Unsettled tonight and Sunday Bain in Northwest Oregon* Ashland’s Leadin (United P m m Wire Service) ■par for Over Fifty Years . (United News W ire 8orvtoe) OREGQ 4 liquor S O M E R V IL L E , N . 3., Dec. 4. —~ (U N )^ —The final word Wee w ritten in the H all-M ills mn^der tria l today when chargee of M ur­ der against lira . Prances Stevens H a ll, Henry and W Ulle Stevens, and Henry De L a .Brnyere Car- pender were dismissed. I t to believed that this w ill mark the end of what may be the last effort to solve the mystery of the murder of Mrs. Eleanor M ills and Rev. Edward W. H all four years ago. Thia action fol­ lowed the verdict of the Jury who declared the defendants In the case Were not guilty. . N et Guilty SO M E R V IL L E , N . J., Dee. 4. — ( U N ) — The three defendants In the H e ll-M ills murder case were found not guilty tonight. The Jury, a fter long delibera­ tion, decided that Mrs. Frances Stevens H a ll end her hm there. 'Henry and W illie Stevens, did not k ill Mrs. Elinor M ills, who was found murdered w ith Mrs. H a ll’s husband, the Rev. Edward Wheeler H a ll, near New Bruns­ wick, on Stptember 14, 1*88. Justice Parker, when he en­ tered, enld he had attempted to conduct the trial with solemnity. “which oo- PO RTLAND, D m . 4.— Caught removing twenty-eight c u n of liquor f r o « the Italian steamer, Tlmavo, eight n o n were undej* nr- rest today «ad probably face a federal «barge of smuggling liq­ uor. W alter Pearaon and H er­ bert Nelson w ire la the ’ launch Which contained eight cases of whiskey, Whoa Office»« swooped down upon them. On the pier were three automobiles, six men and some liquor. The steamer la the river had « • deck sucked with some more liquor to bo transported ashore. High Navy Officials Were Afraid of Japanese Invasion W A SHING TO N, Dee. 4.— The story o f the trying days of 1881, when high navy officials consffT- cred the danger o f an invasion from the Pacific const by an un­ named foreign power, was told today to the Jury in the conspir­ Twenty Prisoners acy case of Albert B. Pall and E. < Volved in Attn L. Doheny. Doheny was in court against the sdvlee of his physician M EDFO RD, Dec. 4.— A whole­ and to suffering from an infected sale break involving approximate­ ly 80 prisoners, wan barely avert­ Rear Adm iral J. K. Robinson ed et the eenaty JqJl nt 7:00 retired who conducted negotia­ o’clock last night, and was pre­ tion! tending to the E lk H ills and vented only by the arrival nt the Pearl Harbor contracts glvsa Do­ ja il o f Jailer Dnnford, a few min­ heny by the government told his utes before ho was expected. The story, gingerly skirting edges of prisoners had sawed one bar and confidential Information which he were working on the second. Dun- was under -orders not to reveal. ford had ffboe to his dinner and Although ho refused to name the was returning to the Jail when he foreign nations hs thought Involv­ was hailed by a small hoy- who ed It was k*own he was refertng told him that some of the prison­ to the report of Admiral Cleaves er« were paying on the stool bars of the Pacific fleet who in 1*81, of a Jail window. Dnnford h ar­ revealed the alleged Japanese ried to the Jail w ith all speed, bnt war plans agiinst the United Instead of rushing In, remained states. There wee this “ danger outside with a view to observing of war.“ according to the defense who was working on the bats. caused Doheny, as his “ patriotic Seeing no one nt the windows, duty” to take over the Pearl H nr- Dnnford entered the Jail, where hof oil tank construction. conditions appeared normal w ith ne dne showing evidence of any- Ha au dience a gain st any th r u /’- '- ’ - ' • talking they became apprised that the toiler wag «turning and hurried­ ly qnlt th e ir operations. Committee of Hold Meeting AebpftttaNt Projects on State iway« Are to he Up until m idnight last night Sheriff Jennings nor the Jailer had been «Me to obtain any in­ formation Indicating the ringlead­ ers, hat officers have a well form ­ ed opinion ns to the leaders and hope to get sufficient evidence to attach the attempted break upon them. As a result of the attempted break, all prisoners are being kept in the cells today, and w ill all probably remain there until the leaders are known. Saw Hidden A thorough search of all pris­ oners and of the entire Jell wee made lest night with the hope of locating the saw which was used to sever the bars, but without re­ sult. Officers are confident, however, that they w ill locate the m w , which may lead to placing the blame where It belongs. The window through which foe prisoners were planning on making their escape Is the one just below that through which Den H ail and McLeroy gained their freedom a year ago. Both were recaptured and are doing time at Belem. Jsst how many m lnutM would have been required to sever the second bar to' not known, but It to the opinion of the officers that within another 10 o r IB m lnutM the job would have been complet- Hubbard (Continued from Page One) — Mlltoq-Froe water — Western Springs Dehydrator has 800 employes drawin g 4,OÿO wages weekly. pahlie, Mineral sanitarium opened to -F ifty -fo re boys gathered nt Junior h l|h eehool Kat evening to attend the round up staged for hoys 12 to 18 years e f age by ihe Boy’s W ork committee of the Y. M'. d. A . ’ Judging from the yell­ ing and tlie excitement which pre­ vailed throughout the even in g, the whole affair was a real suc­ cess, even , to the enormous amount of doughnuts and apples which wore consumed. In the early part of the evening a num­ ber of group and mass competi­ tive ganme were enjoyed. The boys were divided Into two divis­ ions, Clee Howell captaining one ion and Hngh Qillmore captain­ ing the other. Howell’« division carried off all honors. The boys were then Mated In a circle where Secretary W alter of the Y. M. C. A. explained the pnrpoM of gathering, w him was to Interest these boys la the Pioneer ‘ fctub program, being promoted by the Ashland Y. M. C. A. This to. a World' wide program ¡at Christian Cltlsenshlp for boys from u to 15 years of age, and to pronwted by the Y . M . C. A. Mr. V a lte r urged th e « boys to get Into the PlonM r clubs that are being or­ ganised in the city. These boys w ill register Monday evening right after school at Y. M.. C. A. head­ quarters |n Pioneer H all, uftor which they will he assigned to one of the dubs. This registration to open to eyery hoy in the city of the above age who wtohM to get Into e rqel live organlMtion. I t to planned to promote Inter-clnb basket bell contests, with a suit­ able prise for the winner. Other scttvttlee w ill he promoted such as, moftthly Pioneer roqad-np, hike«, socials and many aathrltiM d M r to the heart of the American boy. Following last night’s gam««, John Bigg, J. V . M ills end D. M. SpencCr, members of the Boy’s committee, brought on the apples end dohghnnU, which quickly dlMppeared and the hoys were cant home. URDAY, DEC. 4, 1926 .i! JT.g Real Pulling Power Displayed Swarming crowds o f happy, care-free people along Main street last night gave positive proof of the value of The Tidings as an advertising and publicity medium. ' Only in the columns of The Tidings was ad­ vance mention made o f the formal Christmas Open­ ing by Ashland’s enterprising merchants. No other form of publicity or advertising was used. And conservative estim ates last night were that more than 3000 o f the dity’s 5000 people were down town with the holiday crowds. The Christmas Opening special edition of 18 pages which was m ade possible Thursday through the cooperation o f As^lBnd merchants is credited by the merchants as being almost wholly responsible for the unprecedented crowds of “ window shoppers” who enjoyed the gala evening. Ashland Lodjre Invites its Fnends to Services at 3 p. m. Sunday Oregon I Professor I. E. Vining left last night on an extensive speaking . to u rth a t win take him to Boise, Idaho, 'where he will address a t meeting of the Chamber of Com-* merce. From there he wlU go to , Bend, Oregon City and Portland, > filling a speaking engagement In ( each place. On the evening of . December 10, Professor Vining will be a featured speaker over , radio KOW . his time being from 7:45 to 8:00 p. m. A few days before Professor Vining left, he- received a request from Dwight W atkins, associate Professor of public speaking in the University of California, for the manuscript of two of hie speeches to be included in the publication of twelve volumns of a new series of books, entitled, Modern Eloquence. This request is a distinct recognition of Pro­ fessor Vining’s ability, as the on­ ly speeches asked for are from • A lta r memorial services by F» -the foremost orators of the ng- altad R uler end officers o f ’ the lodge. Memorial address— W . E. New- B uys th e Annex- Male quartet— Song, “The Va-1 Mrs. E. Meyer has arrived in Ashland from Kansas City and c a n tC b a ir.” Benediction— Rev. P. K. Ham­ has purchased The Annex hdtel and rooming house from Mrs. An­ mond. The • committee which F a s derson. Mrs. Meyer took com­ charge of the services this year plete charge of the hostelry this to composed o f M illard W . Grubb, week. She to greatly Impressed general chairman; George D. Con- with Ashland and believes herself verwe and V . V. Mills, music; J. fortúnete in securing a location In Edward Thornton and John this city. Loughlin, arrangements; Earl 11. Crow, B. O. Gillings, B. C. For­ W allowa — Courtney ranch sythe and <0. H . Johnson, Jr. raises 1800 turkeys, this year. V. O. N. Smith Outlines New Service Feature of Local Banks Member« of the Ashland high school football team, were guests of the Kiwanls club at the regular Boon day meeting held at the Xdthla Springs Hotel, yesterday. Is Said to be Man With Practically the entire meeting was Pleasing Personality given over to footbaU, and after the Introduction of the £oys, V. at Times D. M iller, In a glowing speech HAS P I E R C I N G EYJM paid tribute to their successful MANY THRONG S T U N T record, and welcomed them to the Grocery Rmployece Give Details luncheon. He called special at-, , of Man Who Made Thaaks- tention to the game played with giving Purchases the “has been»“, and related sev­ eral humorous Incidents of this PORTLAND, jOre., Dec. 4.— v game. Captain Sam Prescott re­ W ith an estimated crowd of (U P ) — Picturing the alleged sponded on behalf of the team, more than J h r*» “ •ouaand people strangler aa a man w ith a pleas­ and brief talks were made hw-o-----' **■’ t „ i town section ing personality at times, when U ln elect Roy Abbott, H o u ^ ^ g MjmDfMtL ***** “ t. the first official op- not acting the part of a fiend, Banny Leedora and Coach - JgSNwBBffb Portland police today had the Upon the suggestion of Roj-ootter iening of the holiday season waa description of the man who was a telegram was forwarded to the [declared to be an unqualified thought to have killed Mrs, Medford high school team, wish­ success by local merchants, Blanche Meyers of Portland. Mrs. ing them success In thelf game to­ while the eup given to the mer­ Florence Monks of Seattle, as day. chant with the most attractive well as three other Portland wo­ V. O. N. Smith, Cashier of Cit- window was awarded to The Au­ men and six in California. Isens Bank, outlined the service tomotive Shop. Grocery employee who had charge that is to be Inaugurated This event, which was sponsor­ dealings^ with the man while by local hanks on January first. ed by the Chamber of Commerce, he was here told police he waa M r. Sintth laid particular stress with commlitees headed by Ho­ about five feet seven niches tall, upon the benefits to be derived mer Billings and E. R. Isaac, and weighed a hundred and fifty from this movement by the local [the general assistance of Secre- pounds, had dark hair and large merchants. “ A new depositor will [ tery John Puller and Superintend­ piercing eyes. Thia description Is come Into the bank,” Mr. Smith ent of the Electric Light Depart­ of the man who ggvesoiue elder* Stated, “and make a small de­ ment, Clyde Malone, working out ly women, jewelry which hag posit. He will receive a check the details, resulted In practically since been identified as that ne- book with a leather cover and every Ashland merchant working moved from Mrs. Monk’s body. there w ill be many entries made out display window«, that not on­ and other expenses incurred, to ly attracted unusual attention hat Insure the correct keeping of the that displayed a wealth of orgln- reooyds of his account. Many allty, and a tremendous amount times hp has not had an account of work. The members of the high school before, and will write checks, up student body, assisted m aterially to y>s amount he has on deposit, and then continue to write them. in the success of the a ffair, by This necessitates the return of the staging a serpentine through the Two Members of Eugene check to the merchant who accept­ business section as the lights High School Faculty ed it, causing him much addition­ were beihg turned on. The stu­ Asked to Quit al trouble and work. It to thought dents were equipped w ith horns and confetti, and with the music EUGENE, Dec. 4.— The resig­ that w ith this new system smell of the band under the direction of depositors will watch there ac­ nation of two faculty members Carl Loveland. gave the affair a h^s been asked and nine students counts more carefully end see th a t Joyous holiday spirit. were suspended as aq afterm ath R to brought up to the minimum All lights were tam ed e ft la Thus it can he to the douelug of principal J. O. reqklreinent. the basine« district until 1:88 Swan with white wash from a con­ readily seen will result la much cealed bucket In the assembly. R. benefit to the buslnees men, the O.- Brown, the athletic coach, was r u itr l M ill! tn ttr Ih w I I I “ M l* ‘" E * " ■ h im . * •*** asked to resign; E. G. Bouck, as­ sistant |prlnçlpal was requested to quit because of friendliness W|th the ring leaders of the dis­ turbance. _ . MANY DOGH POISONED ■Within the last three weeks there has been thirty two valu­ able dogs In Ashland poisoned in the city, the last one being Jim Bowers’ Valuable police dog. Trying to Scare Someone Not Easily Scared L a h u n k • rs e ts « To Establish Service Charge on Accounts Leu Than IfiO.OO , Ithe business district to ths other I they ware flashed on. Merchants following the,juogreM of the hand I undraped , their windows, and Imahy exclamations of surprise and commendation could be heard, he each window presented a veri tibie surprise box of C hrist­ mas suggestions. The winning window showed a [mlnaturo .snow storm in pro­ gress, ns ths snow in the form of cleverly arranged cotton was whirled through the a ir by means of a breese formed w ith the turn- dug of a wheel on a beautiful Chevrolet sedan which formed the beck ground for the entire win­ dow. V e il arranged accessories formed the heals for ths display. To attempt to plek out any windows other (han the winner for special comment would be doing an injustice to others tor ths entire display was one In which local merchants can take a Justifiable pride. W ith the mailing out of notices to every depositer in the three banks in Ashland and the banks at Talent, the machinery waa M t in motion, yesterday, for the es­ tablishment of a service charge for the handling of all bank accounts whose average balance falls be­ low 850 for the . month. This change to take effect January le t, the charge to be made about the 25th of M eh month. . In discussing this step upon the pert Bf the loeal bank«. J. W . Mc­ Coy, cashleV of the First National Bank, presented some Interesting fignroe gathered from all parte of the United StatM which Indicate that one thee«g of banking In that PRAGUE, Dee. 4.— (U N )— The small accounts would grow into larger ones In sufficient numbers i American legation here was al- Imoat completely destroyed by to pay for the groat cost of handl­ fire which started tonight in the ing theM numerous small accounts I Schocboern palace and spread was theory only, and had not quickly to adjoining buildings. worksd^out la prnetloe. Spreading from the palace, “ B alks generally welcome a small account,” M r. McCoy which to one of the finest old stated this morning. “There to al­ structuroc in the c ity.’ thc blase ways thé thought in mind that swept to the home of the Csecho- with the establishment of a beak I I Slovakian mintotere of state end account, the habit of th rift wiU burned that bullying sufficiently become more firm ly eeUhllshed I to cause its roof to oollapae. The and this small account .will grad­ American legation, «too near by, ually grow until it reaches a else was almost a complete Io « before sufficient t^ nt leant pay Itg osm the fire had been gotten under way. However d arin g , the pest control. fifteen yM rs, definite figures have . The left wing of the palace, been established that shosr con­ where the fire started la a de­ clusively that approximately fit-1 fective flue, wee be