Ì MALARIA GERMS Cannot rurvive three months in the rich ozòne at Ashland. Pore domestio water helps. A shland D aily T idings The Tidings Has. Been Ashland's Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years * VOL. XIJX Senator Stanfield W rites Local Supporters to Speed up in Work BIO SUM IS INVOLVED # (United — — Jackson County W ould Receive, * 8 7 0,000 if Measure is Approved Quick action is urged by Unit­ ed State« Senator Robert N. Stanfield in supporting the bill he now has before congress to grant relief to Oregon counties which suffered heavy losses In taxes when the O. and C. grant lands reverted to federal owner­ ship. Stanfield asks full support of the press and public for the bill. It would give $4,907,000 to the affected counties, but the sup­ port for It must be forthcoming “now” in order that the mea­ sure pass at this session of con­ gress. The bill has been re­ ferred to the committee on pub­ lic lands of which Stanfield, is chairman. “The evidence should be ss carefully prepared and pre­ sented as If you were presenting a case In court involving the said amount,” writes Stanfield in a letter to local supporters. “Witnesses, supplied with all the evidence available, prepared in convincing form, should come to Washington and present your case before the committee.” If the bill passes Jackson county will recover $$79,000. Seven Women in Poker Game Are -Bandit Victims $$ NEW YORK, March 8 IS— (U .P .)— One of the 8 * ultimate masculine per- 8 ogatlves has been usurp- 8 ed by seven New York 8 women, but they are 8 sadder and wiser as a re- 8 suit. 8 * The seven women were 8 playing poker in a beauty 8 parlor in the Bronx last 8 Friday when the game 8 was raided by three 8 masked bandits. ( 8 Stripping their victims 8 of jewelry vjalued at 8 nearly $8,000 and taking 8 a|l the cash in the game, 8 the bandits left the 8 despondent players to 8 worry over the ages-old it problem— should a woman 8 teH her husband 8 For a time, the wo- 8 men kept their secret, 8 but eventually-* the ab- 8 sence of their jewels 8 caused the affair to be 8 reported to the police. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 deriht ( t u n TO LEAVE TONIGHT D. W . H erring A ssisting Federal Taxpayers in M aking Out Returns i Federal income taxpayers have been flocking to the temporary office of D. W. Herring, deputy internal revenue collector, for the past three days, getting as­ sistance in making out their in­ come tax returns which must be in the mails by Monday eve­ ning. Mr. Herring will wind up his work, in this cjty this evening. ap who deetop to consult with him have but a few * hours re­ maining. His office Is located in Jhe city hall adjoining police Lies for Four D ays on Floor headquarters. PARALYTIC WOMAN IS IN C M SHAPED A fter Suffering Stroke W hile Alone' mss.-**™ s « t I c «) A SH LAND, OREGON , Successor to tito Semi-Weekly Tldlasu, QUICK ACTION IS URGED FOR LAND TAX DILL SHALL DILLS ARE PLANNED BY U. S. HINT Poor Quality of Paper and Chemicals May Lead to Drastic Change LA ST BUT SHORT TIME Average Life of Currency Now Seven Months; Would Mean Big Having WASHINGTON, March IS— (U .P .)— Substitution of a bill about two-thlrdg the site of the present currency Is "under con­ sideration by a special Treasury Department committee, accord­ ing to Herbert D. Brown, Chief of the Bureau of Efficiency. , Brown said the committee was studying the possibility of In- suing currency about the same size as that used in tbe Philip­ pine Islands, in place of that now In circulation. Tbe average life of govern­ ment money, according to Brown, has increased to 10 months of late. About a year ago It averaged seven months. “The life of notes of smaller denominations,” said Brown, "Js very much shorter than those of larger denominations becausa they are In more active use. A hundred dollar bill would last almost Indefinitely, because It has less use.” Because of Inferior paper and Inability of chemicals to stand up. Brown said the Treasury bad abandoned the practice of washing currency. and learn to live within your Income. Put part of your wages la the bank and keep building up the bank account. < Don’t draw out your money to take a plunge for* quick wealth. Don’t try to get rich quick. “A flfty-dollar a week Job with contentment is worth more than all the money in the world.” Ponzi seldom uses the pro­ noun “I” In conversation. He refers to himself as “Ponsl.” “Don’t be deluded with stories of Ponzi’s easy-made money.” he repeats. “ Ponsi knows Ponsl is sitting on a volcano.” . The erstwhile “Napoleon of France” is fighting to stave oft a prison sentence still hanging over his head 1» connection with his 1980 postal reply scheme and to clear himself of a tech­ nical charge of violation of trust in connection with his Florida land venture. FU LLA DEMANDED OF BANN Italian Marble V Being Displayed In Local Window Eugene Institution Sued as Three exhibits of genuine Ital­ R esult of Troubles o f ian marble and onyx are be I nV Ex-Gontractor EUGENE, Ore., March 18.- — The Oregon Surety ft Casualty company of Portland, which ear­ n ed the bond of George W. Read of this city, who figured In a near-scandal here a few months ago when Mayor Parks resigned his office and who has since been declared a bankrupt, yesterday be­ gan suit against the United States National bank here. Tbe com­ plaint states that the bank paid Mr. Read $14,437.20, but has rsjj fused'to give any accounting as Jto whether this money paid was Vessel Steam s Toward B a lti­ 'for labor and materials, which, ¡it is alleged, Was the agreement. more W hile Two T ogs BRITISH H D M B - R W ® ON EIRE Flood' Her H old displayed in the window of the Blair Granite company office by S. Pennlston, manager of the of­ fice, who exported them direct from Italy. The exhibits include a delicate bit of statuary, an electric lamp of combined marble and onyx and a smoking set fashioned from onyx. They have been attracting considerable attention from pass­ ers-by on Main street. 'MOONSHINE CAUSES YOUNG MAN’S DEATH GERMANY WILL , Returned \ That Is why I must keep trying for big money,” he - says. “Only the ppwer of money can save me.” Ponzi's advice to young men Is: » “Be satisfied with your salary Compromise Over D ispute Turned Back at Con­ ference Last N ight PLA N S ARE UP IN A IR Ilecause it is Not Now Member, it Refuses to Take Part In Action » - GENEVA, March 13— (U,P<> — Germany last night refused to accept the Locarno negotiators’ proposal for compromising the dispute over League of Nations council membership. . The Germans stuck to their previous point that inasmuch as they are not yet members ot the league, they cannot par­ ticipate in any way In the set­ tlement of the present dispute. The conference, it Is learned, considered a solution whereby Germany would be elected to the league immediately while -the council would recommend that the assembly create a non­ permanent council membership for Poland. The compromise envisaged the adjournment of Spain and Brasil's candidacies until September, when the coun­ cil would recommend they, be permanently seated. Brasil would occupy tbe seat already created and being held for tho United States. Premier Briand of France said he believed Sweden, Spain and Brasil would accept this solution. h Auto thieves who stole the Hudson touring car owned by William Wehr- lln on Bush street last night, changed their minds and returned the car a couple of hours after It had been taken. The owner notified the police of the car’s dis­ appearance and a search was being Instituted wljen the thieves returned it as suddenly and quietly fts they had taken It. The machine showed no signs of rough usage, and police believe it was taken by young folks who wanted a brief Joy ride. BIDS 10 BE OPENED ON PARK cottages C ity Board W ill Award Con­ tract at Meeting N ext Monday Evening Bids for the construction of two double cottages for the auto tourist park will be opened at a meeting of the city pArk boaru Monday evening. It la planned to build at least six of these double cottages before the peak of the auto tourist season ar­ rives, and several more cottages will be built during April and May, it was said. Private finances have been pro­ cured to underwrite the cost of the cottages, and those putting up the funds will be repaid from tbe rental ot the cottages at the rate of $30 per month. MOB WOULD LYNCH OFFICER’S SLATE» o. A. C. GLEE CEDO ■i,— ■M^Hamrani »»« « — •.« Kentucky Citizens Aroused Over K illing of Deputy Sheriff College T hesnians( W ill In­ clude Ashland on So. still Oregon Tour BARBOURVILLE. Ky., March OF CHINA PRO IES® ASHLAND GIRL WINS JORIAL “ Tacoma Hotelman On Way To Europe M iC R E M Y A IW lf RECORD ON ALTITUDE DEBS REFUSES TO $25,000 Damages WORK FOR PARDON Sought By Widow Legion Auxiliary Will Meet Monday “•c v z ; NO. 163 PONZI ADVISES YOUNG MEN TO L IV E WITHIN INCOMES; H E SITS OVER A VOLCANO SENATOR UPTON TO Med-O-Land Golf Course Improved _________________________ satu RDAY, MARCH 13, 1926 BALTIMORE. Md., March 13. — (IP) — The British freighter PORTLAND, Ore., March 13 Taffns is on fire In Chesapeake — (U .P .)— Miss Louise M. Blos­ bay, according to advices reaching som, aged 65, was still In a here today. The ship is steaming critical condition today following up the bay under its own power her rescue by police early yes­ E astern Oregon Man W ho while two tugs range alongside Peking W rathy Over Ap­ terday after she bad been lying pearance of Gunboats Seeks Office of Gover­ flooding her hold with water. It on the floor of her home for in Peiho River nor, to V isit City was thought here the blase la four days and nights, helpless i ■ confined to the bold. from a paralytic stroke. Jay Upton, state senator from PEKING, Msrch 13— (U.P.) — Miss Blossom was found when a group of eastern Oregon coun­ China today protested to the neighbors became alarmed when ties, and 'candidate for the re­ Japanese legation against yes­ Miss Blossom failed to be about publican nomination for gov­ terday's Invasion of the Peiho the house for four days. Police ernor, will address the chamber river by two Japanese gun­ were called and found her on of conoftnerce forum luncheon at boats. Japan countered with the floor of her bedroom unable tbe Llthla Springs hotel next th e protest that ¡the attack to move or to cry out for help. Tuesday noon, it was announced from forts on boats had been She was taken to a hospital today. * unjustified and said the matter where her condition was still Senator Upton will arrive in Miss Carmelite W oodworth had been taken up by the pow- serious today as a result of the the city tomorrow and will re­ wrs which had signed tbe Boxer Takes F irst in Inter­ exposure and lack of food and main in Jackson county for sev­ protocol. collegiate Contest water. eral days In the interests of Miss Carmelita Woodworth, a his candidacy. It Is expected a record crowd will be In at­ student at Linfield college, and tendance at the chamber lunch­ daughter of Rev. M. 8. Wood- worth of the Ashland Baptist eon to hear him. church, won first prise in the intercollegiate oratorical con­ Al Gamen, manager 'ot tho test at the Oregon Agricultural Olympus hotel at Tacoma, stop­ college last night, according to SOUTH BEND, Wash., March word received today by mem­ ped oft in Ashland last night enronte to New York, via Cali­ 13— As a result of the wrecking bers of tbe family. From New York Mr. of the steamer Haraisan Maru at Miss Woodworth Is, a junior fornia. 9 - I Gamen will sail later this month the entrance to Grays harbor at the McMinnville Institution last week, large quantities of Arm y A viator B elieved to and recently was elected editor for Europe where he* will at­ H ave Established New flour and lumber' have been of the college paper, being the tend the international hotel- W orld’s Record During bis brought by the coast currents h _____ first woman student ever to re­ men’s convention. visit here he was the guest of Into Willapa harbor and also DAYTON, O.. March 18— ceive this honor. R. W. Price and C. S. Richard­ strewn as far south as Long (U .P .)— After being in the air son of the Llthla Springs hotel. Beach. « for an hour and 85 minutes, Residents on the bay shore Lieutenant JoWn Macready land­ and the ocean beach have sal­ ed here this afternoon. It Is vaged. much of it. believed he recaptured the world's altRude record, although no official announcement was made nntil after a complete YAKIMA, Wash., March 13— check of the Instruments. It is Socialist Leader May Lose Out Because of Appar­ (U .P .)— Suit for >85,000 against believed, however, that* he went ent Indifference • the Northern Pacihe has been np at least 41,000 feet. The With seven temporary holes In record Is 89,588 feet and is held filed In court here by Mrs. Ruth WASHINGTON, D. C„ March readiness, members of the Med- by the French ace, Qalllso. H. Breece, whose husband ws9 13— (U.P.)-“-R efusal of Eugene O-Land golf club eight miles killed In a crossing tragedy here V. Debs, socialist leader, to north of the city, are expecting last September. . Mrs. Breece is make personal application for to spend an enjoyable Sundays suetng on behalf o f 'h e r four a full pardon is expected to coat minor children. Breece wss an on the links, according to J. him any chanee for cltlsenekip, L. Ketch, owner and manager of employe of the Indian servloe it was indicated today. Instead ~at the time of the fatal accident' the course. * Mr. Ketch has had workmen busy all week and has Matters of importance will of applying personally, Debs is Improved the course- for tem­ come before the American Le­ represented ‘ by Victor Berger, Rainier — Erickson ft Klepp Debs porary use. / gion auxiliary at Its meeting in Wisconsin congressman. the armory Monday evening at was*convicted of nnpatrlotie acts shipyard builds large ssflmoa and cannery tender for Chinook A hill is nothing but a moun­ 8 o’clock. All members have during tho recent war Packing Co,, at Chinook, Wash. tain that lacked ambition. been urged to be 1 b attendance, served a term In prison. Cargo From Ship Washes on Beach Of Grays Harbor AH HIAND CLIMATE . Without the use o f medicine career* V nine cases out of ten. of asthma. This is a proven fa Police Seeking Bootlegger 13— Mob violence was threatened here today as the W ho K illed Former result of the slaying of Deputy A ide to A. B. Fall TULARSO, Wash., March 13.— (U>) — Police today were seek­ ing the identity of the bootleg­ ger who sold moonshine to Walter Abbott, aged 36, ex-prlvate sec­ retary to Albert B. Fall, who died early yesterday. An inquest re- vealeld that death had been caus­ ed from poisoned moonshine. Abl pott first began to work for the former secretary of the interior three years ago. Sheriff Joe West and the wound­ ing of hlg brother, Bond West, during a jail break here early yesterday by Morgan Payne, a Jail Inmate. Payne was caught a few hours after he escaped, and threats of lynching caused county authorities to place an extra guard about the Jail. BRIDGE WRANGLE IS LOHI 1A GRANDE 10 VOTE Senator Bingham Suggests to Settle Long­ FOR STREET LIGHTS Plan view Controversy WASHINGTON. D. C., March Special Election to be Held 18— (U .P .)— A possible solution May 21 to Decide on of the Longview. Wash., bridge Improvements LA GRANDE, Ore., March 18 — La Grande citizens will vote on whether ornamental street lighting shall be Included with other city Improvement projects under the Bancroft bonding act May 21, according to decision taade by city commissioners here last nlgbt. It is proposed to In­ stall a new lighting system In La Grande’s business section. fight came today when Senatcfc Bingham, chairman of the sub­ committee on bridges, suggested that an amendment be added re­ quiring the approval of the sec­ retary -of commerce, chief of the bureau of aviation, the sec­ retary of war and the chief of engineers before such bridges could be built. EX-FOOTBALL SEAR Noted Newspaper IS DEAD IN DENVER Publisher Passes R obert M alarke.v Dies From NEW YORK, March 18— (U. P .)— Edward W. Scripps, found­ er of the Scripps-Howard news­ papers, died last night on hla yacht Ohio In Monrovia. bay. off the coast of Liberia, Africa, ac­ cording to word received here today. He was 71 years old. THE WEATHER Oregon and Washing­ ton— Cloudy tonight and Sunday in Oregon. Un­ settled in Washington. Continued mild. Variable winds. Gas Wounds Sustained W hile in France The O. A. C. glee club will be in Ashland the latter part of this month according to word received here today from Cor­ vallis. Tbe college glee club will start on a tour of Southtern Oregon on March 26, and will show at Grants Pass and Med­ ford before reaching Ashand. From here it will go to Klam­ ath Falls where It will wind up Its tour of this section of the state. Advance reports Indicate* tho glee club this year is one of the best the college has put out in a number of y«ars. OVER 700 VOTES CAST Only 24 Resident» Favor Repeal; National Results to be Complied Ashland residents favor pro­ hibition and strict enforcement. This was Indicated today noon when a tabulation of ballots In The Tidings’ prohi poll showed a majority of nearly 2 to 1 fair keeping the prohibition amend­ ment as It now stands. The total vote as recorded In Ashland follows: , For Prohibition.......................... 455 For Repeal................................... 24 For light wines and beer........243 722 Votes There were 722 valid votes polled In The Tidings’ prohi poll. It was shown in tbe final tabu­ lation made by Mayor Johnson and Louis Dodge, who counted the ballots. There were several ballots thrown out because they were not signed and others thrown out because they were marked for more than one of the propositions on which the people were asked to vote. Ashland, It Is believed, will be one of the few cities In the United States which gives a majority tor keeping the prohi­ bition amendment with strict enforcement. Reports from other cities indicate a majority on nearly 10 to 1 In favor of light wines and beer. The Tidings conducted the three-day balloting In conjunc- « M avfth ngtpraxiatodaly 799 other newkbapers affiliated with the NBA Feature Service. The total results will be tabulated In New York and furnished to this newspaper within the next few days. Wbarers of F es From A ll Over Oregon Guests of Ashland Today Shrtners from all parts pf Oregon are In Ashland today attending the spring ceremonial of Hlllah temple. The business session is being held late this afternoon, with the annual ban­ quet starting at 6:15 at th» Llthia Springs hotel. Following the ceremonial session at the armory this evening there will be an old-fashioned dance for shriners and their wives. Phil Metschan, illustrious po­ tentate or Al Kader temple a l Portland, is one of the honor Salem and Eugene Hoopsters guests today. With him is Joe W ill Meet for Cham­ Hammersley of the Al Kader pionship Tonight divan. A large group of shrlri- ers from Klamath Falls also in SALEM, Ore., March 13— (U. here as members ot the Hlllah P .)— Medford high school won patrol. - from Astoria, 39 to 18, in the consolation tournament ot tho state basketball championships here today. Salem and Eugeno will clash tonight for state high school honors. FROM KIORIA FITE Pinchot To Seek * Senatorial Toga HARRISBURG, Penn.. Mareb 13. — (IF) — Governor Clfford Pinchot today announoed himself as a candidate for tho republica* (or Paltod BtaMh senator. Ho says ho in a support­ er of President Coolidge a real republican sad aa enemy of the For gang. More Money Added • W estern Projects; Ool- ASTORIA, Ore., March 13— ( nmbia Favored (U .P .)— Robert Malarkey, woll remembered halfback on tbe Uni­ versity of Oregon football team of a few years ago, died today in a veterans' hospital at Den- ver. aecordlng to word received here. He was a gas victim dur­ ing the war and developed tu­ berculosis. The body will he brought here for burial. Cause of Prohibition W ins in Ashland by Nearly Two to One Vote WASHINGTON. D. C., March 18— (U .P .)— An Increase 1837,000 for western reclama­ tion projects and $628,500 for Indian bureau affairs were car­ ried into the interior depart­ ment hill which was ordered favorably by the senate appro­ priations oommittee today. ' Ia- cluded in the increase is an ap* 'Albany — Reconstruction of 1 proprtation of $86,000 for work Mountain States Power lines to ’ on tbe Columbia Wver basin pro- Springfield, almost completed. I Colonel Coolidge Highly Improved PLYMOUTH. Vt.. March 18.— (IP) — Colonel John C. tho president’s father, ■ore comfortable night last i and appeared to bo la bettor dltlon today. Tbe vela from tbe heart bfock has ly loft him ed.