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•f CHOBtfS Cannot gurvixo three month» in the rieh ozone at Aghland. Pare domestic water bripa. ' The Tidings Has Been Ashland's 4 -’ VOL. x t l X Successor to the SwU-W sakly Tidings. Votame <1 MCCAMANT LOSE BATTLE Abraham ON JUDGESHIP i , HOPE DECLARED LOST V- Solans Expected to Adopt Report When Question Come* to Floor of Grow Rescued; Board Liner ire a t Sea Va., March i. < • 11— (U .P .J— Two near disasters oc curred here within a few hour« today yrban the army dirigible TA-5 fell 900 feet into Hamp ton Roads, and the United States shipping board liner, America, was swept by fire. Members of the dirigible’s crew were rescued by a launch w ith out In ju ry or loss' of J lfe. Railway Officials Place But Little Credence in Re port From Redding D U NSM U IR , CaL, March 11— Railroad officials here place but little credeace to the report that a man believed to have been Roy D'Autrem ont had been seen at Redding Tuesday evening. The suspect ran from a restau rant when a police officer in Redding approached him. The d’Autremont brothers are wanted In connection w ith the murder of four persons in the dynamit ing of a Southern Pacific train near the Oregon-California line on October 11, 1923. TO INVESTIGATE IN CHINESE TROUBLE United States Decides to Take Forcible Action to Aid Shipping W A SHING TO N, D. C„ March 11— (U .P .)— The* United State*. In agreement with other pro tocol powers, today decided to intervene forcibly in the Chinese situation unless China agrees im mediately to remove the mines from Taku channel and other obstruction to shipping. Harold McCormick Loses $7,500,000 Action Against Former Spouse N E W T O R K C IT Y , March 11 — (U .P .)— Results of the news IN D IA N A P O L IS , Ind., March paper probt poll today showed 11— (U .P .)— Federal Judge .Cart- a tremendous nA jo rlty favoring sell today dismissed the suit changing the law. Figures com brought by Harold McCormick, plied from 23 cities are 171,383 harvester m illionaire, against favoring modification or repeal, his ex-wife Edith Rockefeller w ith 19,034 against changing the McCormick, in which he sought present law. Modification has a to be declared legal owner of heavy lead over repeal. In the 87,500,000 of Standard Oil meantime dry leaders denounce stock. H e' sued as legal guar •ffhe poll as being dominated by dian of bis granddaughter, the wets and not representative. whom he claimed should receive the. stock. W A SHING TO N, D. C., March 11— (U .P .)— The senate ludlcl- ary committee today decided te appoint a sub-committee to con sider a ll, pending bills for modi fication of prohibition laws. Prim ary ballots to all mem bers of the chamber of com mute« are new being mailed from the office of Secretary F u lle r for the annual nomina tion of directors. Under the rules of the primary ballot as is employed by the chamber, members nomlnute twice the number of candidates to be se lected and then make the final selection In the general elec tion. This year there are five di rectors to be elected, so each member w ill be asked to vote for 10 nominees on the ballots which are being mailed today. The prim ary balloting will close March 18. Board O f Directors Directors whose terms expire are G. A. Briscoe, George W. Dunn, W . M. Briggs, V. V. Mills and F. C. Homes. Hold-over directors are O. F. Carson, R. E. Detrick, Dan Kay. Clyde Malone and C. H. Pierce. Persona who were members in good standing in the chamber of commerce at the start of tho last fiscal year, and who w ill be entitled to vote at the primary election are: Acklin Taxi, Adamson, E. B., Talent; Allen, E. T ., Allison, V . K., Ambrose, J. G., Angell, Dr. E. B., Applegate, D. A .. Ashland Lodge B. P. 0 . ■ ., Ashland P rin t ing Co., Atkinson, Eugenia. (Continued on Page Three) NO TRACEi OBTAINED, OF THREE CONVICTS Georgia Authorities Unable to Locate Trio of Des perate Fugitives A TLA N TA , Ga., March 11— (U .P .)— County authorities to day had foupd no clues as to the whereabouts of the three state convicts who shot their way ont of a prison edmp here, wound ing three guards. Six convicts made the break, bat half of them were captured during a heated battle, In which the guard slightly wounded three of the prisoners with their revolvers. ABANDON AFF HOFF FOR ENTOMBED MEN Adaifls Property J. L. Ketch negotiated an ex change yesterday whereby E. D. BMggs became the ‘owner of the Adams property on tha (corner o f W im er'a n d W alnut ttrie ts , f . i v . Adams, of Medford taking over 180 acres of timber land nfear ■ M olalla, O ra M r. A dam , was represented by W . H- Lsvarette. of Redford. That, the gprtng. run In real estate has opfned Is evid enced by the fact that this Is ti^e fourth deal clpeed^bru the Ketch . office during the P*»t two wfdks, t I la The ASHLAND FIRM WANTS TO BOY STRAWBERRIES other words Asblalnd is going to have thé tallest barber pole in the wide, wide world, and they don't mean perhaps. When the Ashland hotel put up Bagley Canning Company of Thia City and Talent its new animated electric sign Seeks Big Contract several di ys ago, the Saunders, father and son, saw an opportun PRODUCT ity to utilise it SB a barber pole. JOSEPHINE The pole is 52 feet and 7 Inches Growers nt Grants Pass Favor in height and reaches to the top Offer Made by Jackson of the three-story hotel building. County Firm An expert barber pole painter Now comes Doc" Saunders and w ill arrive here in a few days to A ll of Josephine county’s his son, Claud, of the Ashland, do the job and give Ashland its strawberry crop probably will hotel barber shop, to take away rightful ¿lace In the barbers’ hall be sold this year to the Bagley K lam ath’s erstwhile laurels, Info* fame. Canning company of Ashland and Talent, according to word received here to<lay from Grant« Paas. Ralph Koser and C. M. Speak, representing the Bagley Can ning company, submitted an of fer to the Josephine county Jerry S. Green, national lectur er for the Odd Fellows, w ill de Poor Health Believed Cause growers at a meeting in Grants Pass ‘ Tuesday night, and senti liver a free public lecture on Odd of Death of Adnett ment of the meeting was that Fellowship at the Methodist King Yesterday it should be accepted. church next Tuesday evening. Mr. The Jackson county company SALEM, Ore., March 11. — Green comes to Ashland heralded King, rancher In the offered 8 cents per pound for as a forceful and interesting Adnett Waldo H ills district, committed hulled berries, which was said speaker. suicide yesterday by hanging him to have been the best offer sub self. Members of the-fam ily at m itted to the Josephine straw tributed his act to despondency berry growers. Although the Josephine grow resulting from ill-health. Mr. King was 30 years of age ers appeared to favor the offer, and was a native of Marlon coun the m atter was loft to the d i rectors of the Josephine Coopera ty. tive association for final de Big Crowd Applauds Work cision. The Bagley offer was of Local Thespians at made on the basis of a 60-ton minimum. Sawmill Town On behalf of the Bagley com An appreciative crowd of m ill pany, Mr. Koser also offered to folks crowded the H ilt commun contract 60 acres of blackberries ity hall last night to give a and 50 acres of raspberries, of rousing reception to the Ash Max Brill and Associates fering to pay 4 1-2 cents for land American Legion post which the blackberries and 8 cents for Plead Guilty to Con presented its clever show, "The the raspberries on long term spiracy Charges Black and W hite Revue." H ilt contracts. residents said It was the largest , F O R T L A N D , Ore., -March 11— crowd that had ever gathered (U .P .)— Max B rill, W illiam in the hall. Smith and C. C. D irking pleaded Although the stage which has guilty in federal court here late Just been completed in the com yesterday to liquor conspiracy m unity hall Is somewhat small charges and were sentenced to er than the usual stage, the ja il for six months each. They boys put on an excellent perfor admitted transporting 1900 gal Deschutes Co. Court Posts mance which was smooth In lons of grain alcohol to Port $750 for Each; Probe is every respect, and won generous land from New York. B rill and Under Way applause from first to last. Smith also were fined 81,000 ■■ each and D irking, 8250. Bend, Ore., March 11— (U . To Lecture On Odd Fellowship CANCHE« AI SALEM H ill » R E M E S LOCAI LEGION SHOW IN G Ï RILE GOFO PRISON OFFEN MU B Authority Asked lMiss Chamberlain For New Railroad To Address Club W A S H IN G TO N . D. C., March 11— (U .P .)— The Oregon-Wash- ington railroad and the Camas Prairie railroad both sought per mission from the Interstate com merce commission today to op erate a 86 mile railroad from Joseph, Ore., to Stites, Idaho. The line would be part of the Northern Pacific system. P . ) — State prohibition author ities are still In Bend In an ! effort to apprehend the persons who dynamited the home nt Prohi Officer M ariott here early Monday morning. I t was be Miss Grace Chamberlain will lieved to have been the work he the chief speaker at the K i of moonshiners against whom wanis club luncheon at the state liquor officers have been L lth ia Springs hotel tomorrow active in recent months. The noon. Miss Chamberlain will Deschutes county court has talk on Honolulu. The luncheon posted a reward of 1750 for w ill be in charge of the club the apprehension of every per classification committee. son who had anything f lo with the bombing plot. Small Roof Fire Quickly Subdued- D. W . Herring, deputy Internal revenue collector, has been kept F ir« late this morning burn busy yesterday and today assisting er part of the roof of the home persons In making out their esjypectg to Unpidle r iñ e s e of Harold Aiklns, 54 Taylor local . Officials Certain Four Men street. Sparks from the chim - 1 annual Income tax returns for the Situation) Through Dip Still in'the Shaft Have ney ignited the roof. The fire government. Mr. Herring has a lomatic Channels Perished department extinguished the desk In the city hall adjoining the LONDON, March 11— ( U P .) blase w ith chemicals. Chief police station where he will be of ECCLES, West Va., March 11 Baughman said the damage service to Ashland taxpayers un — British officials today admitted — (U .P .) — t Hope that any of the that Intervention in China loom* til Saturday evening. would nOt be more than |25. four men entombed In a mine as being probable, although shaft here are alive was aban was Indicated It would not be doned today. Mine officials said forcible in character. The at the rescue work Is being pushed titude here is that the situation rapidly and the shaft where the can be taken care of in the usual men are entombed w ill be clear diplomatic channels, and that Prohibition Editor, C. K. Harder, chief Inspector ed some time today. forcible Intervention w ill be re Ashland Doily Tidings, ------; — 4.u----------- for the California motor vehicle sorted to only after all else has n i~ ___1,12 _~1 J ______ Ashland, Oregon. - . his assistant, were In Ashland for a short time late yesterday afternoon visiting with Chief of Police McNabb relative to co operation between California and Oregon traffic officers during the present >ear. Mr. Harder Is to hold a conference at Metl- ford wlth T? ’A. Raffety, head of the traffic forces of Oregon. . , THE WMATHKR Oregon, and Washing ton— ¿fair In east; most ly cloudy . In ’ west por tion tonight and Friday, becoming unsettled , tan coast F rid ay;, moderate A e m p e r atsrq; variable winds along coast. Marsnneia b sm e r Violators Fined M A R S H F IE L D , Ore.. March i t . — W illiam Hodgea and John U. Lundberg ware arrested last night by District Game Warden Fish and charged with having possess ion of deer meat out of season. Justice Maybee of North Bend sentenced Hodges to pay a 8800 fine and serve 60 days In > Jail, and John U. Lundberg, 8100. St. Helens — "Semi-Weekly Mist” newspaper sold to Ira B. Hyde and George B. Borden, g of Portland. BALLOT I have marked,below, with a cross my position on the prohibition question. I favor keeping the prohibition amendment as it now stands, witli strict enforcement. I favor repeal of the pro?; hibition a m e n d m e n t . □ I favor modification of the prohibition Jaw so as to allow the sale oNight wine and beer. □ □ S ig n ed ........................... ......................... .. Street address . . . . . . i .. »........4 . . . . / ........... City ............................................................ • •• Jay Upton Will I Come To Ashland IN!’ NY PERSONS ballots IN PROBI POLL Jay Upton j, candidate fo r pub lican nomination j f gov ernor, will be in Ashland within the next few days, according to word receiv ed by several of his per sonal friends and sup If You Have Not Yet Voted Your Convictions, Be Sure and Do It porters to d a y ., Senator Upton is now in Klamath Falls, where be scheduled to make several addresses today and tomorrow. From Klamath he will come to Ashland and Jackson county for a visit of sev eral days. Senator Upton Is a Spanish war veteran and his candidacy is being backed by ex-service men in all parts of the state. INTEREST RUNS HIGH (, Readers of 70« Newspapers Are g Taking Part In National ♦i Referendnm KLAMATH WILL AID IN LANDJAX FIGHT Will Send Legal Delegate to Appear Before Con gressional Committee A t the request of the Jack- son county court, Klamath coun ty will send a legal representa tive to Washington, D. C., to aid Western Oregon counties in get ting reimbursement for taxes lost when the Oregon and Cali fornia railroad land grant land« reverted to the government. W. A. Welst, deputy district attorney of Klamath county, will press the claims of the counties before congress. A total of nearly 36,000.000 is being sought by the counties, out of which Jackson county has one of the largest claims. NAVY » M l IO M B CASE Officials in Washington Are Asked to Take Action Against Marine Head SAN DIBOO, Cal., March 11— (U .P .)— United State« naval authorities In Washington 'were asked today to decide what dis position to make of the charges of drunkenness against Colonel Alexander W illiams, retiring marine base commanded here. The charges ware preferred by his successor. Oeneral Smedley D. Butler as the result of a wel coming party given to Oeneral Butler at which cocktails were said to have been served. Have you cast your ballot on the prohibition question yet? Yesterday The Tidings print ed ballots so that its readers could join in the nation-wide poll that is being conducted by 700 newspapers in all parta of the country. Did you mark one and send It in? I f not. do It today. The ballot Is printed herewith again today, so that all who missed it yesterday w ill not bo deprived of a chance to make their opinion known. I t provides for the expression of one of three opinions; , “ I favor keeping the prohi bition amendment as it now stands, witth strict enforcement. “ I faver repeal of the pro hibition amendment. “ I favor modification of the prohibition law so as to allow the sale of light wine and beer.” Clip out this ballot, mark a cross after the sentence that ex presses your views, sign your name and address and mall the ballot to the Prohibition Editor of The Tidings. Sevep hundred Other news papers, scattered from Maine to California, arq, printing similar ballots. The results ef each sep arate poll w ill be tabulated by NMA Service. newspaper toatose syndicate, at Cleveland. O.. and n comprehensive statement of the nation’s position on the prohibition law w ill be at hand. Don’t fall to have a share In the voicing of this opinion. Vote nowl ASHLAND STUDENTS ROOT FIJI MEDFORD >'' ■ • Local Basketball Fans Hop ing Sister City Will Win Championship ■ Ashland high school f students are eagerly gwaltfog the results o f the state basketball tourna ment at Salem today, when the Medford high school team, cham pions of Southern Oregon, play the first game with Marshfield high school, champion* of Coos county. According to reports from Salem, Medford is classed'»« one of the three best teams in the K L A M A T H FA LLS, Ore., March tournament. Local high school 11. — A second pine beetle con-1 students expressed hope that the trol camp of 18 men was estab Medford boys would corns out of lished today in an effort to check the tournament with the champ ravages of pine beetles in the ionship honors. Spencer creek area, west of Klam ath Falls, It was announced. Pine Beetle War Will Be Renewed Deputy Collector Being Kept Busy PROHIBITION * ....... -■-=> NO. 161 1926 TALLEST BARBER POLE HERE; KLAMATH FALLS IS “ LICKED” “ DOC** SAUNDERS IS OWNER Traffic Chief Of California Visits 1? T~\ flf tafQ. 'T^T*$X’’Q X/o L z * O r l C g o JL> t l y W Newspaper. For Nearly Fifty Years m ».*»*« awrtf) W ell, anyway, here’s one on Klam ath Falls, they’ll have a hard time beating. ? For several years K lam ath Falla Secretary Fuller Sending has been boasting of the largest Out Primary Notices barber pole in the world. I t h for Annual Election longed to Jimmy 8wanaon a i geared its red and white stripes FIVE TO BE CHOSEN up a lengthy pole on Main street Entire List of Members Given; bf K lam ath Falls. And Swanson has proudly advertised it as the ‘ Polls W ill Close on tallest in the world. March 10th TION OF LIQUOR LAWS.HAS’ EX-WIFE IS WINNER HEAVY_MAJORITY OF BIGSTOCK SUIT Newspaper Poll Shows Peo . pie Want Change—De nounced by Dry Heads (United ASHLAÑD, OREGON, I f7 ROY D’AUTREMONT IS REPORTED SEEN LARGE DIROLE ' F A L L » OCEAN 'N O R F O L K , 1' ■ NOW MAILING Lincoln BALLOTS FOR DIRECTORIAL • Ashland's new grade school on Beach street wHl be named the Lin coln school. This was the name giv en the npw public school at a meeting of the school board Monday evening. A t the present rate o f ' progress the building w ill be completed and ready for occupancy by A p ril IK. Pupils at the Hawthorne school will then be moved to the* new Lincoln school In order that work of remodel ing the Hawthorne build ing into the Junior high school can get under way as speedily a* possible. Judiciary Committee of Sen rotes Against His ate Vo Confirmation W A SHING TO N, D. C., March I t ' — (U .P .)— Wallace McCamant of Portland, Ore., lost his fight fo r the circnlt court of appeals judgeship today when the sen ate judiciary committee by a vote of 8 to 3 decided to adopt the report which recommended that President Coolidge’s nom ination of McCamant be re jected. , The action of the committee Is considered a certain forecast of b i* rejection by the senate when the report is brought before that body. • Judge McCamant was given a recess appointment by President Coolidge, but Senator Johnson of California fought It when the senate convened, and during a stormy session here forced an admission from . McCamant that he did not consider Theodore Roosevelt a good American be cause he favored the recall for judges. . *:.■< ' .-4. ■ ASHLAND CLXMA?& Without the use of medio:’ nine cases oat of ten of This is a proven fact. Jacob Stone Will Be Buried Sunday Funeral services for Jacob Stone, pioneer. Jackson county resident who died thia ‘week at Salem, will be. held at the Central Point cemetery at 3; 80 Sunday afternoon, It was .announced to day. H. C. Stock has chargo of the arrangements. fC lfllT ia tll T im b e r To Be Recruised K L A M A T H FALLS. Ore., March 11. — Contract for recrulse of 31,600 acres of Klamath timber land was let by the county court ■ — . Tm x. — . - _ — a JjW — iW t® Wfi ■ A A t214 son of Portland. Contract price la 16 ebnts an acre for a double run endue. a Many Visitors At Telephone Office Scores of people attended the birthday party held at the tele phone office yesterday, a big m a jority of the visitors being hops and girls who showed a keen in- *teSMt In the plant and the method in which * telephone exchange la operated. Miss Myrto Olterrfala, manager, distributed beokleta tail ing of the growth of the telephone to all visitors. American Legion Pendleton Gets To Meet Toi New Kiwanis Club ■MSMMSM PEN DLETO N. Ore.. March 11. — Members of the Pendleton Ex change club here voted to sut- reiider their charter in the na tional organisation and to affiliate with Kiwanis International. The Heavy snowfall in the moun action w m token by a vote of the tains insures ample Irrigation membership at their regular week ly luncheon. water for 1886. , A complete financial The American Legion Black and W hite given at the meetti poet at the armory thin M The-meeting to O n ene sah for last 'U h tain y hnt poned beoaase o f the! AU have how argod ». ' ï . < > ». '