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MEMORIES ARE A
fflE DEATH OF
W"
• " lia t e s
Iron Hand
POWER
On— Wee
W A SHING TO N, Nor. IB
death of Uncle Joe Caaaoa, who
* u oncem ore powerful la some
the United States, brought hack
to Washington many memories
and remlnlelaceacee o f probably
the moat picturesque fighter who
dominated politico during the past
ten years.
For eight years Cannon ruled
the houee of repreaentatlree, a
single handed monarch, aa abeo-
lnte dictator, so powerful that he
could, and did defy the W hite
House, and even the leaders of
his own group.
In 1910 republican insurgents
w ith democratic assistance over
threw him by stripping from him
the power of appointing a ll com
mittees and haring them appoint
ed by the house.
K was the unrestricted pbWer
to appoint the powerful commit
tees that allowed him to dictate
to the house and control a ll legis
lation.
The man who led the flg h t'to
overthrow Cannon sat In his of
fice Friday and recalled for the
United News correspondent some
of the bitterness of that fight. He
is Senator George W . Norrie o f
Nebraska, still a republican » -
»urgent ap belligerent as he whs
I nthe bouse In 1910, the outstand
ing exception to the political rule
that young radicals grow la te eld
ALL AMERICANS,
» RMALLY
Spends Most of Day Touring
B p tb g in
aboard the special train
OP QUBBN MARIE OP RUMAN
IA. Nov. IB.— (United N ew s)—
Her majesty's visit in St. Louis
was more than La most of the
mldweetera cities where she has
stopped.
The greater part of her day
¿area spent touring the city la auto
mobiles and resting in a hotel
suite. Inthe evening she attend
ed an official dinner and later
was guest of honor at » horse-
show.
Whisperings of another storm
were heart Friday when It was
learned that Lois Puller, who left
the train at Deliver to-preserve
peace In the party, would rejoin
the train at Atlantic City when
the queen arrives there on Nov
ember 38.
No outward opposition has been
voiced against Mias F u lle r’s re
turn but It was apparent that the
s persons who opposed her are
perturbed over the meeting.
i n w CADETS S T
IB P FROM H O R S
Wa ivo of
ol Boyal Hand Mean
That Errors Are Hot
to bo Counted
W E ST P O IN T . N .„V . Nov. IB .
— (United NOws)— The recent In
flux of royal visitors from Europe
proved a boon to the bad
boys of the United States M ilitary
Academy. Every time a queea,
a princess or a prince comes to
West Point unruly cadets rally
round and watch closely for a
significant grave of the royal band.
I f the hand waves the cadets
know that a ll their sins against
d to rirlla * have been
their dem erit Matos have
7 Wiped clean and their records once
r are just as good as those
o f « M r leas refhetery fellows.
This m atter of royal amhbety
bitter
" I never saw a more
fig h t.” Senator Norris said. "F o r
two years Uncle Joe never ex
changed a personal word w ith me.
I f we accidentally met In the
cloakroom he did not show by
word or sign that he know I
was there. Never a nod nor a
look ot recognition. A t the next
election Uncle Joe was defeated
for re-election to the house. I
was elected to the senate tor the
first time. When congress con
vened a few weeks following efec-
tlon I was sitting alone In the re
publican cloakroom of the house,
smoking a cigar.
“ Uncle Joe came In. He look
ed straight at me for an Instant,
then walked to the mantleplece
opposite my chair, hooked his el
bows up on It and threw his cigar
up at a little higher angle and
studied me a moment. I thought
I was going to get the roughest
talk of my life ,
*
“ ‘Norris,’ he said, ‘you and I
have had a fight. Ton won and I
lost. You have been elected to
the senate and I am leaving the
house. You are going up and I
am going down.
' “ ’But I want to* say right now
that you were a square Tighter.
You did right according to what
you though. I did right h r what
I thought. You never used dirty
tactics, i ’ll say that about you.
But I won’t say it about that
damned gang you had with you.* ”
Normal to Have
a School Paper
extends to the m ilitary academy
of a groat democracy Is an. old
tradition nt West "Point, hat Its
true significance has just become
known outside the big walls of
the point.
When Queen Merle of Rumonla
reviewed the cadets on tbs par
ade grounds she executed the
royal gesture and every outstand
ing demerit. In the academy pass
ed into oMvion. The same thing
happened when - Crown Prince
Guatar of Sweden was here. On
that occasion - one unfortunate
cadet lost hie plumed hat while
on parade, an offense* almost as
bad at the point as desertion in
the regular army, but Gustav
waved hla band and all was well.
Officials of the academy ex
plained that this was merely
courtesy extended to visitors of
certain rank. They were caro
la i to point out that It does not
mean that West Polat is taking
orders from European royallty.
■ B FARMERS TO
FORM FAROE FROSTS
Secretary of Agriculture Ad
vocates Consolidation
of Associations
P O R T L A N D , Maine, Nov.
IS . — (United News) — Con
solidation of agricultural coop
erative asaocletiotts into veritable
farm product trusts which wonld
he able to m arket their crops ef
fectively on a large scale was ad
vocated by Secretary of Agricul
ture Jardine la aa address here
before the national grange.
This Is la line with Jardine* ad
vocacy last summer of “pools’* In
various crop«, the “pools’* to be
financed by the government. In
this way products eould be w ith
held from the market. The appro
priation of 1100,000,000 proposed
in the Pees b ill which wee reject
ed last season. would he need In
connection with this scheme, and
Jardine’s revival of the project
indicates that it w ill be pnt for
ward again aa the admialstra-
ttoa’e farm relief program.
Thb Southern Oregon Norm al
School w ill have a school paper
to bo published shortly according
to action taken Friday morning
when officials for the paper were
selected at a general assembly.
Lawerence Mitchehnoro, farm er
editor of thé W hltworthlan, the
official publication of W hitworth
college, was named ap editor, and
Lois Knapp of Knappa, Oregon,
w ill be the assistant editor. Alice
Beck of Ashland w ill have charge
of the business affairs being
elected business manager, while
Ruth Aitken w ill be assistant
business manager.
The name of the paper has not
SUBSCRIBE POR I B B TIDINGS.
been annuohced as yet,
A. drive.
ro m
For
TAX PLAN OF
PRESIDI
Bsntimont o f
Leaders Seems
. Opposed to Plan
PLAH
IS ^WORKABLE
B r M P M M"
t a t - Haat
it May Open up aa
Controversy
W A SHING TO N Nov IS — Rough
sailing for President Coolidge’s
tax crellt plan and possibility
that It may fall ot enactment qp-
peered In the cryetalllxatioa ot
sentiment among republican lead
ers here.
Chairman Green of the houee
ways and means committee, finds
nothing good la the proposal and
much against It. Nowhere In his
la more than on the surface, does
formal statement, issued today,
between the lines o f which there
Green promise that he fiU push
the president’s proposal, and It
Is upon him that this duty w ill
rest. When asked directly wheth
er he Intended to introduce a reso
lution embodying the president’s
plan, be said he had not decided.
From the opinion expressed by
Green, and other republican lead
ers, Including another veteran
member of the ways and means
committee, who leaned a state
ment today. Representative Bach-
rach. New Jersey republican, the
situation shapes up la this way:
There Is general opposition to
a ocmpreheaelve tax hill at this
seeelon such as democrats advo
cate. Republican leaders adm it
that the tax credit plan Is work
able. B at most think It inadvis
able. They tear that it w ill
up the «hole question to
controversy.
Already
ate putting in their claims for
consideration. Republicans, Green
and Bracbrach among the num
ber, adm it that some of tbe claims
are justified. Green bolding that
the tax on small corporations
should be reduced, while Bach-
rach says that corporation taxes
should receive first consideration
and surtaxes on incomes between
IBB, 000 and 100,000 second. As
to the president’s plan specifically
It is contended that it w ill be of
small benefit to the average tax
payer and that advocates of farm
relief, tor Instance, .will argue
that It will am ount to slicing t ie
millionaires
tax
considerably,
while congress retusee aid to the
farm er and small taxpayer.
Council Meets
With New Body
Members of tbe present city
council, met with those who were
recently elected to that offlee, la
an informal session last night and
discussed some of the problems
that are now confronting the pre-
tent members and which w ill also
come under tbe direction of tbe
new officials when they take of
fice. The greater portion of the
meeting was given over to the
discussion of some of the water
problems, and It was found that
both bodies are generally agreed
upon the general,plan of proce
dure, In that they are desirous
ot seeing work started as soon as
possible on that repair ring ot the
Ltthla Springs pipe Nne, and the
water mains generally through
out the city.
Tuesday evening the regular
meeting Of the Connell w ill be held
when it to expected that final re
ports on' the cost of hath the dam
at the Ranger station sits and the
Render site, wUl he submitted by
engineer Dillard. I t to expected
that after these reports are made,
It w ill he possible to come to
some definite decision as to where
to build tbs dam, and that pre
lim inary work can be started
shortly. Tbe members* that will
eompoee tbe new council were In
vited to attend this meeting ns
well, as the balance of those eee-
solen tax that w ill he held before
the preeeat members go out of
office.
*F O R T HURON. Mich,
IS .— - (U a lted N ew a)»—-
town w ill jyee the
realisation of
day when a aegro hoists a
po|j» presented to a Ms
church by a. Jew and. <*
by a Catholic.
>
Unless plans go as
throats of violence have
received by tbe Rev. Ruaeell 1
Bready, pastor of the c h a rd
It w ill mark the first tim e:
such aa unique dedication
been carried eat. *’
Tbe negro, Archibald
Wagner, « a rid war
was chosen PHday
W illiam Thompson,
or of the local Ai
post. Jacob Goldman, a prom i
nent Jew, is tbe donor of
pole, while. Mgr. Patrick
Dunnigan; Catholic world
chaplln, w ill dedicate it .
Cold Turns Back
Giant
W ASHING TO N,
(United News)— The dirigible :
Angeles was forced to turn home
ward after the reached the capital
today, postponing a trip to Hamp
ton Roads, because of the freeslng
weather which disturbed her wat
er rocoverly system.
Continuation ef the flig h t wad
considered dangerous as the dirig
ible wonld be forced to valve Its
helium unless the water recovery
airship depends upon water
«red from the atmosphere to
system could he repaired, as the
serve Its bhlande.
Christinas Seal
Develops Rival
N E W YO RK. Nov. IS — (United
News)— A rival to the fam lllnry
Christmas tuberculosis seal lum
•ampaigh
appeared, its national ca
launches to the tune ot an Inves
tigation by poatofflce department
IBRART MATTER IS
ATO M «! MB
Kiwaaig Members Want the
Present Servioe to Rural
Patrons Continued
Members of tbe Klwanla club
yesterday unanimously voted to
petition tbe city council to pro-*
vide sufficient funds to maintain
the present city library service to
those patrons who live outside of
the city limits. z This matter
which was brought before th'e
club a week ego, was investigated
by a special committee, who
recommended the above action. It
was discovered, that thia service,
which would be normally taken
care of by tbe Medford Public
library, is being bandied by tbe
local Institution, as a^-matter of
accomdatlon. Buslneaa men bad
previously pointed out that a dis
continuance, of this service would
not be received favorably by out-
aide patrons who were accustomed
to make thia city their shopping
headquarters,* and aa a result the
above action was taken with the
additional request that this sum
be provided until sueh time the
present etate law governing coun
ty libraries could he fully ipvestl-
gated.
The meeting was presided over
by Henry Enders Jr., of the un
der privtllged child committee, Mr.
Enders took occasion to warmly
praise the high school football
team for the splendid showing
made against Medford the day be
fore and delivered a fittin g tr i
bute to Coach Crlpe who wag a
guest of the club. Former High
school coach Hughes, responded
to the call of the chairman and-
explalned some of the difficulties
that had confronted the local
coach in the Armistice day, and
urged th a t the business men take
an Interest in the team, and co
operate with them fully.
C. J. Read gave a brief talk on
the underprlviliged child.
BUYS LIGHT COMPANY
and an injunction suit by the
S U T H E R L IN , Ore., Nov. 13.-
original national taherenloels as-, w (U nite dNewe)— The Sutherlin
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socfatlen.:
Power and Light company for the
The government to inveetlga- past 10 years owned by John B.
Ing a mail selling campaign of Yeon and John Kiednan of Port
the Association tor the R elief of land, was sold Friday to the Cak.
Tuberculosis patients, organised ifornia Oregon Power company
last June.
for a sum of approximately 815,-
Tbe association has sent out 000.
appeals to buy its seals to SO,000
The California Oregon Power
persons throughout the country.
company expects to expend several
The National Tuberculosis So thousand dollars here during the
ciety claims the new organisation next atx months on Improvements.
naed Its receipts principally to The sale of the local system car
buy real and personal property ries with it < 60 year franchise
and had turned over for tuber granted to the J. F. Luse company
culosis relief only B162.2B since and Its successors by the city on
It .was formed.
October 31, 1911.
WEE PASS 6
OFFKERS
E t r a FOR WINTER
IN GUN FIGHI
fflffl ESCAFI
AMBASSADOR
CAL
West Bound Stage is Last
Vehicle to Make Way
Through Drifts
SALEM, Nov. 13. — (United
News)— The McKensle pass high
way through the Case»'*-» moun
tains was close»1 '
. Tc late
Friday— o’
winter
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-y e rto w fa ll
San* Prancieoo
Wounded in
Arrest F
WAS FAMOUS BAHDIT
Stein Man Created Reign of Tefr
- ror In Half Doken Conntles
A fter Escaping
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SAN FRANCI8CO. Nov. IS .—
Joe Tanko youthful California
deaperado waa shot to death to
day In a close range gnn battle
Iff a McAllister street apartment
basement. The murderer who
created a reign of terror tor
months after he and hla pal Floyd
H all escaped from San Quentin
last year, fell hla body riddled
with bullets, a second after ha
had wounded detective sergeants
Karl Roney and Vernon Van Mac-
tre. Tanko waa Instantly killed.
Roney, shot through the ad-
domen, toppled to the floor but a
few feet from Tanko, gasping
“ He got me first but I got him.**
But It waa not until they looked
at the body, that the officer rea
lised that they had ended the ca
reer of the notorious killer, who
had robbed and murdered in half
a doien countries, while posses
nought him after he and H all had
scaled the walls of San Quentin
on the night of A pril 8th, 193S.
Twelve Are Held
foi* Fake Tickets
Portland, Nov. 13.— (United
News)— Twelve
persons
who
sought to pass “ fake student ttc-
hete at the U. 8. O.— O. A. C.
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football game here Thursday,
were turned over to police Friday
for questioning.
The Imitations were discovered
by a gatekeeper who noticed an
error in the type on the tickets
and soon police had rounded up
more than 20 persons attempting
to use them. Those detained de
clared "scalpers” Informed them
that only student tickets were
available.
Officials are continuing their
investigation Into this latest tic
ket scandal, the third of tbe pre
sent football season.
A Paire' Foreign Feline $
.¿bound stage was the Iqst
make its way across be
fore the drifts become too deep
for machinés to break through.
According to a report from the
state highway office here five
Inches of snow has fallen at the
summit and thia figure would be
increased later as the snow con
tinued to falf. Last year efforts
to keep the pass open proved un-
siiccesaful, and according to Indi
cations it will be attempted again
thia year.
Closing of th e .pass makes the
distance between Bend and Eu
gene 360 road miles instead of
the usual 119 miles as motorists
w ill have to make the roundabout
trip by way of the Columbia river
highway. «
Government is Concerned
Over Oil Land Rights
in Mexico
OFFICIALS HOLD MEET
Secretary Kellogg Confers. With
Senator Borah, W ho Makes -
no Statement
WASHINGTON, Nov.
IS .—
i United News)— Im portant de
velopments concerning this gov<
ernment’a relations with Mexico
are expected aa a reeult of growl
ing dissatisfaction |n ad ministra^*
lion quarters.
Secretary of State Kellogg and
James R. Sheffield, American am
bassador to Mexico are to confer
with President Coolidge today.
Secretary Kellogg made a trip
to the capital • few night ago to
consult regarding the Mexican,
situation with Senator Borah,
chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee. Borah was
pledged to secrecy.
This government to particularly
concerned not only with some ap
News wire reports recent
parent signs that Mexico to reced
ly carried the story that the
ing'from her promise regarding
iMMtrd o f regents had asked
oil land rights in Mexico, bat that
for appropriations, totaling
Mexicans are becoming active In
SSAO.OOO for the Oregon
come
of the central American rw--
State Normal school, aa well
publlcs. Some outbursts of anti-
as Improvements for other
American feeling have been a ttri
normal schools.
buted to Mexicans.
J. H. Fuller, local member
Nicaraguan revolutionists are
of the board of regents nt
understood to have received arms
the reqnest of the Thllngn
and ammunition from Mexicans,
has prepared the following
influence of Mexicans la suspect
Information relative to this
ed in the election campaign in
meeting of the board.
Guatenals where a new govern
ment to to be.chosen the first
The Regents of the Normal
week la December. t
Schools of Oregon nt their quar.
Disquieting reports have come
terly meeting at Salem, Nov. 6, ctoo from Salvador and Honduras.
gave their approval te a building
program for the three oebnote ds dissatisfied with the administra
follows— I b r Ashland, two build tion's Mexican policy fa r sosm
ings, one a Dormitory for girls time and It to commonly under
dnd one a combined gymnasium stood here that he threatened to
and class room building.
An resign unless, a more aggressive,
appropriation of BBS0.000 w ill be ¡policy was »dotted. This contro-
requlred for these two buildings verey was held In abeyance, how
An additional maintenance ap ever, because of the Mexican re
propriation w ill also be required ligious controversy.
Just pre
for the two years or biennium, viously it had been planned here,
before the Legislature acts. For to lift the embargo on arms to
this period 386,000 in addition to Mexico, but this contemplated.*
the regular mileage fund w ill be move was Interrupted by the re
required. This, the board also ligious controversy.
recommended and approved. Reg
istration at the Ashland School
for the present term is 871. It
Is the belief of those fam iliar
with the conditions that this w ill
be increased to 600 at the fell
term of 1817.
Next the question of buildings
for Eastern Oregon were consid
Thoomnd?
ered and an appropriation of Expect Thirty
Gsnnent Workers to Re- '
1171,000 was approved and re
turn to Jobs
commended for thia program. Aa
the location of this school to left
N E W YORK, Nov. IS — (United*
to the Board of Regents, a spec
News)— Peace to following hard
lal committee constating of J. H. upon the heels ot winter in two'
Fuller, Ashland, R. R. Turner, Important Industrial w a n ot th <
Supt. of Education, Salem, and east.
Frank M iller of Albany, was ap
T h irty thousand garment w orkj
pointed to assemble all the data ere were affected In thta city,
relative to tbe different pros while la Paaaalc, N. J. between
pective locations and report to 6,900 and 10,000 textile strikers'
the fu ll Board relative to their look for an early return to their
findings.
This committee w ill looms.
-
meet In Salem Monday, November
Both s trlk e n have cost millions
22nd and the Board w ill con of d o lla n and have been attended
vene on Dec. 6th to hear their by violence and wholesale arreetoC
In Ne wYork the garment workL
report ahd to visit such places
aa are recommended by the com era appear to have lost the mala
mlttee. A questlonalre was sent pointe for which they walked out
to each o f the Eastern Counties nearly five months ago. Their
union failed to get a guaraatee off
relative to proposed locations.
The Monmouth school repre. , 86 weeks work or pay each year
seated by Pros. J. 8. Sanders, and it conceded the chief demand
asked for three new buildings, a of the manufacturers that the»
women’s building, new gymnas have the right to limited regal»*
ium and library. These would tlon of their working forces a aai»
require appropriations o f 3400,- ally.
In Paaaalc the s trlk e n hard
000. The Board recommended
two of the throe buildings to- fared better so far, hat a red!
tallng BBBB.000 and aa addition settlement to not yet completed.
al maintenance appropriation wa* In reaching ata agmeateat with thS
also recommended.
The Mon Paaaalc W onted
month Mheol now has over nine pahy. however, tl
the solid frost of the maaa
hundred enrolled pupils and not
*rs for the first time la the
withstanding the establishment
months since the strike beffaa.
of the Ashland school were nam-
ber enrolled, showed aa Increase
Left far
for the present term, but |1BB.-
o f «hü
Mn. J. R.
000 expended by tbe state last
tè »
toft today' tor
year In
providing additional
until Sunday.
training school facilities far the
labaad. who la a
clflc fireman on the
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