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ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine caret
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
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ASHLAND, OREGON» FRIDAY^ MARCH 26, 1926
NO. 174
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REGENTS ARE
SILENT ABOUT
IDAHO VISIT
Refuse to Blake A ny State*
m eat Concerning U . of
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0 . Presidency
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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A ir Mail Service B etw een 8
Los A ngeles and Seattle
. to Start Soon
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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.
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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
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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
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reconcilable*
are
upper
adjustm ent of the Tacna - Arica
a t her home on Granite street. 1 w° ® * a .
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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.
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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