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ASHLAND CUM ATE
W ithout the use of medicine cure*
nine cases out of ten of asthmn.
This is a proven fact.
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Idaho Senator Preparing to A gain E ight Proposal, W ith a
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—(IF)—The adm inistration’s a
proposal that this nation adhere to the World Court came a
before the Senate «today •under the unanimous consent a
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agree^nent reached last gfession.
f Supporters of the proposal claimed that far more a
Jury of Generals Out Only
32 Minutes Before
Verdict
GIVEN
Jury HH4r*s Again to INx-kle
What W ill be Done With
Fiery Petrel of Air Servire'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17— (U.
P .)—The Jury of generals, try
ing ColOgel William Mitchell,
today found him guilty of offi
cial misconduct while in office,
as was charged by the army-
department, after a brief delib
eration, lasting only 32 min
utes.
Colonel Sherman Moreland,
judge advocate' of the court,
said that there was no agree
ment as to the penalty, and the
court closed again to make a
formal decision and to fix the
penalty.
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WASH1NG+ON, Dec. 17— (U.
P .)—Colonel William Mitchell, in
an address made to the court of
generals, trying him for alleged
misconduct In the army, today
closed his case without an ar
gument.
immediately thereupon, the
prosecution counsels, demanded
that Mitchell be given Immediate
“dismissal from the army,” as
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OLYMPIA, Wash. Déc. 17—
FLORIDAN SA Y S LOTS
ARE UND ER W ATER (U. P .)— The Senate today passed
a bill prohibiting the picking or
the destruction of rhododen
drons or other flowering shrnb-
bery which may be growing
along the highways of the state.
Senator William Bishop of
Jefferson, Clallahm and San Juan
counties, where the rhododen
drons grow In profusion, opposed
the measure.
“It would be Just as rldiculon»
as It would be to prohibit the
picking of Canadian thistles In
Skagit county,” he declared.
The bill passed the senate by
a vote of 32 to 6.
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ACTIVE FOR YEARS IN CIVIC
BUILDING WOMAN DESTITUTE
She hag lived In it for years, and
to leave would break her heart,
and probably shorten the all too
few years she has remaining.
“We don’t have everything
we could have, but we live, and
we are happy, and I don’t want
to go down there to the poor
1—she— so l di h op
trembling, and her eyes filling
with tears, as she told her story,
“Everyone has been to nice to
my daughter and I, and I ap
preciate their efforts to make us
comfortable, but I have always
had a home of my own, and 1
always want to keep It,” she con
tinued.
It does seem q^eer.
Tire
horsea, after serving their best
years In the department, used to
be turned out to pasture, to
enjoy. their declining years» In
the green fields.
Here Is a
human being, who spent the bet
ter part of her life in building
up her community» and now,
when she is no longer active.
“They’re going to ship her to
the poor farm.”
SCIENCE HALL
-No more will county prisoners
get the privilege of roaming In
the corridors of the Jail. Thfte
Eugene automobile theft snspeol^
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placed In the Jail until the
county sheriff could strive, roll »
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when they nearly succeeded in n
digging their way out through u
the brick walla of the bastile »
They had been turned loose In the «
Jail during the day but were kept «
in the cages at night. During «
their brief liberty from the cells a
they had torn out three tiers of »
bricks in the jail wall and ware «
awaiting .an opportunity to push n
through the last tier and make «
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their escape.
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Deputy Sheriff Bennett on an
Inspection trip was suspicious and b
pushed on the place the men had ft
been working and the whole thing ft
fell out. It was a hole that the B
men could Have Jumped through B
had they been given a few min B
utes of darkness. The wall was B '
repaired yesterday by William B
Schroeder but Sheriff Hayes has B
made a • New Year's resolution B
never to take any more chances. B
The bricks had been torn looge B
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with boards and fire wood.
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That the men were “hardboll-
ed” was demonstrated when Sher
iff Taylor told thorn that If they
tried anything like that In Eugene
they would find a man with a
.70-30 waiting for them. One of
the men came back at the sheriff
with the statement that when
they got Tiim they wanted to do
a good Job aa there were more
days coming.
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FLOWER BIEL
IS PASSED BY
WASH. SENATE
“They’re going to send me
down to the poor farm, and I
don’t want to go there. I’ve
lived more than 80 years with
out being dependent upon char
ity and I don’t want it now.”
Those were the wordB of a
frail, timorous little old woman,
who stopped a representative
of too Vlanito aa he wae-aawing
her home this morning. \
For years, this woman was
one of the leaders in many civic
enterprises In Ashland. She did
much to help In building up
her community to Ita present
eminence, and now, "they’re
going to ship me down to the
poor farm.”
More than 80 years of age, she
resides here with her daughter,
a widow. The little old lady
needs care, and the daughter Is
her constant companion. They
each receive a widow’s pension,
and although’ their Income IS
pitifully small, they have some
how, managed to keep the home
together. . /
The home In which they re
side, the little old lady owns.
PORTLAND, O
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tert stH in Alaska want ■
control of Alaska fish
eries to be transferred
from the federal to the
territorial
government,
according to Dau Suther
land, congressman from
Alnska.
Our salmon and other
fisheries are of the ut
most importance to us."
he said. "We think that
the salmon fisheries could
be operated with the
greatest efficiency under
territorial control,” main
tains the congressman.
FRANCES, Dec,
Parts and all of France a t
this morning lay under a - B ,
mantle of snow. After a 8
brief period of mild a
weather, the country has a •
been stricken with th e ,, a
worst blisxard It has ea- ,11
perlenced In 10 years, '¡»ST
The snow Is falling in- a
termlttently.
Traffic to’jB '
greatly delayed ahd- tele-
g r a p h lc and telephonic
communication Interrupt-U
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The weather prophPK
concur In announcing ■ a.
continuance of old-faah«._
ioned Christmas weather,
to the despair of
tfceL
Paris city council, which B
will be obliged to pre- ,t»,
duce 50,000 francs from ,B
Its already depleted ee>
chequer to pay for clear- nil!
lng ,the streets.
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than the necessary two-thirds of the senate was lined up a
in favor of the Court but its opponents were prepared to a
revive the)League of Nations issue and a prolonged con
flict rivalling the hectic Senate struggle of 1919 was in
prospect.
Senator Borah, 4daho, Republican, who stood with
PDAM’ ^a*)V *^ac^” L oh Angeles is only seven weeks old— Ordnance Head Says Order
three others against the League when debate opened in UCPAOP
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hut he’s a dope fiend. Policewoman Minnie Barton, shown
1919, was again the standard bearer today of the oppon
Made by Comptroller
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holding him, was trailing a drug peddler and found
ents of the Court jrhich they claim is but an off-ehoot
McCarl Dam aging
1)I0P I All ¡the child’s m other'was an addict. The drug had such a
pf the League. Six years ago Borah and his three allies
I fit MJ • «1 ftllj hold on the baby’s system that vhen his mother was de- WASHINGTON, Dec. 17— (U.
jtflunded dofcn the lea g u e defense with their steady a t
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decision
Comptroller-
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it lie suffered intensely.’.
Doctors
are of trying
to
tack and the little more than a dozon rfbnators opposed to
General McCarl that the ap
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find
a
remedy.
the Court now plan to repeat that success.
propriations of the Bureau of
H ad Torn Bricks From Wi
Throughout the summer the present chairman of the
Ordance
could hot be used to
And W ere R eady for'
purchase patents and patent
Foreign Relations Committee has been preparing his a r
Break W hen Found
Women, Unable
rights is detrimental to the na
guments, and lie will uuleash them as soon as the court
tional security and defense, Rear
GRANTS PASS. Dec. 17. — (IP)
advocates have spent their first wind.
to Walk, Are
Admiral C. C. Bloch, Chief of
his alleged misdeeds.
“My trial.“ Mitchell said. “Is
the culmination of efforts, hav
ing been made for some time
by the general staff of the army
and the general board of the
navy, to depreciate the value of
the power of the'air department,
and to* keep It In an auxiliary
position, which absolutely com
promises our whole system of
national defense.
To proceed
further with the case would servo Picking of Rhododendrons
no useful purpose.
A long H ighw ays to be
A letter Just received by an
Ashland business man from a
friend who Is visiting In Florida,
says. “Of course you have heard
of the big real estate boom here.
I am In a city whose 1920 popu
lation was less than 30,000. Lots
for resident purposed twenty
miles from this city are selling
from 17,000 up, mostly up. The
corner stakes to these lots are
nearly covered In water. There
are no streets or other Improve
ments. Business lots are selling
as high as 140,000, and there are
sixty thousand real estate agents
in this city, ope every other door,”
Alaska Wants*
Fisheries Under
Territory Heads
Baby Becomes Dope Addict
France Having
Worst Storm
in Ten Years
MITCHELL
r o m gouty
o r MISCONDUCT
NO P E N A L T Y
ASHLAND, OREGON, T tt
Buried Alive
“The length of debate dependa
on how vigorous a fight Borah
wages,” Senator 8wanson, Demo
GENEVA, Dec. 17—
crat, Virginia, and author ef
The report estimates that
the world court resolution told
»the UlMted rtesk. “The Whole
have been deported from
thing depends on him.”
the Mosul-Turkish fron
“I hope that Is true." Borali
Explosion in Gas Lines Lead
tier. It-accuses the Turks
said when informed of Swan-
ing into Building Gauses
of
violating
and
slaying
son's comment.
$100,000 Loss
Ghrlstian
women.
Debate is to be opened by
Alt
Christians
were
de
Swanson who will review the
CORVALLIS, Dec. 17— (U. P.)
ported from the village of
familiar arguments for the court
—
Damage from fire which de
Merga, north of the pro
cited by President Coolidge in
stroyed
a portion of Science Hall
visional line which was
his recent annual message to
on the Oregon Agricultural Col
fixed
at
the
Brussells
congress asking its ratification.
lege campus, was today esti
conference pending defin
The suggestion tor American
mi J mated at approximately $100,000
ite demarcation of the
adherence first was made by
H i It was stated by Thomas Graham,
frontier.
President Harding in his special
g! chief of the Corvallis fire de-
Five
aged
women
who
message to the senate February
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were unable to keep up
24, 1923. With this message
g!
Many chemicals were Ignited
with the marching col
Mr. Harding sent a copy of a
g 1 by an explosion lu the gas lines
umns are declared to have
letter from Secretary of Stale
g l leading Into the building. Ser
been burled alive under
Hughes suggesting the following
gi eral students narrowly oacaped
piles of stones and left
four points to protect this
g Injury. Fireman Walter Backus
to their fate. According
country “from any involvement
g was knocked down and tem-
to Xlhrlstlans who escáp
with the League:
g porarlly blinded by a chemical
ete those -^r£malnlng in
”1. That such adhesion shall
the Turkish concentration g explosion.
not be taken to involve any
g
Science Hall was one of the
camps are not supplied
legal relation on the part of the
g | oldest buildings on tire campus,
with food by their captors
United States to the League of
g and had* for years housed th)
and are fftreed to live on
Nations or the assumption of
g chemistry department of tho
acorns.
any obligations by the United
school. Up until two years ago
States under the covenant of the
the school pharmacy was located
League of Natlona constituting
on the fourth floor of the build
part-1 of the treaty of Versailles.
ing, but was recently removed
”2 .‘ That the United State»
to the ngw Pharmacy building,
shall be permitted to participate
which was completed two years
through representatives designat
ago.
ed for the purpose and upon an
Chemicals and scientific ¡Ap
equality with the other States,
paratus forinod the largest por-
members, respectively, of the
i tlon of the loss, college officials
council and assembly of the
state.
League of Nations. In any and
all proceedings of either the
council or the assembly for the QUEEN MOTHER OF
Camp Fire Girls to Put on
election of judges or deputy
Bhow to Obtain Funds
ITA LY IS VERY ILL
DESTROYED
GIRLS STAGE
BENEFIT SHOW
ON SATURDAY
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Registrations at
Local Office
Are on Increase
For Charity Work
BORDIOHORA, Italy, Dec. 17
— (U. P .)— Queen Mother Mar
gherita of Italy la suffering from
pleurisy, and is In a * critical
condition , today.
The ehd Is
believed % be very near. The
Duke of Genoa has rushed her
v w w b w
in Rome this morning.
Out of state registrations at
the local registration office «re
more than twice the totals for
this time last year, Mrs. J. H.
Fuller, in charge of the office
announced thia morning.
An average of 20 out-of
cars have stopped at the
office dally during this month,
while the average for Decem
ber, 1924, was only 18, the
figures indicate.
These figures show that the
tourist travel la holding up bet
ter during the winter months
than ever before, indicating that
In years to come, tourist travel
may continue Juet as heavy dur
ing the winter as during the
summer monthe.
Members of the Camp Fire
Girl» organization In Ashlind
will give a benefit stunt show
at the high school gymnasium
on Saturday evening, to raise
money with which to carry on
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r fiitr iiy
the holiday season, It was an
nounced this morning.
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Each troop will stage some
stuift for the program.
The
program for the entertainment
follows:
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Opening Address.
Caipp Firs OIrl Drill.
Indian Legends.
. Irish Lilt.
The Morals of Mother.
Grace. .
Catty Capers by the Cut©
Clowns.
High Jinks.
Yankee Doodle.
Trees.
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy
Andy.
Xmas Carols.
Retreat.
Hotel Ashland to
Have Immense
New Electric Sign
the Bureau, told ■ Secretary Wil
bur In his annual report today.
“For many years it has been
the practice of this bureau to
purchase patents and patent
rights from its general -appre-
prlatioM»” JUoch declared, "The
changing Of this policy of ac
quirement of the sole or limited
use of the newest improvement»
in the equipment of vessels for
the Navy appears to be detri
mental to the national security
and defense.
“Without the availability of
some funds for this purpose the
military advantages afforded by
the sole ownership or control
of essentially military designs or
patents are lost to the Navy.
The North Sea trflne barTaga
could not have been laid without
such avkllablllty. nor could sec
recy In regard to many new
developments be maintained.”
Admiral Eberle <Jays
ays Lack
of Funds Keeps N avy
Below Par
TO
MODERNIZE
S tatutory Lim itation on Vpkecp of
Ships Should be Removed,
is Opinion of Kberle
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17— (V.
P-)—Many alterations of mili
tary value for the upkeep and
Improvement of tho fleet of the
United States Navy have been
held In abeyance during the past
year dug to the lack of sufficient
funds.
Admiral Edward W.
Eberle, chief of Naval Operations
told Secretary of the Navy Wil
bur today in his annual report.
"It Is obvious that the main
tenance of the industrial shore
establishments In excess of the
material needs of the flest
makes heavy inroads on funds.”
Eberle asserted. * “As the fleet
Itself Ik the' paramount consid
eration, any expenditure of na
tional funds which does not have
a direct bearing on the main
tenance of the fleet la unwar
ranted and should not be in
curred.
“It la again recommended that
consideration be given to the
unsatisfactory effect of the pres
ent statutory limit for repairs
undertaken on capital ships.
“The cost of work required to
material condition Increases with
the advancing age of the ships.
In the case of the six battle
ships which are to receive some
important items of modernisa
tion, It Is’ obviously more Im
portant that each ship be
brought, as a whole, to the high
est practicable state of material
condition.
“The present statutory limita
tion restricts all overhaul ex
penditures to 8300,000. In tho
cases of these ships this re
striction will not permit the
modernisation desired. The ex
isting statutory limits were
imposed when* both labor and
material costa were much less
than at present. The opinion
Is expressed that the removal of
the statutory limit In cases of
battleships with the resultant
flexibility will eventually effect
increased battle efficiency.”
R U D Y ’S V lIFE SUES
FOR A REPARATION KTJT T TPnDfr”
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PARIS. Dec. 17— (U. P.>—
Mrs. Rudolph Valentino today
began divorce action against her
husband In the courts here.
Valentino is registered under
his natal name of Oagllemlml.
The divorce, papers show the
couple were married at Crown
Point, Ind., In 1923.
SHIPS
err O'”
TACOMA, Dec. 17— (U. P )
—Shot through the cheat while
on his way to work today, Oscar
Johnson, 3 5, a mill worker,
la fn a critical condition thia
afternoon.
His assailant es
caped, and the motive for the
crime la unlearned.
STATE HORTICULTURE BODY
OPENS MEDFORD GATHERING
MEDFORD, Dec. 17. — With lng In Increasing the yield of
delegates from all over the coast pears per tree, overcoming the
and with hundreds of local or- rtotorlet-y of the Cornice In limit
chardlsts in attendance the three ing Ita offspring.
Mr. Johnson, cited the wine
days session of the State Horti
The Hotel Ashland has or cultural association opened at the grape Industry of California as
dered an Immense electric sign Elks temple In thia city yester growing by leaps and bounds
which will be placed In front day morning with an address
__, of since the advent of prohibition,
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of the- hotel sometime the e u r l y p y "majo r o. O ?~Ä lexaer» | ana hold« Him f aci e—e hrw
part of 192«, according to E. T.
fer and a response by B. W. John ure responsible for tho car short
Allen, owner of the hotel.
son, a well known grower of ages which exist annually, vitally
The sign ia of the animated
Comice pears from Monroe, Ore affecting the perishable fruit Ig-
type, and is 14 feet high, -flash
gon. The meeting la declared to dustry of the northwest. Interest
ing In various colors. In order
be
the largest gathering of ex ing figures upon this subject were
that tho sign may bo seen as
clusively
pear growers ever hold given, Mr. Johnson stating that
people are loitering Ashland
”13.000 cars were need fa Cali
in
thia
country.
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from the north and aonth the
fornia
Prefacing
his
remarks
with
the
sign will be erected on a polo
40 feet high In front of the Idea that his speaking on grow
hotel. It will add considerable ing Comice pears to a Rogue
to the Illumination of Main River valley audience wks klmllar
street and be another link In to “carrying ooal to Newcastle,”
Johnson gave Intereating facts,
making Main street brighter..
however, on growing tho delicate
Cornice to tho large
EARTHQUAKE FELT
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, tlvo audience, bringing
Dec. 17— (U. P .)—A. severe points of interest, such
of
spreading
the cerned.
earthquake shock was fejt on slrabllity
the Unalaska shore during tho branches comparatively early dur
(Continued On
ing the life of tho trees result-
night.