I ...s iT i ' !.^>’-4, - - .7 ^ t ? * ? ’; ■twa « ASHLAND CLIMATE Without the use of medicine caret nine cases out of ten of asthma. This is a proven fa c t •t domestic water bdpa. iveu/KjLupàr to r Nearly Fifty Years The Tidings Has Been Ashland's * 1 » Sue tQ L. XLIX > •. to the Semi-Weekly Tiding*. Volani* 41 . I (United Pf Jin Ontïn) ASHLAND, OREGON» FRIDAY^ MARCH 26, 1926 NO. 174 a.*’ ♦c REGENTS ARE SILENT ABOUT IDAHO VISIT Refuse to Blake A ny State* m eat Concerning U . of / 0 . Presidency r — *i,. ■ H E A D ED FOR WYOMING Confer W ith D r. I'pliant at M om - cow and Now W ill See Dr. A. O. Crane SPOKANE, Wash.. March 26— (U .P .)— Representatives of the hoard of regents and faculty of a th « ' University of Oregon de c lin e d to make any statement upon arrival her* from Moscow, Idaho, where they conferred yes terday with Dr., A. H. Upham, president of the University of Idaho. 6 r. Upham is l^nown to be un-> der consideration for the presi dency of the University b f Ore gon, but whether or not the committee which visited hint made any definite offer could not be learned. I t was indicated that the party would next go to Laramie, Wyo., fo r an Interview w ltht President A. O. Crane of the University of Wyoming. Members of the party include D r. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the department of education; Judge O. P. Sklpworth Of Eugene, ano Vernon Vawter of Medford. The la tte r two -nre members of the board of regents. m i x TO HAVE CMINTVESim ilE JSdkMgk V ounty Teachers W ill Hold Session All D ay Saturday PROHIBITION For Talent Shown VOTE M E D IN TWO YEARS Real ability was dis played yeeterday by the th re e . University of Ore gon school of journal ism students in taking over the news and edi torial departments of The Tidings, and putting ont the paper without aid of any kind. Miss Edith Dodge serv ed aa news editor, writing a ll' head-lines and edit ing all copy. The re porting was done by Ver non McGee and Paul Wagner. Mr. McOee also wrote all editorials. Local residents gener- ally were loud in J^heir praise of the work of the young students. Senator Edge Submits Pro posal for Nation-W ide Referendum BIG FIG HT PREDICTED D q Elem ent Denounces Tactics Employed by W ets In Congress 8 8 8 8 COMMITTEE FAVORS SEAM OF STICK M ajority Rspor port in Senate Kolas Again« t Senator Rrookh okhart W A SHING TO N, D. C.. March 24— (U . P .) — A m ajority report, urging the seating of Daniel P. Steck, democrat, over Senator Brookhart, Iowa, republican, was adopted yesterday by the senate privileges and elections commit tee. The report asserts the re count votes shows the m ajority favoring Steck. The committee votes were not divulged. The m inority report, contending that Brookhart was elected w ill be filed by Senator Stephens, Mis sissippi, democrat, who contend« that as many votes are missing from sixty seven prpeiacte, th e < W A SHING TO N, D. C., March 26 — (LP) — A joint resolution calling for a national referendum of the prohibition question in the congressional election in 1928 was introduced in the senate today by Senator Edge of Neu^ Jersey, leader of the wet element in con gress. The resolution was bitterly as sailed by dry leaders and it Is predicted the opposing forces will engage In a bitter fight before final decision is given on the resolution. W et adherents claim ed that the recent newspaper prohl poll indicated the trend of public opinion, but dry advocates continued zto denounce the poll as nothing more than wet propo- ganda. Missionary Tells Of Work In India NON UNION WORKER FATALLY WOUNDED USE OF STAMP TAX TO BE ELIMINATED One of the provisions of the new federal revenue act which becomes effective March 29 elim inates the stamp tax on deeds and conveyance*, also on voting proxies and powers of attorney. This w ill mean quite, a saving to many people as revenue stamps at the rate of 60c for each |5 0 0 of value represented by the transaction were required to be affixed to all deeds of Conveyance to make them legal. Powers of attorney and corpora tion voting proxies have also lo r a long time under the war tax system required stamps to make them legal. ----------------:— -------- Seeks New Ideas For Hospitality Work In Ashland In order to obtain new ideas on attracting and taking care of tourists and other visitors to San Francisco, Mrs. Mabel T. Johnson, director of the hospi tality bureau of the San F ran cisco chamber of commerce, stopped in Aahlsnd yesterday on a motor tour of the Pacific coast. ’ Mrs. Johnson's work Is greet ing all visitors at ' the San Francisco,«chamber, and<ahe ex pects to gain many new Ideas i on her visit, , through Oregon. 11 She conferred for some time w ith A rthur Foster at the cham ber of commerce t office. * Names Delegates :, h ; For Convention Thomas H. Simpson, republi can precinct committeeman lo r precinct No. 6, today announced the two delegates who w ill at tend the pre-primary convention at Medford, Tuekdgy, as dele gates from that precinct. The delegates will be H. 8. Emery end W . 8. Stennett. Mr. Simp son also will .attend as pfednet committeeman. ■Two weeks ago Mayor O. H , tern a burning letter in which Johnson, who also conducts ■ he criticised a company of that Jewelry store, received from a standing and magnitude for pre Chicago watch* company a copy suming to offer silver pocket flasks to high school boy grad of an attractive advertising uates. er for mailing to high ach Today a letter w’as received graduates and their parents from the company, In which the contained a list ,of suggi g»«k for both the boy and g irl I mayor was assured that his criticism was well taken. Tho graduates this year. The folder was. unusually at- company announced that the tractive, w ith a clever illustra<< pocket flasks will not be listed lion, and the mayor saw in if among the graduation gifts. Be real possibilities. He sat down cause of the Ashland man's pro to order 600 of them- when he 1 test the pocket flask listings will noticed that ahtong the gifts be removed from the folders suggested for boys were sliver throughout the United States. pocket flasks. W ell pleased wlh his efforts, Instead of sending in . his or the mayor Immediately sent his. der, Mr. Johnson wrote the eon- check for 500 of the folders. ---------------------— ----------------- - A Wagner Creek Man Is Laid To Rest, Citizens Bank ,1s Fixing Up Lobby The Óltisens Bank la retintín g the Walls and varnishing the woodwork an4 In general getting ready for Spring. The fnralture is also being worked over. The work is expected to he, finished some time next week. M A IL S O U A D STARTS P M C ! Funeral eervlcee for W illia m H. Barlow, for many yeara a Outtook Bright for Good resident of Wagner Creek, wei Team This Year, Says held yeaterday afternoon f Coach Hughes the Dodge chapel. Burial in the Stearns cemetery at Ta Coach Hughes announces a ent. Mr. Barlow died Wednee- great deal of enthusiasm is be- day morning following a brie# Jng shown by the High school Jllness. He was 68 ybars old. boys in baseball this year, which is quite a contrast to the lack of it last year. In fact baseball was dropped entirely last year. Two lettermen, W illiam Kan- and Frank Moore, of two ____ _O are back on the field, 'and w ith the pick from the boys “ B ig T im “ Mnrphy fe r v e s that are turning out for practice the baseball season promises to Three Y ears for B ig be interesting. M all Robbery M r. Foratythe and Mr. Hughes L E A V E N W O R T H , Kan.. Marek ’will attend the Southern Oregon «6 — (LP) — “Big Tim" Murphy, Athletic Association at Medford exar of the Chicago gas house1 Saturday and will draft a gang, strode ont of prison, h o rW ^ to d h le fur the base hall and today, clasped his w ife Jn his track this spring and • football arms and ordered the captain of and basketball next fall. the guard out of his way. _________________ The labor leader had served' three years for complicity in th e ' o n cm is h im m s : Agnes Gardner, returned mis sionary of the Church of the Nasarene, spoke in a telling way on the work In India last night. Tonight at tjie church at Fourth and C Sts., she w ill epeak e f her call and medical work in India, having followed this Un* work for sjx years, she will be dressed in the costume © F a o fficial' count at the time of Brahman bride, high caste. -Of election. This would fiv e Brook the three hundred different gods hart the majority. they worship, she has a few for display, and also a number of other curios, which w ill bo 8350,000 shown after the service. Special music to be furnished by the Chariot Trio. Approximately 80 public school teachers from all parts of Jack- son county are expected to a t tend the teachers' institute which w ill be held at Phoenix all day . tomorrow, starting at 9:30 in the morning and con tinuing until late in the after noon. M olders’ Strike in San Fran O. A. Briscoe, superintendent! cisco Growing More of the Ashland schools, is on the Serions program fpr a discussion of free text books. Other school heads SAN FRANCISCO, Cal ,-M arch also will discuss a variety of 26 — (LP) — The molders’ war subjects. took a more serious turn here to A t noon a lunch will be served day when Peter Navarette, aged the visiting teachers at Clyde 67, a non-union worker, was shot H all. It, w ill be in charge of and perhaps fatally wounded while the Ladies' Aid of Phoenix. on his way to work. A curtained car drove by and fired with a sawed-off shot gun and then sped on before the li cense number could be taken. A passerby took the injured man to a hospital. N o More Postage W ill Be Required on Deeds A fter March 29 ASHLAND'S MAYOR FORCES BIG JEW ELRY CONCERN TO ELIMINATE POCKET FLASKS Chicago m all robbery? POLICE SEEK TRACE THIS BOOTLEGGER Fugitive Soldier Is Shot By Posse ORCHARDS. Wash., M |rc h 26. — (LP) — Ainsley S. Bowers, sold ier, was critically wounded here today after a running battle with A posse of soldiers and civil of ficers. He va» a m ilitary pris oner and escaped from Vancouver Barracks. He was shot over the heart and is now back In the barracks hospital. Man Who Wounded Two Of ficers in Thrilling Escape Still Missing IN G LEW O O D , Cal., March 25 N E W YORK C IT Y , March ?C — W . E. Decker, dapper younr bachelor, was proud Indeed o.'’ — (U .P .)— Police today were his "honorable" profession of p tlll seeking some trace of the bootlegging, according to a po fashionably dressed "radio burg lice report. la r" who escaped from five d if When Decker was taken into fe re n t police officers yesterday custody by police his effects in a running gun fight. He. revealed a handsome silver card- wounded two of the officers dur case,. containing engraved call-! ing his getaway. The bandit ing cards which read: is alleged to have stolen radio "M r. W . E. Decker, First Class sets valued at more than 810,000 Bootlegger." during recent weeks. In another pocket the officers found a ftancy leather-bound prayer book. Tax Exemptions Delegates Fail Will Be Allowed Two Slayers Die To Obtain Seats County Assessor Coleman w ill In Electric Chair ' PORTLAND, Ore., Marclt 26.— be in Ashland tomorrow a fter noon to take exemptions frgn» old soldiers and their widows before property assessments are scheduled for the present year. He w ill be at the armory from 2 o’clock untl) 6 o’clock, and all old soldiers or their widows who want their property from the tax rolls are advised to see him. Small Roof Blaze Speedily Subdued A slight roof fire in the Swan son home at the corner of North Main and Grant streets called out the fire department during the noon hour. The blase was extinguished w ith a bucket of water, and without any damago to the property. ---------- ------------- » THE WEATHER Oregon and Washing ton— F air tonight and, SathiMay; freestng tem perature east portion ; locgl frost* weet portion tonight; gentle north and northwest Winds along coast. J M IL L E D G E V IL L E , Ga., March 26— (U .P .)-‘-T e d B. Coggeshall of Clayton, 111., and Floyd Mc Clelland of Brockton, N. Y., nyer<i electrocuted here today for the murder of Prof. W illiam C. W right, last Inarch. (Lp) — Daughters of thrf Ameri can Revolution at the state con ference here today voted not to seat delegatee whose chapters are delinquent in the payment of dues. This action prevents tho seating of delegates from the Pendleton and Roseburg chapters. POSTAL PLANE t £ ^ ± " , ^ Í S l l E V E GANG BEATS RECORD ■ n ^ \-'y 'H A V E ESCAPED FROM KLAMATH IN TEST TRIP 8 8 8 A ir Mail Service B etw een 8 Los A ngeles and Seattle . to Start Soon - - * I REAL SPE E D IS SHOW N Seattle anil Han Francisco Ron Made in Hix Hours and 40 Minute* SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 — (U .P .)— Postmaster J. B. Power announced today that the new air mall service ’between Seattle and Los Angeles had demonstrated Its ^effectiveness by setting a new record for the Seattle-San Francisco hop. The space between the two cltibs was negotiated In six hours, 10 minutes, as compared with a scheduled time of nine hours, 20 minutes, he said. Remainder of thie’ test flig h t w ill be made Thursday and Post- niaster Power said, the San Franctsco-Los Angeles jump probably would be made in less than the scheduled five hours. Actual a ir mail operation along the coast will begin In two weeks. Planes will leave Se attle In the m im in g , touch here seven or eight hours later, and then depart for Los Angeles the next morning. The postal rate between Los Angeles and Seattle w ill be 20 cents for an ounce or less. From Seattle to San FVanclsco will cost 15 cents for a slmilaar weight, while the San Francisco-Los Angeles delivery will cost 10 cents. The Pacific A ir Transport company of North Bend, Ore., Is in charge of the transportation. M l IO F fiC E R . IS TDBE H I M Two middle western dairy farmers arrived in Ashland last night and this morning seeking lo cations in Jackson county for dairy farms. And through the efforts of A rthur Foster, of the land settlement bureau as well as the Jackson coun ty land settlement com mittee it Is probable that both families w ill locate here permanently. W . G. Standage of Clar inda, Iowa, announced his desire of getting a dairy farm In this section. He left this morning for the McCracken ranch at V a l ley View where he will vlalt for several days looking over conditions. J. H. Longstreet, with his wife and six children, arrived from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on the same mission. They left this morning for Eagle Point to look over a dairy farm there. 8 8 8 a Alleged Bandits W ho Oper ated in Jackson County Are Sought Fiddlers’ contest at the local arm ory, A p ril 22nd., according to an nouncement of the Legion officials. Various prises w jll be offered for the best fiddlers in Southern Ore gon and Northern California. Funeral services-for Frank B Hanger, who died March 24, will be held from the Dodge chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2:80 with Interment In the Mausoleum, with Rev. P. K. Hammond, nf- flciatlng. Student* Give Demonstra tion at Kiwanis Club x Lunch Today Noop Eight expert typists from the Ashland high school gave a 15- rninute demonstration of writing speed at the Ktwanls luncheon today at ^jaoon, under the dl- W t lo h O ^ ^ le e Juanita Modem Woodmen Dispute Offer Of U. S. Is Accepted Will Initiate 30 About >0 candidates will be initiated lpto the Modern Wood-* men of America at an Inltia-, tlon meeting and banquet to bet held at Moose hall tomorrow eve, i. king. Members of the order* from several points in Southern Oregon will ba In attendance. Motion Pictures Of Highway Taken I I Portland Co-Eds Won’t Be Bobbed dispute. In Local Thefts Local police believe this gang 'responsible for the theft of a truck from the W hittle Trans fer company some time ago. They also are suspected of the several burglaries in rural sec tions of Jackson county. Sheriff Chief p i . Polled McNabb bad keen working vp evidence for the past two weeks, in conjunction with • Sheriff Calkins of Siskiyou county. The Weston brothers are thought to be leaders of the gang, which have been operat ing out of Yreka. ' Both are said to be ex-convicta. They also have been identified as the pair who have staged several daring storo robberies in Klamath county during the past two weeks. Brothers Warned The Westons were supposed to return to the house in Klam ath Falls where the McCossln woman wae held captive, but with her escape, it la thought they were warned of the danger and fled back into California. Local police today received word that they were supposed to be near Stockton at the present time. Mrs. E. L. Weston, wife of one of the brothers, is low in Jail at Yreka, as one of the suspected members of the gang. IWWIOME Inauiry of Movie Murder Mystery to Get Under , W ay in Few Days LOS ANGELES. Cal.. March 26— (U .P .)— The Loa Angeles county grand ju ry w ill investi gate the W illiam Desmond Tayf, lor murder mystery aa the re sult of freeah evidence which has been unearthed in the east by District Attorney Asa Key«* and assistants. The laqulry w ill be gin as soon aa Mr. Keyes re turns to Los Angeles. Railroads Seek Similar Rates PO RTLA N D, Ore.. March 86— The girl who w ill never part w ith .w h a t poeta Call "her crownlbg glory" Isn’t so rare aa WASHINGTON, D. C„ commonly supposed, according to statistics compiled at Reed I I — (U .P.)—Statements et earnings of 14 railroads College here. O f the 150 girls attending e o l - l n g l n the northwest were lege I I cling to their long tresses mitted to the interstate and 11 of them declare they’!’ meroe commission today by wear long hair until the day ! state commissions lb W ASHINGTON. D. C., March Secretary of State Kellogg today officially confirm ed a United Preea report that Chile and Peru have accepted the they die. Most of the United States offer for a friendly HI - Mrs. Emma Graham is quite 1 1 1 reconcilable* are upper adjustm ent of the Tacna - Arica a t her home on Granite street. 1 w° ® * a . I I . — (LP) Through the escape of a wom an suspect in Klamath Falls, police of Southern Oregon are fearful that the gang believed to be responsible for a long series of crimes In Jackson and Klamath counties as well as northern California may go un punished. Police and sheriffs of several counties have been working for the past several weeks in an effort to round up the bandlte. Mrs, Faye McCrossln, one of the suspects, was ordered a r rested at K lam ath Falls. B al ) Instead of taking the woman to Jail, Sheriff Hawkins of K lam ath county posted two guards at her home. W hile the guards were sunning themselves on the front porch, the woman crawled out of hfer bedroom window and disappeared. She is be lieved io have warned other members of the band and per mitted them to make good their escape. Tarr, . JenAiaoa and teacher In the typewriting de partment. The machines and tables were placed >n the center of the large Llthla Springs hotel dining room with the Klwanlans seated at Colonel W illiam s, Charged tables on either sldo. Theo the whistle blew, the eight machines W ith Being Drunk, to started to - pounding out the Face Court - words, the copy being taken SAN DIEGO. Cal., March 26— from new matter. (LP)— The court m artial of Colonel Those who participated in the Alexander W illiams, charged by demonstration were Misses Kath- General Butler with being drunk, erlne Phlpps, W ilm a Gyger. will be open to the public, ac- Janey W alker, Marie Davies, cording to word received here to- ! Mhry Galey, Ruth Anderson, day from Washington, D. C. Thé ' Velma Clapp and Donald Vestal, tria l may not begin for two or Four of these students will tako three months, It 'was indicated part In the state typing contest from unofficial sources. , which w ill be held soon. Three other students from the hlghx school, George Barron. Lawrence W agner and Kenneth Hobson, entertained with two musical numbers. H. B. Hurst was designated to contribute to Ashland and ^ u tb e rn Oregon the Child A ctivity Fund. President Hardy read a let w ill receive some good pub licity through motion pictures ter from the California-Oregon taken of the Slsklyous yester Power company. In which the day and today by Otto M. company stated the Copco did Jones, Educational and Publicity not have anything to do with Manager of the Oregon State the cutting down of the trees at Motor Association, who is hero the intersection of the Pacific from Portland for that purpose. highway and the Nell Creok This work was done by Mr. Jones last fall took sev road. eral hundred feet of pictures In the highway department and Klam ath county and these with the Copco workmen were there the Siskiyou highway scenes nre only to protect the company’s expected to draw many tourists wires which are along the high way. The club voted to ac to Southern Oregon. knowledge the letter. At the last meeting it was charged that • he power company had wanton ly cut down the magnificent oak trees. This was an error and the club graciously acknowledged Its mistake. Frederick Steiwer of Pendlo- ton, who la seeking the republi can nomination for United Rtates senator, was due to ar rive in Ashland late this af ternoon on a campaign trip through Jackson county, accord ing to word received by some of his local supporters this morning. Mr. Steiwer has been in Med ford and Grants Paas for the past two days and w ill spend a little time in Ashland before leaving for Coot Bay. where he la scheduled tor several speeches next week. ______________ Weston Brothers in Hiding After Loag Series of Alleged Crimea EXPERT TYPISTS » ASHLAND HIGH SHOW ' SAMPLES OF SPEED Legion To Stage Sanger Funeral Steiwer Expected Fiddler Contest Plans Announced. In Ashland Today „ .T h e Ashland post of The Ameri can L«glon w ill oonduct Un Old WOMAN ELUDES GUARD Ir-Jthe southwest class ¡hied a •. (Hroup al