è MALARIA GJSRMS Cannot survive three months in the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure domestio water helps. Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years Tidings Has Been Ashland's (United Successor to the Seal*Weekly Tidings, Volume 41 Land Settlement Forces Will Meet In Medford Today List of Those Who Will Re­ ceive Diplomas Made Public by Officials , « FINAL EXAMS PASSED No Failures Reported Daring Fin . al He mo« ter; Commencement ‘Thursday Fifty-four students of Ashland high school will receive their cov­ eted diplomas next Thursday eve­ ning at the armory, according to the list made public today by George A. Briscoe, city school superintendent. Every member of the senior class who has com­ pleted the final semester will be given a diploma, there being no failures in the final examinations. The number of graduates this year is Identical with the num­ ber who finished their high school work last year, said Mr. Briscoe. The following are the mem­ bers of the graduating class: Jessie Baker, Lester E. Beck, Winifred Bordon, Lorraine Rrookmiller, Elizabeth Helen Brown, Phillip F. Bryant, Daye BurgdOrf, Elber Harvey Bush, Frances J. Chisholm, Velma Marte Clapp, . Grayden 'Crews, Iris Opal Deter, Helen Estelle Detrick, Warren K. Dore m us, Florence Elizabeth Ehrke, Virgin­ ia Frost, Ella E. Garwood, Veeda C. Gideon. Virgil O. Gillette, Hu­ bert James Gilmore, Arnold Gos­ nell, France« E. Green, Ruth-U. Green: Lois Joy Hanson, Ned H arrell,, Doris Margaret Hitch- cocfc.; Hefiry Ho0ne&.Alep,a Jones, Arlene Johnson, Gladys Johnson, Lyla Johnson, Mildred Johnson, Hazel Bernice Kincaid, Albert W. Marske. Beulah A. Medley. Steph­ en C. Mergler, ’Frank A. Moore, Ida Newbry, Earl D. Nutter, Lynda C. Oeder, Helen I. Pember­ ton, Roland Lawrence ’ Parks. Margaret it.- Perrine, Albert F. Petit, Jane K. Pollard, Alice F. Pratt, Celia H. Reinhart, Cuildn L. Selby. Elizabeth I^eigh Stearns. Charlotte M. Switzer, Charles S. T.Iton, Wilbur L. Tucker, Ken­ drick E. Watson, Annie Wells. New York Authorities Un able , to Get Any Trace cf Walter S. Ward NEW YORK, May 13.— The fear is growing that Walter S. Ward, millionaire son of George 8. Ward, the former bread king, who disappeared May 5. has m’t with foul play. It is thought he may have become the victim of the old gang of Clarence M. Pet­ ers, a sailor whom Ward con­ fessed to killing in 1922, but for whose slaying he was acquit- ed when he gave an impregnable alibi. üCàt-Eyed-Annie” Returned To Jail ANBURN, N. Y., May 13.— In again, out again, '"Cat-Eyed Annie” is back again— in the Au­ burn state prison from which she escaped Monday. Lillian Mc­ Dowell, yclept "Cat-Eye Annie” schemed foi* a month to escape the prison where she was sent for 10 years because of a $76,000 Jeweh-y the«.. The police caught her In a day. ■ Members of the Jack- son county land settle­ ment committee,, directors of the Ashland and Med­ ford chambers of com­ merce bankers, farmers and others Interested In land settlement work will gather at the hotel Med­ ford at 4:30 this evening at which time they will discuss a land settlement emergency which Is said to fade both Ashland and Medford at the pres­ ent time. According to letters re­ ceived here toâay, the conference will discuss a matter of vital import­ ance to all of Jackson county and a big repre­ sentation from Ashland is urged and expected. It is understood that the Ashland and Medford chambers of commerce will get together on some plan whereby they can cooperate in working out a solution of the land settlement emergency which Is said to exist. SDAY Police Discover Forgery Suspect Is Wayward Girl BIG PACIFIC.«? COAST BOOZE I PLOT NIPPED S B Federal Grand Jury At Se- | attle Unearths Coast- Wide Liquor Ring Big Section of Water Line is Blown Out in the Owens River Valley O F F I C E R S INDICTED RANCHERS SUSPE CITED Polim* Cuptain Among First A r­ rested ;• 175 Persons Are Ponding LR ignition O i|-r W afer Right» Believed Source o f Trouble Involved SEATTLE. t Wash., May 13.— (U P )— In one of the most sweep­ ing cases in the history of the Pa­ cific northwest, the United States grand ’jury today returned secret indictments against more than 175 persons, mostly on charges of conspiracy to violate the federal liquor laws. The^rand Jury action will dis­ close operations of a gigantic rum ring with ramifications) throughout the Pacific coast, and : particularly in Seattle and Ta coma, was reported. Liquor en-[ forcepient agencies of many cotin-( ties between here and Canada will lie involved, according to federal authorities. Captain E. L. Hedges of the Seattle police department and E<1| Hunt, former policeman, are * among those indicted. Other po- lice officers are involved a n d ' their names will be disclosed as) This radio-photo shows Capt. fast S3 arrests are made. Louis Mount batten, youthful WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 13. — (LP) — The house irrigation and reclamation hill authorizing reductions in amounts due the government by settlers on federal Former Attorney General to Answer to Charges of projects cante before the senate Alleged Bribery Irrigation committee late yester­ day afternoon. Among the pro­ NEW YORK, MAy 13— Former ject« -affected ate ihe King Hill, Attorney General Harry M. Dau­ Idaho; Klamath, Oregon; Okano­ gherty, former Alien Property gan, Washington; Umatilla, Ore­ Custodian Thomas W. Miller and gon, and Yakima. Washington. John T. King, accused of conspi­ racy to defraud the government, will appear in federal court here May 18 to answer the indications. The three were indicted last week in connection with the re­ turn of $7,000,000 worth of assets of the American Metals company Abcut 1500 Men Involved in to German and Swiss owners by Walkout Over Open Shop the alien property custodian. A Plan of Employers “fee” of $391,000 was alleged to have been paid. TACOMA, Wash., May 13. — /IP) — Battle lines.w ere clearly drawn in the building trades strike yesterday afternoon when the un­ ion men accepted the challenge hurled by the master builders when the latter announced they had adopted the American or open shop plan. The contractors also Little Girls Burned to Death in Fire Which Bums opposed the proposed raise in Home to Ground carpenters' wages from $8 to $9 a day. WILKESBARRE, Pa., May 12. "This action means a fight to — (U P )— Fire resulting from a a finish and has firmly cemented moonshine still explosion today union men,” said T. M. Parsons claimed five victims, bringing the of the building trades union. About 1500 ipen are involved In death toll from moonshine blasts to nine in th» past 10 days. The the strike. latest victims are five little girls, daughters ef Mr. and Mrs. Ugnatz Shedlowskl. who were burned* to death as they slept in the small home which the still explosion set on fire. Hunt By Airplane In North Russia Warning Given By British Strikers LONDON, May 18. — (LP) — Widespread industrial trouble may begin again in England, the trades union council said today In ,a . gfrarp, statement warning all con- LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 13. (U P )— A section of the 200-mlle Los Angeles aqueduct was blown out by dynamiters In the Owens river valley today. The blast Is reported to hnve torn a hole ten feet, wide in the; big concrete water Jino. z The gate keeper heard the blast and shut off the water, prevent­ ing much damage. The explo­ sion occurred on thé hills near Lone Pine. A repair crew is now at work and officials are guarding against further trouble and damage. The ranchers of the state are seething with unrest, growing out of pending litigation with the city of Lop Angeles over disputed wo- ter rights. Peebles Chaplin and Lady wife of Hngland’jt richest jaser, distributing milk a t a si l ike relief station in Hyde Park, London. The picture was taken in London and Largest Number cf Passeng­ transm itted to NEA Service by radio. ers in History Brought From the Orient Earl Carroll To Face Court Trial Former Military Hero Leads Revolutionists in Cap­ turing Warsaw DEMANDS ARE MADE Resignation of Present Govern' ment ami Suspension of Par­ liam ent Urged WARSAW, Poland, May 13— (LP) — Marshall Pilsudskl and his revolutionary troops today dom­ inated the city. They occupied the Warsaw barracks as -well as all public buildings. Mepibers of the government have withdrawn under heavy guard to the presl- drrftial palace. Occupation of the city was or­ dered by Pilsudskl after peace negotiations initiated by President Wojciechowski had failed to ap­ pease the revolutionary leader, who will settle on a basis of be- nig made premier. He also de- rna’nda the resignation fo the pres­ ent government and the suspen­ sion of parliament pending new elections. Will Make Effort to Stop Drinking by All Men Under 25 Years of Age March On City WARSAW, Poland, May 13. — (IP) — A revolution broke out here yesterday. Troops are march­ TOKIO, May 13.— A nation­ ing toward the capital. Marshal wide movement to prohibit th e ’ Pilsudskl, Poland's greatest mili­ drinking of alcoholic liquors by tary hero, is leading the revolu­ men under 26 years of age ha» tion. The government has mobil­ been launched by 11 different ized troops to defend the capital. bodies in Japa nlncluding the Jupnnse Temperance Union and FOLLOW REBELLION— ........... he Women's Reform society. F IG H T IN G STARTS Leader» of the movement hope WARSAW. May 13— ( H P )— the diet will enact a bill raising! Fighting began on the streets of the drinking age. which is now 20 Warsaw today. It was estimated yenrs of age. that 60 were killed and many Mrs. Wittenbach Called By Death J. Deakin Is Freed By Court Spanish Aviators Complete Flight transported a mid-wife td aseifci, sT. JOSEPH, Md„ May 13.— the expectant ^mothers of th

e held from the for the United States In Novem­ residence at 2 o’clock Saturday, ber is interpreted here as the 3ig Dirigible Succeeds in with J. P. Dodge aid Sons Fun­ first step in his retirement. Leng Flight From Norway eral Directors in charge. Inter­ >. It is understood «hat President Across North Pole ment will e be in the Mountain Coolidge and Governor Wood View cemetery. NOME, Alaska, May 13 — (UP) agreed Jointly to the appolnt- She was born In Marshal coun­ The Amundsen-Ellsworth polar i ment of Colonel Thompson In or- ty, Illlnola, October 27, 1801, LA BELLE. Fla., Mny 13.x— dirigible Norge, has successfully ; der to make him a logical suc- Henry Patterson, negro, was tak­ crossed tbe top of the world and and In ^er early girlhood united , cessor to the post> en froth his work on a road gang is safe over Alaska territory. A I with the Methodist church. She It is believed Governor Wood by a band of white men here to­ landing will be made In Nome had lived In Ashland for the past , will retire from public life and six years. Besides her haahand day and shot and hanged. later today, according to radio reside In California, where he will ’ He is accused of attacking a word received here from St. Paul •he is survived by three Bitten. whtte women. advised Depaty Real Estate Com­ Point; Mrs. Josie Greenlee, Froe- missioner Mullin to take the '-use raont. Nebraska; Mrs. Sadie dlrfect to the grand Jury if he Thorpe. Vallejo, California; two wanted to proceed with any pros­ brothers, Edward W . Russell. ecution. Duluth. Minn., and Will L. Fry, Dickson. Illinois. SEATTLE, Wash., May 13.— 13.— WELLINGTON, Kan.. May 13. OKMULOEE. Okia Mrs. J. L. Moore charges J. L. Moore, a plasterer, with bigamy wheu — Joe Thomas wanted on a mgr- Mrs. dar charge filed against him In superior court at Olympia ’to­ two more than a year ago, was re- day. old. turned here from Marshall. Ark., Moore left his family here aud MANILA, P. I., May 13. — HP) SEATTLE, Wn„ May 13— Pe- i buy by an amateur detective who —i- Captains Lorgia and Oallartgi went to live at Olympia. His wife l'oe were seeking today for two went could give no logical reason why said that she Investigated hlr Spanish filers, completed tbsir ■t, n ha suspected his man. The detec- automobile bandita who lastalght flight from Madrid today when failure to continue remittances, »d of tlva shackled Thomas to h!s, car held «p two wen, stole two auto­ they landed Just outside of Man­ and found that h» had roarrlod band and made the trip without both­ mobil«». $4> aad a watch and ila. The lis t leg of the journey another woman, but that this ering about extradition proceed­ caused (Be wreck of two antowo* woman was Ignorant of his pre­ brought them from A pair! on ihg btleu. ' ings. Advertise In The Tidings. vious matrimonial status. island of Luzon. Negro' Assailant Is Slain By Mob Alleged Bigamist Jealousy-Crazed Nabbed At Seattle Woman Is Slay Aviators Injured When planes WASHINGTON, .May 13— Two army airplanes collided and wero totally Wrecked at a 3,09(5 font a^tjtude at Langley. Field, Virgin­ ia. thjs afternoon. Majors Har­ old E. Geiger and Horace» M. Hlckhnm, the pilots, escaped' thrpugh use of parachutes. Wire Service) ASHLAND, OREGON, Senate Committee Takes Up Plan to Reduce Amounts < Owed by Settlers MOSCOW, (U P )— The airplane is helping the hunter to make life miserable for the walrus and the seal in Russias polar waters. The airplane . “Prombank,” scouting in co-operation with hunting parties in the White Sea, was a big factor in enabling the hunters to obtain a record bag of more than ten thousand of these sea. baaats. . „ ASHLAND CLIMATH tout the ase of medicine caree cap- t out of ten. of asthma. < p ** 'jien fa ct Amateur Sleuth Grabs Murderer Seattle Bandits Steal Two Autos