GERMS Çannot gnrovie three months in the rich ozone a t A d il and. Pare domestío water helps. //¿ L A N D CLIMATE W ,the use of medieine cure* o' • ? / Jes out of tea of asthma, ' a a proven fact Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years f f « /teen AsAZand’« Wire Service) (Unite« • A SH LAND, OREGON, MONDAY, D E C , 21, 1925 Smoot Opposes Extra Holiday For Clerks Tells of Aspirations f o r “ Imperial Ita ly ” W ith­ out Conquest U. P. GETS INTER V IEW By THOfcfAS B. MOROAN, (Copyrighted by United Press) ROME, Dec. «1— (U . P .)— Premier Benito Mussolini, in an exclusive, interview w ith United Press representatives today, told of his many aspirations for an " Ita lia n Empire." But a t the same time, the dictator of Ita ly ’« destiny v a s very careful to explain that “ when one speaks of an Im­ perial Italy, no definite te rri­ torial conquest Is alluded to, but rather ah attitude ot mind, the rule of virile conduct, combative, if needs be, which Ita ly must observe In the' great lnterna- tlonnl problems. The interview, which the w rite r’ secured. Is the most com­ prehensive which P rem ie r. Mus­ solini has even granted a foreign newspaper man. The Interview occurred in the Chigl Patoee. and covered a wide radge of topics, from a forceful denial of any Intent to Interfere In the affaire o f foreign nations, when be talked of "recreational centers" for Kalians abroad, up to the sins of fascism and the sights of Ita ly to "a wide ex- W A SHING TO N, Dee. S t — The Senate, which has voted itself a holiday from December 22 to January 4, heard a pro­ test today from Sen­ ator Smoot, Republican, Utah, against giving Government clerks their freedom December 26 in lieu of the usual half holiday, December 24 and deccmber 31, " I t seems to me we are going, holiday mad," said Senator Smoot. The arrangement w ill gjve the clerks . three! days In a row. They Carry 8 8 8 itt and Meyers Firm rs AU Bills of Bank _ rupt Agency PR A ISE N E W SPA PE R S TO SEND L O B B Y I S T Advertising Agency Bankrupt, But Company Meets A ll Bill« Which Are Turned in Harbor Project Feasible, Hays Head of Army Engineer Corps In Report losses. The most exasperating ot these losses comes with ‘bank­ ruptcies, which usually result in the necessity of filling In ponder­ ous applications and blanks and filing of claims— only to be told In most cases several months la t­ er that the' assets were only suf­ ficient to pay the expenses of li­ quidating the bankruptcy. Last July The Dally Tidings printed a series of advertisements of Chesterfield cigarettes, a pro­ duct of The Liggett and Moyen Tobacco company of San Fran Charles Knrfees, 48, is held at Wichita, Kas., charged with being the head ot a ring that stole more thun 700 autemobiles. mostly Fords, In Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado, Officials expect to a r­ rest 26 more men as accomplices. a total ot about $8« of-ad E. J. Barrett Convicted i s Telegraph companies in Washington have found girls-mnl« more efficient messengers cisco, vertislng during that one month. than boys. Hence these four hpve been given pretty caps ami told to go to it. They are, Portland, Mrs. Ooovert The order for this advertising Paoes Trial left to right: The Misses Betty B r o « Eth el Farrell, Grace Stevens and Virginia came from a San Franclaco ad­ vertising agency. PO RTLAND, Dec. 21. — E. J. No check was forthcoming the B arrett was found guilty by a ju ry In Circuit Judge Biggs’ court Friday on a charge of selling min­ ing stock In violation of the state "blue aky" law. The Jury recom­ mended leniency. Barrett was ln- dlcted to g selling LwoshAMS of stock In the Skyline Mining com­ pany, a Southern Oregon concern, without a permit. Mrs. .Margaret Coovert, Jointly Indicted with B arrett, was granted a separate Successful Railway Chief Receives Reward ....» a a 8 a trial. of ns have the Idea, tb e sun barely peeks In a t o s be­ fore It la down behind the h ills and darkneaa descends. From now nntil Jane 22, tbe days w ill gradually grow I0nger. June 22 is the long­ e st day In the year. Of course, tbe difference w ill not be very noticable for a couple o f months. Tomor­ row, the son will atay ont Just a few seconds longer than he does today, but nevertheless, he h v started in the right direction. 0 . K. Given by Major Gen- eral Taylor Revives Hopes Barrett was well k n o w r In Ash­ land. having lived here for several months. He left Ashland early last summer, just prior to his ln- dicttflent on the "blue sky** law charges, and for several months was sought by both local and state officers to answer to the charges. Mrs. Coovert was also well known here, her husband having been In charge of the mining op­ erations at the Skyline Mine. Ac­ cording to tbe Information given ont by Barrett and the Coovert, Mrs. Coovert wife one of the heavy stockholders In the Skyline Mine. DA W ES MADE GENERAL IN R ESER V E CORPS Saturday was a record * day for outgoing Christmas pareels at the Ashland postoffice, ¿here being alomat a continuous line of mallors at tbe receiving win­ dows from opening time in tbe morning until the office closed at 6 p. m. Incoming mall has been heavy beginning with Sat­ urday, too, but the peak Is. ex­ pected to be reached tomorrow. Extr/i delivery service bas been provided for tbe Christmas sea­ son and Postmaster Wagber as­ sures patrons of the office that the orders of the Postoffice De­ partment to exert every energy to clean np a ll deliveries before midnight Thursday, are being Edward C. Stoker Died at Family " I am happy to announce the Red Cross has again been true to Its charter obligations te Con-' gress wherein It la stated our first duty is to the armed forces of the nation. I t la gratifying to an­ nounce th a ^ more than 2600 Christmas bags for service men In this territory have been distrib­ uted among disabled men In 17 hospitals, and sent to service men A. Transport "Thomas." In China, Guam, the Philippines and H aw aii." ."So the Pacific Branch of the Mr. H unt stated that these bags Red Cross has again been a faith ­ mads and filled by volunteer ful Santa Claus. ,1 feel virtually workers in Red Cross chapters sure not one sailor,* soldier or throughout the Pacific Branch marine, disabled or otherwise, territory, contain such articles as within .o u r . Jurisdiction, w ill he decks ot cards and other games, without some form of Red Cross handkerchiefs, watches, neckties, ChHstmaa cheer." NEW Y& R K . ----------- Samuel G. Colter, Dee. 21— Samuel Rea, who rose from a railroad ra«- man to becom e president of the Pennsylvania rail- unven Patron Local Ottico W ASHING TO N, Dec. 21— (Ü. P .)— Vice President Charles G. Dawea was nominated by Presi­ dent Coolidge today to be a brigadier general In the officers reserves corps. ’ David Hamm New Athena-Kamela branch, was nominated to be United W a lla W alla-Baker toll telephone States Marshal la the eastern di­ carried ont to the letter and vision ot Washington. , line, w ill coat $8,600. that every employee has entered Into the spirit of the plans In hand for he knows that upon Its success depends whether or do the Department w ill, adopt as a permanent policy the full holjday on Christmas Day. , The Postmaster says that Ash­ land postoffice patrons expect and are entitled to the very best service at all times and they 8AN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21. — are going td get It through the "The disabled soldier, sailor and holiday rush as to other times. marine has been remembered by the Red Cross this Christmas aa in the past,” said W illiam Carl H unt, director official' of Red Numerous boys and girls In Cross activities in eeven western public, private and parochial schools, mefffberg of Jnnlor Red Cross, have done their bit for the disabled men. They have made Christmas postal cards, gift, place and menu cards and blotters. H o lly ’ wreaths, fru it, nuts and candy have been sent to hospitals. In November, 2600 cartons con­ taining toys for children. In the Island of Guam, prepared by mem­ bers of the Junior Red Cross, were dispatched aboard tha U. 8. / W ell Known Here Commission night w ith a gold medal by the Pennsylvania So- ciety of New York at It * annual dinner. Charles M. Schwab. president of the society, in presenting the medal to Rea, said "unprece­ dented prosperity ’* Is evi­ dent in tbe Industrial world and the outlook for The future Is “such as* to give grounds for unlimited confidence and encouragement." 8 8 » 8 8 8 8 No Forum to be Held To­ morrow Because of Holiday Season There w ill be no yegulan. forum luncheon of the chamber of commerce held a t noon to­ morrow, It waa learn^l at tha chamber offices this morning. The busy holiday season, at which time the business men, members of the chamber, find It vary d ifficu lt to «pare the tlra* from their businesses. made It necessary to call off the forum. However, J. H. F u ller, secre­ tary of tHe chamber explained; the directors of the’ chamber wlH meet to discus« various matters Although it may take some time tbe condition at Savage Rapids dam. where hundreds of fish arc said to be killed dally by the ir ­ rigation pumps there, will be rem­ edied, according to word received from State Game Warden Averill, Saturday, who states he has been authorised by the state game com­ mission to order the intake at the dam to be screened. He also stat­ ed the commission had voted fav­ orably In contributing $100 to the Jim Berrlan Memorial fund, to be used for the erection of a monument at Butte Falls, where be served many , years In tbe In­ terests of the people at the hatch­ ery there. In addition Deputy State Gama Warden «toy. Parr was granted a $10.raise from his $146 per month salary, which was sug­ gested in a letter with the Mem­ orial fund contribution to the commission, and also In person to Warden Averill at the recent meeting of the Jackson County Game Protective Assn. The In-' formation was received Saturday by Bert Andersoh, chairman of the executive committee of the asso­ ciation. The Savage Rapids dam prob­ lem was discussed at the meeting held at Hotel Medford several weeks ago and that time action. It was decided, was needed to solve the problem. Warden Averill promised hie cooperation and had achieved tbe above snccessful re­ sults. W EATHER 8 8 tha coming year. Edward C. Stoker, 68, a resi­ Any member* who wish to dent of Ashland* for but a short time, died at the fam ily home on Auburn street this morning. Mr. Stoker was born In Michi­ gan on January 2, 1871. The deosased removed-to Ash­ land little more than one month ago. He It survived by his wife, Mrs. Florie Stoker and a .lit t le daughter. The funeral services w ill be In charge of the Stock Undertak­ ing Parlors. Although the date of the funeral services has not been eet as yet. It is, known th«t the services will b«tln charge'of the Masonic Lodge. Interm ent w ill he In the Mausoleum In Mt. View cemetery. attend the meeting, or who hav* anything to bring before thr members of the board are In­ vited to attend the senslon which w ill he'held at the L lth l* Springs hotel, F u lle r stated. NORTHWEST- PORTLAND, Dec. 21— (U. P.) — Pacific Northwest 8 being washed today by the heaviest rainfall of the season. Follow­ ing thirty hours ot heavy rala, streams In many places wars rising rapidly toward tha dangSt mark; Oregon and Washington — Rain in the west, with rain and snow In the east p or ttp g. S ou t h to south - erlv aale» along the coast. for CRESCENT C ITY, Dec. 21— Del Norte county and the Rogue river valley are Jubilant to learn that Major General Harry Tay­ lor, chief of the U. S. Army en­ gineers, has approved the Cses- cent City harbor plan and has estimated the cost of the com­ pleted project to be 6760.000, plus $60,000 for maintenance above the amount already ex­ pended to date. To Judge from the report, the’ local harbor has been declared feasible from the standpoint of the army engineers and It Is now ■P to congress to take action. The action of the engineers follows th e . call for a re-sur­ vey, or re-examlnations, of the local harbor prospects, by con­ gress at Its 1923 session. The re-survey was made and the data complied, with the result that the harbor proposition has been !