Continued Ori Fa«o Four). ROLL CALE OF RED CROSS TO START SOON Admits mita Char Charge of Trana- porting L jiquor Over Highway U S S E S , CURSES IF NOT PROPERLY ADMINISTERED •j__Kisses are Y R E K A , Nov curses on the K lam ath river If not properly administered. There la. Pearl Ince, conlely maid of Happy Camp, who de clared before Judge H. C. Boorae, Justice of the peace at Happy Camp, as complaining w it ness against W . P. Henry, that w hile she "wiggled’’ when the lusty rancher o f Classle k ill presented the osculatory saluta tion to h e r, ruby lipa, she still signed the complaint against him for assault and battery. H e n ry ,' aa a kisser, has not given satisfaction as a Rudolph Valentino, it is said, for Wrs. STA TES CASE IS' CLOSED IN MURDO! TRIAL RICHARDS SAYS HE OWNED ALL LIQUOR FOUND SEES HIS THRONE R ets Khan, premier of Persia, has seized the throne; taken the name of King Pahsvia/ and de posed the Shah Ahmed Mirza, who haa been living In Paris. His freeing of political prisoners and lowering of the Drlce of foodstuffs has caused great re joicing In Persia. AIRWAYS ARE TO BE MARKED BY STANDARD Aid to be Given Aviation by Standard Oil Company of California To assist In the development of aviation, and to Increase safety and certainty of a ir travel, the Standard Oil Company (C ali fornia), following a suggestion from the office of the Chief of A ir Service, W a r Department, w ill establish a wide-spread sys tem of guide-signs for aviators along the airways of the Pacific Coast states, giving the Pacific Coast its only marked airways and the first of the kind in the country, according to Earl Crowe, Ashland manager. These signs will take the form of names of towns painted on the roofs of the Company's buildings. The Army A ir 8ervlce w ill designate points which should be marked. The Comppny w ill also offer co operation to the Naval A ir Ser vice, the A ir Mall Service and commercial fliers. » A t first the effort w ill be clearly to mark the present a ir ways and towns adjacent to fly ing and landing fields. There are now established airways from San Diego to Seattle and from San Francisco to Reno. Along these routes the Company has distributing plants at frequent in tervals. The towns on these airways which should be marked are now being selected and the signs will be painted at once. As other airways are developed and necessity requires, addition al signs w ill be set up. The Company has stations at most ports on the Pacific Coast and at these w ill establish signs for the guidance and assistance of seaplanes. The Standard Oil Company (C alifo rn ia) has more than 650 (Continued On Page Four) Opening Wednesday of next week and continuing until Thanksgiving Day, the annual Red Cross Roll Call will be carried on throughout the United States. Ashland's Red Cross organisa tion w ill open It ’s campaign on Armistice Day, and carry it along with the national cam paign, in an effort to obtain sufficient funds to maintain the relief worlc for the coming year. Rev. P. K. Hammond, one of the most active members of the local Red Cross unit spoke yes terday for a short time before the members of the Kiwanis club, urging them to support the Red Cross during its cam paign. , * F ifty cents of each dollar col lected by the local Red Cross or ganization is kept for local re lief work, while the remaining fifty rants Is turned over to the national headquarters for relief work in national and internation al circles. President Coolidge, president of the Red Cross, said recently. "The American Red Cross has one outstanding purpose— service to humanity In accordance with the International Treaty of Gen eva and its own charter from the congress of the United States." The Red Cross operates through its national organisa tion and more than 3,980 chap ters in cities and towns throughout the country. I t con tinues is obligation to assist men disabled in the World W a r,* and their families, and to help men of the regular army and navy with their family and in dividual problem. Since the Armistice, the Red Cross has expended 958,00(^0JD0 In this work. It aids more than 100,000 disabled veterans and their families each month. ; I t Is serving 249,000 soliders, sail ors and marines in active servira. For great emergencies, 41,000 nurses are enrolled in the or ganization. It has on duty 1000 public health nurses demonstrat ing the tremendous importance of safe-guarding the health of the community. OARS ARE DAMAGED IN SMASHUP HERE Crashing Into the rear end of the ear in front of him, G. M. Denton of Medford, driving a Jewett touring car slightly dam aged his own car and the Jewett sedan driven by W. J. Stapleton, of San Diego, in an accident which occurred in fro nt of the McOee building on Main street early today. MAIL ORDER HOUSE LOSES A SALE THROUGH TIDINGS AD ö n i ö f The advertisement waa tha scribers from Talent, while at this this office yesterday, recited su same < slse-and quality tarpaulin incident which proved that all at more than 95.99 lean than that g litte r^ is not gold— as far what the m ail order catalogue Thia * price, pine t i e aa the mall order catalogues srs price. freight to Ashland, would have concerned. She stated that a few days been a loes of approximately age Just before coming to Ash 99.00 if she bed ordered from land to shop, she looked at the the Chicago house, which she prloee on tarpaulins as listed In did not. Mr. Jordan of The Arasy a m all order catalogue, finding a certain sise and grade tarpau Goods S to re. mated today 1 lln listed at 119.60. She said tha tarpeuMn she remembered reading a t t r - The Tidings was • NT Monte Hotel. paulfa advertisement la The A ll was quiet there, but, when Dally Tidings the night before sponsible he went to the rear of the i and looking over The ^Tidings again she found the Army Goods! Tidings « (Continued on page fear) ?
