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A shland D aily T idings
The Tidings Hoe Been Ashland's Leading newspaper For N early Fifty Years
HAVE YOU KEO]
If you want to vote at the
Vemher election you must
ter by Saturday.
(United Free» W ire Service)
Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tiding« Volarne 41
VOL. L
MELLON SAYS S U M OWN COOLIDGE IS
IS VARIOUS PROBLEMS SATISFACTORY
TO DEMOCRATS
G R O M LESS
First F all M eeting and Ban,
quèt of Groun Held in
T his City
S ecretaryof Treasury Takes
Issue W ith Moderation
. League
Discussion of the Oregon and
California railroad land grant re­
fund bill and the propoeed state
E X PR E SSIONS G I V E N Income tax which w ill appear on
the November ballot comprised
Political Leaders Give Their the chief business work of the
Josephine-Jackson County Bank-
.Idea» Qn Prohibition
Question N o w ,
ers
„
Association, at
a
regular'
ASHLAND, OREGON, W d NESI )AY, SEPT. 29, 1926
NEW CBICAGO JUDGE TO HAKE
EFFORT TO CLEAR UP DOCKET
OF PENDING CRIMINAL CASES
NO.
JUDGE
THOMAS
»
«
im n D „ m
....
INDUKSLD I UK
FEDERAL POST
CHICAQO, Sept. 29.— An ear­ to dispose of 11 of the big mur-
nest and spectacular attempt io j der trials that have cluttered the
clear the amazing Chicago crime records of the court through end-
docket for the first time In more less months of delays and post- I
Jackann Ccunt-v Bar A sso­
Opposing P a r t i r a Massa- than 10 years has been Inaugur­ ponements.
ciation Sends Message
The plan Is an experiment In !
chusetts W illing For
ated by W illiam J. Lindsay, new
to President
Him tc Continue
chief justice of the
crltnincl swift justice, and Lindsay \a d - j
court.
• .
.1 'I
mlts that it may not work. But'
.
IS OFFERED
BUTLER IS OPPOSED
Judge Lindsay has selected Oc­ he 1» determined to try. and the TRIBUTE
city Is watching his moves with
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tober as “ murder month.*’
Fellow Attorneys Declare Jack-
W
Makg Determined Effort to during that 3 1 .days he propos
eager approval.
HO II Jurist Well Fitted for
Defeat President’s ( lone
•
Friend
Mexican City
is : ¡LEGION WILL STUDY
m m -;>
ARRESTC-iiS HL
't ú
Baron de Plessen Placed in
* Jail Near Girl He
Wants to Wed
2i
CAMPUS
IS SHOCKING
SAYS DIVINE
Preacher - Editor Declarea
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.
29.
Co-ed Institutions Need
— A "bindle’’ of narcotics, con­
Moral Bath
cealed in the hat of Baron Geo.
de Plessen, has caused, the arrest PROFESSORS
BLAMED
of the young Danish nobleman.
Police grew suspicions of the Rev. William B. Spofford
Broadside at College
baron last week after he rushed
to the defense of Mrs. Louise
’
Training
Work - «
Carroll when that comely young
BY EA R L J. JOHNSON
MEDFORD, Ore., Sept. 29.— woman was jailed on charges of
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.— Golnga
( Special ) — By a unanimous vote burglary and grand larceny. De
of the Southern Oregon Bar see- Ple88e" ' “" '•‘ ed th® woman was on too shocking to print prevail
sion In regular session at the bis fiancee and that he Intended in the co-educational institutions
banquet room of the Medford Ho- t0 marrr her. so when he visited of the land, according to Rev.
tel last night. Judge Charles »be prison Monday he was search- W illiam B. Spofford, editor of
ed
the Witness, an obscure organ of
M. Thomas was endorsed by a
After the narcotics had been the
Episcopal
church,
which
resolution addressed to
Presi­
dent Coolidge, for appointment found, the baron admitted he was came Into ,national prominence
i recently by publishing a series of
to the Federal Bench of Oregon an addict.
Police
have
cheeked
de
Pies-
attacks on the American coed un
to Succeed the late Judge W o lv e r-,
sen's
lineage
through
the
Dan-
der the signature of W ilfred
ton.
The resolution adopted reads ish consul here and found It Cross, a sociology student from
genuine. The nobleman has a the University of Illinois.
as follows: ‘"
chicken
ranch at Palo Alto.
Rev. Spofford lias come to ths
Whereas the death of Hon. C.
That’s fine; now I ’ll be near defense of these remarkable ee-
E. Wolverton, late Judge of the
District Court of the United Loufse." said de Plessen when he »ays with a blast against the mor-
als of the American
campus
States of Oregon has created a was ordered locked up.
meeting and banquet held last * •
-
—
’
night at the Llthla Springs hotel.
BOSTON. Mass., Sept. 29.
.. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
Fifty-one bankers from Jackson, The Democratic party of Massa-
W ASHINGTON,,. Sept. 29.
D rinking Is oa the decline In the Josephine and Klamath counties chusetts is perfectly satisfied, for
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United States, In the opinion of
were In attendance.
’
the time 'being, with President
M EXICO C IT Y , Sept. 29.
Secretary of the Treasury Mel-
The discussion on the
land Coolidge. The president has the
(ITP— Vera Cruz,
Mexico,
hat Special Committee is Named
Ion, who takes Issue with
the
grant refund measure Was led by “ respect and leyalty" of the Dem- j
been struck by a hurricane and
to Investigate City
conclusions of the
Moderation W. H. Gore, who played a
prom- ocrats of his home state,
tidal waves, according to meager
Program
league.
I inent part in Washington when
But Senator W illiam M. But-
word reaching here. The loss of
. Mellon Bays there Is no doubt this bill was before congress. *®r , »he president s close friend
Members of Ashland port of
life and property—Is
not
yot
that the supply of liquor has de- The income tax bill
discussion and advisor, Is a gentleman of
the American Legion voted last
known.
creased with more efficient pro- was led by J. W. McCoy of this another color and the Massachu-
night to have a thorougn investi­
hlbltlon enforcement. The cam- city.
»e«® Democrats hope to do a na-
gation of the propoaed voter sys­
paign against rum-runners
has
E. V. Carter, president of the tlen a l service by ousting him frrfm
tem improvements so they will
cut off one big source. Not so First National Bank of Ashland, the senate in favor of David I.
be able to vole on n possible in­
much is coming in from Canada, welcomed the outside bankers to Walsh.
dorsement at their nex: meeting
The recent act of God in Florida the city and spoke on banking in
Actual indigestion was express-
cn th second Tuesday of Oi/tober.
wlth its destruction of shipping general.
ed by the Democrats as they met
The water situation was pre­
did more to help the prohibition
Leslie Rodgers, cashier of the in state convention Tuesday over
sented
to the post by Clyde A.
which compare favorably
with
situation there than the federal First National Bank of Klamath the fact that “ until the issues are W. C. T. U. Convention D e­ Malone, and following his discus­ vacancy on the bench of said
the cruel thrusts of young Cross,
Court,
and
clares
Svstem
Does
N
ot
agents have been able to do, in Falls, told
the members
that those In which the president is
sion, the post appointed a spec­
himself.
Brine; Results
Whereas, Hon. C. M. Thomas,
Mellon’s opinion.
Klamath county at the present concerned, his friends are doing
ial committee to make a com­ Judge of the First Judicial Dis­
Conditions Bad
Fight, is Orderly
time has no branch of thd state him no good by forcing him Into
and report trict of Oregon, has shown dur-
LOS ANGELES, Çal., Sept. 29. plete investigation
” 1 am proud that our paper
Ohe of Mellon's associates who association and indicated
that the role of an issue.’’
/These
— (U P ) — Governmental contrM back at the next meeting. Mem- ing hl„ four yearB of incumbency
took this opportunity of point­
attended
the Dempsey-Tunney If an invitation should be ex- were the words of James H.
of liquor traffic known as the bers of this committee are V. V. of said office, such a high capac­
ing out to Its readers the condi­
fight said that he saw very lit- tended, bankers of hit section Vahey, the keynote speaker,
Guy ity and admirable Judicial temp­ ' Present Member Plans to Re­ tions as they actually exist
“Quebec plan" was denounced In Mills, M illard Grubb and
tie drinking there: He said that would be glad to join the Jose-
It was obvious that the Demo-
the platform of the national Applewhite.
among the young people of our
erament, and,
tire; But Few Petitions
in the old days of open saloons phine-Jackson association.
7 his criits were anxious to avoid risk-
Womens' Christian Temperance
day.' the dlviae says In an edi­
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Tlcetesa
Worker-
there would have been indescrlh- mat or w 11 be t s t . . up a t a la t- ing W alsh's, chances on a test
convention here today.
torial upholding the articles. Tho
Whereas, at the time of his
able drunkenness among such an e* »isetlng.
of Coolidge’s popularity in the
“ Wherever it has been tried It
H. C. High, who has been editor then reveals that he has
' induction into said office tho
excited mob of 130,000 fight
l i e a,sedation" by unanimous state of his adoption and in itial
! business of said district was in a serving as a member of the coun-j made an investigation of campus
has increased drunkenness as
fans. This alone, he
thought, ».-b decided to f irnish the cup fame.
compared with prohibition,” read
highly congested condition
and ell under appointment by Mayor life on his own initiative and has
was evidence that prohibition was f'-’ ’ h* i-'onthqrn Oregon Inter- ,
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the platform.
Johnson, w ill not be a candidate found them just as Cross said. If
the
sald.C.
M.
Thomas,
by
tireless
prohibiting.
•Jh-'«!■“ c football
conference
for election at the city election not, worse.
labor
and
by
wholehearted
co­
The last 24 hours have w it- • !>!• fa"
In
November, he announced this
"When I was In college, mor­
operation with the members of
nessed a sudden revival of the'
R. P. Campbel*., commonly
morning. Because of the stress of als were very bad. but In those
Sponsors o f So-Called Yel- the har of ,hia dl8tr,ct has *’"•
general discussion of prohibition, known by the pen name of Dick
personal business he would not days we had what Is called a
low Ticket Accused by t po8ed ct the great volume of
Much of it Is due to publication Posey, entertalnel the
bankers
be able to devote the necessary conscience," the reverend says. -
Grand Jurv
' ,,Bat'on of 8a,d district and
of the Moderation league's report, w ith
three
original
readings,
“ But today this moral stand­
i brought the Court Calendar down time to the city’s business tn the
which asserts drunkenness Is on which were warmly received,
IRONWOOD, Mich IM ph »
case
he
should
be
elected,
he
ard
Is breaking down, a Young
!
to
date,
thereby
eliminating
the
B.
F
.
Irvine
Thanka’
R.
W
.
ijJ ^ T U ftT b A N D , Orè., Sept. M.—
the increase, calls the Vaht—d. Pnaalg— t T A - -Churchill of
— (U P )— AH 48 mine i dk-e alls
people do what the world con­
delays In the legal business of said.
Price
for
Kindness
on
act an utter failure, and says the Southern Oregon state nor-;
company officials announced into ( U P ) — Six men were indicted by
Although a large number of siders to be wrong without h a v -;
Recent Trip
wise restriction would have been mal school, spoke on the normal
(Continued On Page Two)
this afternoon. They w ill > mj the grand Jury yesterday as bo-
councllmanlc candidates loom In Ing any sense apparently of *
better.
“
ischoql work. Roy Hackett of'
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the offing, thus far only threo shame or remorse.
B. F. Irvine, blind editor of reached withlq a few hours. Res- ing responsible for the printing i
leaders Speak
I Grants Pass, vice-president
of , the Oregon Journal, was a guest rue workers hare talked w ith th e and circulation of the so-called
nominating petitions have been
Teachers to Blame
Other utterances and develop-] the association,
presided
iring
c1
yellow ticket A irin
g the Drimarv
primaryj
n” of R. W . PrlC»„ managing director men, who are • suffering from vellow
Hied with City Recorder Gert­
“
I
attribute
this largely to the
ments included these:
! toastmaster.
i campaign.
Those indicted were
rude Belde. 8. D. Taylor, S. A. teacher of the newer psychology
of Crater Lake Lodge, on a re­ hunger.
ly —Wayne B. Wheeler, g e n e r - | __________________
' Charles A. German, president of
Peters. 8r., and W . M. W right of behaviorism, which teaches
cent trip to Crater Lake, and his
al conusel of the Anti-Saloon
5ni
I
IRONWOOD,
Mich.,
Sept.
29?
the county republican
club;
have all filed for re-election.
appreciation
of
the
kindness
that man Is a mere animal whose
league, denounced the report
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.— Argti-
Charles Pierce has filed his actions are to be explained as the
shown him is expressed in the — ( U P )— Four rescue crews are Charles E. Henshaw and W alter
the Moderation league as being
following letter received by Mr.' continulng to work day and night Bredemler, city employes: Ray- merits* In which the defense de­ nominating petition, and accord­ result of stimulus and response.
without foundation.
but thus far have been unable to mond W. Caldwell. John L. Staf- manded the dismissal of chargee ing to current political gossip h« I believe thia idea has been tak­
Price last evening^
2— W illiam O. McAdoo, Demo­
Bail of conspiracy against Harry M. w ill be unopposed for mayor. en up to a dangerous degree by
“ In The Journal I have given reach the 43 men who are en» ford and Efl Stackhouse.
cratic presidential aspirant, said
tombed in a shaft of the G. Pabst wae set at $1000 each.
Daugherty and Thq^as W . M iller
Miss Belde has^slso filed her pe­ college undergraduates, due to
some
expression
of
what
Mrs.
Ir-
In Los Angeles that New York
mine here.
Officials
believe j The rten are alleged to havo continued today, with indications tition for city recorder and it Is the teaching of a lot of 'smart*
and Maryland sought unrestrain­ W H. Perking W ill Present' I,net an.d ? got ,on‘ °! tha ‘rlp m
A "J*1 artlc,* " ’n there is no hope that the men are printed a reputed klan ticket and that the case would not be dis- not believed that she will have professors.
ed liberty and were In effect In W ater Question to Local , Crater
nnti-klan missed and would continue to- any opposition for this office.
V o te r«
! appear Tuesday. One man who still alive. They hav been trapped then circulated It in
"Last year I visited In several
States.
communities.
morrow.
■
'read the'original article told me undrground for 110 hours.
universities.
Wherever I went,"
3— Col. Frank Smith, Republi­
he had not Intended to go to
as I went, as I wrote at the time,-
can senatorial candidate in 1111
W ith the appointment today of
Crater Lake, but he is now going
there was real concern on the
nois, said In Chicago that sen- W. H. Perkins of the Tidings ed-
the next chance he gets.
part
of authorities over the la t-
ators could not.vote to
legalize ltorial staff as official publicity
“ I am w riting this note to ex-
ness of moral conduct. Tales
beer and wine without violating director for the proposed bond
and
my appre-
appre­
ehp«r oaths to support the const!- issue to give this city an • ade- P,ra“ js _ Mrs.
,S.‘ Irvines
n®^_a"
d my
were told me by professors, stu­
dents, pastors and matrons which
tntlon.
•
• ! quate water supply,
the city ciation of your kindness in see­
ing that we had a good 'time.
Five Men Burned and Sev- cannot be printed hers: and w in
4— Mrs. E lla Boole,
president council has completed
deflntte
Mountains and lakes are wonder-
not be printed here, for certain­
eral Homes Destroyed
of the W . C. T. U„ said In Los plans to place this m atter be-
Angeles that wets have made fore the people in the fullest and fu1, p>ick- but k°°d people count
ly I have no Intention of betray­
in B ig Blase
some progress in their campaign fairest manner possible. *
W
me' an you ar#
o
ing the confidence of friends
them. I have in words attempt­
CAR8ON
C
ITY,
Nev.,
Sept.
29.
working In these Institutions of
for beer and wine, but warned
This service will be donated
ed to picture the scenes on the
— ( U P ) — Five men have been learning. But let nobody doubt
her fellow workers that com- by Mr. Perkins in the Interests
trips but there are no words tn
; burned seriously and four homes that the facts are to be had If
promise would mean defeat for of a better water supply for the
picture the
human kindness
have been destroyed In a forest they are sought diligently,
prohibition.
city where he is making his home
shown us.”
fire which is threatening Carson]
Stories Substantiated
M odification
and already steps have been
City, the capital of Nevada. A l-
"Rev. Horace Fort, secretary
5— New York state Republican taken by him to gather every - ,
,
—
though the flames have been of the Berkeley divinity school,
and
Democratic
conventions available bit of Information and V 3U C lC V llJ.e I 63II1
checked on the western edge of was at about this same time v lv
wrestled over prohibition plankq facts concerning this proposed
the city, forest rangers feared a *ting in Mid-Western
unhrersl-
with Democrats leaning Toward improvement.
while
definite
menace on the south where the ties for the purpose of Interesting
modifications and
Republicans plans for presenting these to the
fire la- spreading through forest men In the ministry. He stayed
inclined to stick to a simple law voting public will be announced
lands.
Patrons
of
the
Vining
theatre
at my home for a few days. He
enforcement declaration.
| shortly.
Hast night enjoyed the vaudeville
repeated talee that had been giv­
Thus the prohibition question,
work of Burns and Loraine,
en to him. Mr. Cross, recently'
the eternal bogey-man of poli­
which was given as a special ad­
out of one of these universities,
tics, runs amnek again, defiant
ded attraction. B illy Burns for
was wlih ns when we discussed
of all attempts to shush It Into
the past 12 years has been the
the matter.
He
substantiated
corner. Such a group of develop­
double for Harold Lloyd in pic­
the general story. H a also agree;!
ments indicate how universal the
ture work at Hollywood, and his
with me that the newer psychol­
Interest lu< this question Is. Yet
appearance
here
was
proof
of
ogy
was to a large degree re­
both parties, unable to take an
Members of the tire depart­ sponsible.
outright position either wet or Local Merchants W arned to his similarity to the popular
screen comedian.
ment became farm hands for an
" I therefore asked Mr. Cross
dry, continue th e ir
amphibian
. be on Lookout for
Burns
and
his
partner
pnt
on
hour
or
two
last
night
during
a
to
write the articles which have
Pow ible Forgery
sidestep and talk loudly about
an act consisting of singing,
fire In the barn owned by W el­ appeared In this paper. He did
something else.
x
and
born Beeson on1 First street op­ so, end I feel that he did a good
Getting arrested In Ashland talking, eccentric dancing
posite the nntntorlum.
Job."
,
*
'
for speeding In public school Sw,8i yodel*"«-
F ire broke out beneath the
tone was not the only
hard,
'
barn and the fire fighters had a
luck encountered by W illiam E.
WILL KNOW FATE SOON
stubborn blase
to combat.
A
SALEM. Ore., Sept. 29.— (U P )
Ritchie, member of the school
BOAT CALUMO FOR HELP
team
of
hones
and
harness
were
board at'Beaver, Wash., on a re- — Elsworth Kelley and James
ASTORIA. Or»., Sept. 29.-«-
first removed to safety and the
, Willos, convicted murders In the
TUCSON, Arls., Sept.
29.— cent auto trip to California.
ten bar-
(U
P )— The United Stats
firemen then pitched In to save
According to word
received prison escape a year ago, w ill be
(U P )— Hundreds ,of families are
Brant, t t
enn
of
fisheries
boat.
about
four
tons
of
hay
which
homeless, several bridges have here today by Chief of Police Me- re-sentenced to hang Just as soon
Fere stored In the hern. They celling for help off North H e ^ i
been destroyed and small streama Nabb, four travelers cheques of as their attorney, W ill R. King,
succeeded >in saving about half NBsah., aocordlng to word
turned Into torrents, caustqg a $$0 ®®d> were stolen from the Is able to appear In court, th e y
Hit by Hurricane ; y
“QUEBEC PLAN” IS
H. C. HIGH NOT TO
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CRA1ER LAKE WINS No Hope Held For
PRAISEOF EDITOR Entombed Miners
SIX INDICTED EOR
FRAUD IN PRIMARY
A
DlClltS Given
In Graft Trial
: PUBUOIY MAH IS
L
CAPITAL OF NEVADA
THREATENED BY FIRE
Is Hit at Vining
■ w a s CHEIKS
A U « E IW D LOST
Bam is Partly
Burned in Fire
■ ’ Late Last Ni^ht
Southwest Storms
Do Heavy Damage
suspension of railroad hnd high- Washington tourist the day after were to have been sentenced yes-
way traffic In an area of over 400 he left Ashland, and local msroh- terday but this final legal action
miles In the southwest as ths re- <U>ts are cautioned to be oq, tho was delayed because of King's
suit of violent winds and rains. 1 lookout for these forged cheques. I lllneM.
, >
of it. The cause of the fire
could not be determined. It oo-
:nrred shortly after 10 o’clock
net night.
««Ived here.
Two life ens
crews, the coast boast Ostde
»be tag Arrow are hastening
t i e veeeel’s