malarú
germs
Cajinot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. ’ Pore
domeatio water helps.
The Tidings Hoe Been Ashland's
VOL. XL1X
ASHLAND, OREGON,
SENATE PASSES
RULES IT CAN'T
U N D ER STA N D
Upper House Confused by
Own Rules, Flounders
,, About
FLAN
HOT
FRABXBIA!
Tumult of Orton Delay« Effort of
Body to Get Down to Work
*■ on Resolution
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18— (U.
P .)— Confused by their own
rule«, the Senate, this afternoon
waded into the 22 reservations
to the World Court proposal,
before It started to find a way
to an early vote on the major
protocol.
After a tumult of quorum
calls, motions to adjourn, and
other time killing taetlcs, an
agreement was sought today to
determine what should be done.
When a plan was finally
worked out, it was so Involved
as to be lncoaprehienslve, and
Senator Reed of Missouri, Demo
crat, challenged It as
"con
trary to the constitution and to
the rules of the Senate."
Senator Heflin of Alabama,
another Democrat, made an anti
war speech, having no particular
reference to the reservation be
fore the Senate, quoting from
Kipling and Tennyson.
LUCILE TAYLOR, R. 0.
BUTLER, WED TODAY
■MMM*
*
According to reports, Miss Lu
cile Taylor of Ashland and R.
C. Butler o£ Lebanon were mar
ried this morning te »— |---- 1.
vili«. Farther particulars could
not be learned.
MAY REVISE OLD
OOURTMARTIAL RULE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2«— (Ü.
■P.)—A resolution
authorising
the investigation of the conrt
martial and sentence of Colonel
Mitchell, with a view to the re
vision of the army and navy
court martial procedure and ar
ticles of war was introduced In
the House today by Representa
tive Conally of Texas, a* Demo
crat.
DENVER BANK
REP0R1 TED INDICTED
DAY, JANUARY 26, 1926
SEN . BLE ASE h4™
”1'111 MANY FARMERS
ARJ-ATTENDING
LEADS ANTIS
F eting here
IN D. S. SENATE
First Pletore of Durkin aid His Captor
South of City Said to be
Bost Looation For
Pomps
This exclusive photo shows M artin Durkin Chicago gumnan, just a fte r his arrest in
Considerable Interest in the S t Louis. He is at the right, seated beside Edw ard Dtowd, department of justice
organisation of an Ashland golf a g en t who was one of the two detectives who entered his pullman apartment and over
association, with the golf coarse powered him before he could get his gimg o u t
__________________
RICKEY CIDER
LEADS YOUTHS
BEFORE COPS
Four Local Bovs Caught
Stealing Cider in
Medford
<4
Hard cider has Its drawbacks,
«specially when.. jgatrqBUUously
takes, think four Ashland high
school boys, arrested by local
police Saturday sight at the
Roguej River Valley Canning
company, where the hoys had ap
propriated five quarts of the
beverage by balling it from the
large vinegar tank, where the
cider was fermenting. The four
were severely reprimanded by
authorities yesterday forenoon
and given into the custody of
their parents.
The method of procedure used
In taking the cider is simple,
say police. The large cannery
building Is open and easily ac
cessible to the nightly wander
ings of daring and thrill-loving
youths. The vinegar tank, lo
cated under an opening In the
roof, afforded tempting oppor
tunities to the boys to lower a
pall into the several hundred
gallons without resorting to bur
glary.
The four were on the roof, ac
cording to officers, when they
were apprehended with the small
amount In their possession.
Yesterday morning they were
more or less remorse stricken
and seemed to be worried.
It Is said that hard cider
thieving has been going on in
the city spasmodically for some
time past, but unUl Saturday
night, although careful watch
has been kept, none of the per
petrators were ever caught.
Police say lives were risked
wheri the cider was taken, as it
was an easy matter to slip from
the roof iqto the tank.
. Since 1922 there has been no
change in the motor vehicle li
cense fee schedule In the state
and the annual increase In re
ceipts from that source haa
ave/aged a little over 3640,000
per year over the previous year.
The llceqse fees for 1922
amounted
to
33,840,519.58.
For 1923 they were 94,069,609.-
40, an Increase of >729,089.82
or 21.8 per cent. The 1924 li
cense receipts, 84.746,463.90,
were 3496,844.50 In excess of
those for 1923 or 17 per cent
increase.
The Legislative As
sembly of 1926 provided an ad
ditional fea for certain clasaifl- T O A N n n n n P R O F F
fam ily.
The average for the
United States, according' to auth
oritative statistic*, la one auto
mobile fo r' every 5 persons.
T h e. total amount of license
fees produced by the motor .ve
hicle registration law for 1921
was 85,370,192.08, as compared
to 24,799,458.90 for 1924, an
increase of 1408,789.12 or 1 2 .»
per cent.
Taking the relatlvo
proportional rates o f increase of
the past five years as a basis of
computation It Is * conservatively
will Increase the receipts mater
ially for 1926.
rations of motor vphirlp« whl^h A
i»
1««1
there
were *118,615
cars, and trucks reg-
i>iar«u m Oregon. In 1982 the
number was increased to 184,
564, a gain of 14 per cent, and
the
registrations
for
1923
amounted to 166,412, an in
crease of 20 per cent over the
previous year.
Since 192 8 the
rate of Increase has been grad
ually oa the decline. -The 1924
registrations, numbering 192,423
motor vehicles, was ha increase
of 15.8 per cent over those for
1928, and the 1925 reglstra
tlona, as stated before, show
an Increase of 12 per cent over
1924.
Soils Expert First Speaker
on Program This
Morning
formerly governor
50 FARMERS PRESENT
Fiery,
Small Fruit Culture Advised for
This Part of Valley by
1 O. A. C. Expert
Carolina Solon
Head of Anti
Brigade
&waah
Ruckling
Llttic
Southerner Leads "F'rnlnstei»*’
in Senate
ANOTHER GOLF
COURSE ID E A
STARTED HERE
located at some point along
the Pacific highway not more
than four or five miles south
of this city was manifested at
an informal meeting of a group
of local citisens Monday evening
at the Lithla Springs hotel.
Ashland people have several
times considered the construction
of a golf course south of the
city, but no definite action had
ever been taken. Those present
at the meeting Monday evening
stated they thought It was time
to get down to "brasq tacks*’
and do something.
Several possible sites south
of the city have been eonalder-
ed or lookml at durlna tha nr«-
vlous discussions of a golf course
and last night a committee, com
posed of Harry Tomlinson, Will
Dodge and Henry Galey, was
appointed t o Investigate the pos
sible sites and 'report back to
a later meeting.
It was the opinion of the
meeting that only 9 holes should
be planned at first, but that the
site should be such that addi
tional acreage could be procured
In the future when the demand
for the second 9 holes was
created. Those present also held
that the project should not In
clude a club house, but only a
locker room and shower baths.
is
South
At the close of the year 1925,
there were 214,562 motor. ve
hicles Registered In Oregon, an
Increase of '23,923, or 12 per
bent over the 1924 registrations,
according to flgtfres made pub
lic by Secretary of State Sam
A. Koser. Of the total number
registered 199,617 web*e pas
senger cars and IT,936 were
tracks.- Using the United States
Bureau of Census ratio of pop
ulation Increase for the country
as a basis of estimation, which
Indicates a population of ap
proximately 860,000 for Oregon
for 1925, there la, one automo
bile for every 2.9 persons In the
OF
BYEERMSi
the current year w ill amount
to approximately 34,000,000.
Wir« ««rvlce)
DENVER, Jan. 24— (U.P.)—
Seven rfftlclals of three Denvpr
hanks tkat failed recently, stood
indicted today by the federal
grand Jury on charges of gross
conspiracies, forgery, transfer 'of
money from one bank to an
other, and other Irregularities.
The officials were Indicted In
connection with the Globe Na
tional, the Bank of Broadway
National and Drovers National
failures. '
AUTOMOBILE FOR AVERAGE
FAMILY IN THIS STATE
estimated that the total regis
tration of motor vehicles for
the year 1924 w ill reaeh 196,049
and that the fees received for
ly T idings
never For Nearly Fifty Ÿears
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine eurea
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fact.
ON A #nFN T T W F T F T
A K W f f in r m B T K X f
LAS PALMA, Jan. 24— (U.
P .)—Commander Ramon Franco
hopped off today froth Gando
Bay for the Cape Verde Islands,
on the Spain-Argentine flight
He left at 2:28 a. m., and four
hours later he wirelessed that he
was proceeding without Inci
dent
THE WEATHER
Oregon and Washing
ton— Cloudy in the east
ern portion, and unset
tled, rollewed by rain in
the west portion. Strong
east and southeast winds
along the coast.
BEAMAN IB KILLED IN _
FIGHT WITH JAP ANIME
PORTLAND, Jan. 24— (U.P.)
— John Vernon, about 36, a
seaman on the Shipping Board
steamer Weal O’Rowa, died as a
result of Injuries sustained in
a brawl with a Japanese at
Hlketate, according to a brief
cable, to the Columbia Shipping
company.
BELIEVE TRUER
LIQUOR RING
Whittle T rick Traced as Far
as Montagne Ky
Officers
After tracing the truck stolen
from the Whittle Transfer com
pany barn on Fourth street
Sunday night, as far as Mon
tague, officers of Northern Cali
fornia lost track of the truck
yesterday.
They are confident
that the truck has been driven
further south, but so far have
been unable to obtain any line
on it.
It is believed here that the
truck was stolen by a bootleg
ging ring, and it la Intended
for use by the bootleggers in
Weed and other sections of
Northern California.
Sheriff Andy Calkins of Sis
kiyou county has started a thor
ough search of every inch of
Siskiyou county, for he is sure
that when the missing truck H
discovered, it will be In
hands of bootleggers.
Judge Thomas to
Be Speaker at
De Molay Banquet
Circuit Judge C. M. Thomas
will be the principal-' speaker,
at the Washington’s Birthday
Banquet, to he given at tha
ARMY HOOPERS
TRIM SUNKIST
CLUB TOSSERS
'
»
Easy Victory is Scored by
Local Team Over
Hilt Five
Showing flashes of real bas-
ball, but* ■ tlU, far frog^,ngl<
fth U fe real ♦baskethaik' t ^ n ,
th e Battery b tossera IgBt night
trimmed the Sunkist Athletic
Clqb five of Hilt, 58-9, on the
Armory floor.
The Hilt outfit was outclassed
from the start, hut never stop
ped battling, trying every min
ute, even when the score was
decidedly against them.
Ashland started piling up their
lead from the first whistle, and
within two minutes after the
opening of the tussle, It was
apparent that the Sunkist clob
bers were no match for *tho
Battery B tossers.
As far as individual work was
concerned, the Battery B outfit
showed plenty. Too much In
fact, for the Individual work
of the players spoiled the team
play of the entire gang, and
only for short periods did they
get together. On defense, the
locals. had plenty on the ball,
but they failed to break for the
basket faBt enough, and most
of their points were rung np
through individual efforts.
FRANCO IS SAFE
AFTER SECOND HOP
PORTA PRAIA, Cape Verde
Islands, Jan. 26— (U.P.)—Com
mander Mmon Franco arrived
here this afternoon, having com
pleted the second leg of his
Spain-Argentine airplane flight,
.making more than 1800 miles
out of a proposed 6,300 mils
journey.
FORMER U. OF W. DEAN
BRINGS DIVORCE SUIT
By GEORGE BRITT
N$A Service Writer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24— The
Insurgent of insurgents here Is
no farmer-labor radical from
the middle west, but a son of
the conservative old south, Sen
ator Coleman L. Bi ease of South
Carolina.
For nearly forty years he has
been mostly “agin the govern
ment,” playing a lone wolf game
capitalising discontents.
Probably no other member of
the Senate has been subjected
to such slashing and voluminous
criticism as was Blease during
his two terras as governor, from
1911 to .1915. Yet for every
South Carolinian who thinks
him the Beelzebub of dema
gogues, there is another who
phrases his confidence by say
ing, "I’d vote for Coley If I
saw him steal a sheep."
Typical of the man in the
statement in his recent maiden
speech In the Senate:
“1 am proud of the fact that
I am the only man from a
southern state who is against
this league court. I wish every
senator would vote for It and
let me be the only man to vote
ggalnst It.”
-Code Blease In the Senate,
however, has been so far a
man of different technique from
Cole Blease ’ in the governor’s
chair. In the old days when he
Was scandalizing the nation by
his qualified defense of lynch
ings and by his wholesale par
doning of convicts, he was an
epitome of violence. He stamp
ad sad bellowed, called hls en
emies "guttersnipes.'' and of
fered to "shoot out” contro
versies with them.
Hls campaign for the Senate
a year ago waa something new.
His two opponents in the Demo
cratic ’ primary were having a
hammer and tongs fight. Blease
campaigned mildly and stepped
In.
J. Ogden Armour, chairman of
the board of Armour A Co., meat
packers, is reported seriously
111 of indigestion at hla home
in Chicago.
SALEM FIVE
TRIMS' LOCAL
TOSSERS, 2 5 -1 9
Overtime Period Necessary
to Settle Game at
Salem
For the second time in two
nights, the Ashland high school
basketball team was forced Into
an overtime period, and for the
second time tkey were on the
short end of the s c o r e at tht,
end of the overtime. Last night
on the Salem, high school floor,
the locals battled the state cham
pionship Salem high five nip
and tuck for the 40 minutes of
the game.
When the
final
whistle blew, the score was
knotted, and an extra period was
ordered.
Showing the effects of their
strenuous, overtime game with
Albany on Saturday night, the
locals lacked reserve for the
final rush, and the Salem quin
tet, by using reserves who were
fresh, were able to pile up a
lead, finishing in front at the
end of the overtime game, 25-19.
The game was a battle every
inch of the way, with the green,
local quintet, making vp in
fight what they lacked in ex
perience. while the Salem out- •
fit, with three veterans of last
years’ championship five work-
Blease already Is one of the
“main attractions” of the pres
ent Senate, but when visitors
ask to have the fire-eater point
ed out to them, they usually are
(Contlnued On Page Two)
surprised. They behold a slen
der, alert, quiet figure, usually
wearing gray clothes which hang
with a "neat as a pin" stiff
ness.
Hls once flowing mustache 1«
trimmed close, hls gray hair is
brushed to an upst^pding pom
padour and hls face Is extremely
ruddy. His eccentricity Is an
enormous black felt hat. Fsw
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26— Tn-
of the new senators have been
surance" companies doing busi
less obtrusive than he, but hls
ness In toe State of Oregon wore
recent vitriolic attack on for
required to pay special state
eign diplomats Indicates that
Insurance
taxes
for
1934
amounting
to
3587,611.80
In
(Continued On Page Three)
addition to normal tax assess-
metits, according to a bulletin
Issued today by the Insurance
Department of the chamber of
With many of the farmers and
fruit growers present asking per
tinent questions as to the value
of different fertilising agencies,
F. E. Price, of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, gave an in
teresting discussion of fertilizers
at the opening session of the
Oregon
Agricultural
College
meetings In the city hall this
morning.
His discussion was to assist In
bringing Rogue River Valley
land to greater production in
Intensive cultivation. Prof. A.
C. Bouquet, who was scheduled
to open the program with a talk
on Garden and Truck Crops was
unable, to reach Ashland until
shortly before noon.
C. L. Long, In discussing the
question of small fruits, said
there waa a shortage of straw
berries, but that the acreage
was being greatly Increased and
the shortage would possibly
soon cease. He also predicted
that s prices for strawberries
would gradually settle down.
He said the Marshall and Ore
gon strawberries were the beat
for barrelling and that the
Clarkson and Ederburg 121 were
tha bast for canning. For the
fmph
frplt
mark«!
h« recom
mended the Gold Dollar. .
There Is a great demand for
red raspberries for commercial
and canning purposes. ' The
Cuthbert, he stated, were tha
best for these purposes. Red
raspberries can be
produced
more economically In the North
west than In any other section
of the country, he claimed. He
said the state average was one
ton to the acre, but that if the
grower could not produce at
least two tons to the acre he
should not grow them.
The
demand for Blackcaps Is limited
and he did not advise any
great acreage of this berry. Th«
Evergreen blackberry is possibly
one of the best opportunities in
the small fruit line, he said.
The loganberry demand Is also
good, he a A tod.
About 66 farmers were pres
ent at thé opening session, many
' 4-
( Continued On Page Three)
INSURANCE FIRMS IN OREGON
PAYS TAXES OF $ 5 9 7 .5 1 1 .3 0
Marshall Confesses
univivu
Dietrick Woman
DETROIT, Jan. 24— (U.P.)—
th.t a u . i t . ' , «»at-
» » A W
»» Llthia
ihv United State«.
lr l.
Chapter, De Molay, accòrdi ns?' tlon for his advancement caused
Leas than 5 per cent of this
to an announcement made this him . repeated embarrassment,
sum, collected In the form of
morning.
finally terminating bis profes
insurance license«, special taxes
De Molay members from Med sional career, Arthur R. Priest,
PHILAdfeLPHIA, Jan 26— and fees, was used for the ex
ford, Grants Paas, Klamath former Dean of the University
were penses of the state Insurance
today
Falls, Roseburg and Yreka hava of Washington, today brought (U.P.)—Guards
department, and the remainder
been Invited to attend the bun- •nit for divorce ffom Wills T. watching over David L. Marshall, went Into the general state
Media chiropractor, to prevent
qnet. In addition, the banquet Priest of Seattle.
him from any attempt at sui funds.
is open to the general public,
The attitude of the National
cide. .
in order that a definite idea Move To Klamath Falls—
Chamber
toward the question of
Marshall confessed last night
of De Molay work may be giv
Mr. and Mrs.
Parkins of
sphclaj
state
Insurance taxes
en them.- i
Granite street have returned to that he strangled Anna May Dio- Is sumbied np as follows:
Speakers from tha local Ptf Klamath ‘Falls after living In trick, to death, before dismem
"Special state
taxes -now
Molay chapter, the names to he Ashland the past five months. bering her body to bide it.
levied
on
policy
holders
through
“I
lied,"
he
cried,
when
ques
made public later, will also up *
Insurance
companies
should
not
tioned
further
on
hls
first
story
Return To Klamath Falls—
pear on the program.
he
considered
as
a
source
of
that
the
girl*
had
committed
sui
O. Larson and M. W. Ham-
Following
the
banquet,
»
general
revenue
but
should
b*
cide
In
hls
office,
and
that
he
dance w in he held in the ball- alter' returned to Klamath Falla,
room of tha Lithla Springs ho«l today, after spending a short cut up the body In an effort reduced to th« total In each
to hide it end avoid publicity. 1 state which will adequately sup-
time In Ashland on business.
1
port such state’s departmental
supervision, and a uniform prin
ciple of taxing tha holders of
Insurance should be adopted
throughout the states."
According to ths figures In
the bulletin American policy
holders carried more Insurance
In 1924 than ever before, the
premiums paid being 6.6 per
year,
The special insurance
taxes collected by the statese
during the same period, the bul
letin says, were 11 per cent
greater than In 1928. These
imposts It Is stated, do not In
clude the taxes paid by 1st*
■nrance companies In common
with other forms of business.
After pointing out that the
federal government abolished
the special imposts levied
policyholders In the form of a
premium tax In 1981, the bul
letin goes ou to say that
la increased tendency on ,
part of the states to
“
dal insurance tausu. {
(Continued On