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LY T idings
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Oregon, rain in the w est portion;
snow in the eastern portion^ R is­
ing temperature.
Ashland*3 Leadiñff Ni
per for Over Fifty Years
(Ualted Frees Wir« Service)
VOL,
to U m
EXPECT ROW
OVER EFFORT
TO RESTRICT
NAVY PROGRAM1
Resolution is Passed Thank­
ing Local Body for
Cooperation
Strong Difference of Opin-
■ ion E xists Over Weeds
Of Wavy ,
FINAL MEETING TODAY
WÀSHINGTON, Dee. IS.— The
nhvy committee threatens to open
the safety Taire In the house to
oxproso the resentment which
has been accumulating In the se­
cret committee sessions held in an
effort to restrict the naval build
ing program.
Representative Butler of Penn
sylvanla, chairman, announced to­
day that the committee would
hold a final iqeeting today and de­
cide what to do.
Committee members are bound
by a pledge of secrecy and'have
declined to talk in the last few
days. Two courses are open to
the commlUee:
1— Introduction of a special
bill to provide appropriations tor
the three additional cruisers and
two dirigibles whose construction
Coolidge opposed because of
gotiatlons for another arms con
ference.
Congress authorised the cruis­
ers and dirigibles at the last
felon, but the budget bureau re­
fused to include appropriations
for them la the budget recently
submitted.
1— A statement In th » form of
a protest that the navy is far be­
low the ratio provided by the
Washington arms conference
that construction o f the addition
m id iciv witn
another arms conference.
HI Y CLUB HOLDS
REGULAR MEHING
Two Committees Are Ap
pointed at Laid Wight's
M eeting
The Ashland high school HI-Y
club held < regular meeting and
dinner in Pioneer hall ’ last eve­
ning with ten members present.
The meeting was given over large­
ly to business and discussion. The
new life discussion course on the
Sermon on the Mount was started
last night and will be continued
each meeting night. Two commit­
tees were appointed last night by
president
Nutter.
A Meeting
romittee, composed of Barney
Miller, James Hartley and Selden
Burton, whose task will be that of
providing some special feature at
each meeting. A Service commit­
tee composed of Gordon Clay-
comb, Elliott MacCracken, and
Wilfred Wagner, whose duties
will be that of providing service
tasks to be performed by the
members of the club. Next week
the feed will be furnished by Hor­
ace Dunn, Elliott MacCracken And
Barney Miller.
POPE GIVES MK TO
FATHERS ANO MOTHERS
Says "Impudent and Im ­
moral" Fashions Should'
B e Elim inated
■ n o A
t ROME, Deo. 15.— United Newa)
-r-Pathers must interest them­
selves In elimination of "Impu­
dent, immoral fashions," worn by
their wivee end daughters, Pope
Plue XI declared, in an address ef
welcome to representatives of
Catholic federations.
Prohibition of all garments
showing indifference to morality
most become the task of serions
minded fathers, said hie holiness.
.Praising all campaigns against
such fashions, the pope said:
"They are impudent because
they Intuit human dignity as well
as the body and soul. The body,
m
(Continued
Oa
Page
Six)
aw ns
MYTH OF UNDERWBRLp
Pal of Defendant "Bquea
in Murdered E ditori
Trial
(United News Wire Service)
PROBLEMS 0 F NDRMAl BASKETEERS
DEFEAT H A IM
IR R IG A T IO N
IN THE STATE
ARE DISCUSSED
MASTER FISH DEMOCRATS ATTEMPT TWENTY HAVE
TO GET TAX REDUCTION
SUCCUMBED TO
WARDEN LET
INTENSE COLD
OUT AFTER A
IN T O DAYS
STAR SESSION
Î
Visiting Fireman
Fatally Injured1
F ast Practice G a m e ___
in 35 to 19 V ictory
■Last N ight
tricts, was read and discussed.
Thompson’s report, which In-
eluded drafts of proposed amend­
ments to the irrigation c o d s ,
states in a candid manner that It
was forced to instigate its investi­
gations and arrive at its-flndlnga
without qld or suggestions frpm
the lrrigationlsta of the state.
His report continues to say
that at the first meeting of jthe
legislative committee, * -a policy
was adopted to this effect:
t
"There should be no plan
which Involves a repudiation of
the obligation of Irrigation dis­
tricts. An effort should be made
to devise a plAn which would put
an earf to pyramiding tha liana
of district oMigatioaa.’’
Acting accordingly the commit
prepared amendments to the
existing Irrigation laws, which
Thompson insists will tend
make It possible to accomplish
certain results. The first is:
“Immedtate relief tor the land
owner within an irrigation dis­
trict who has the will to pay his
portion of the obligation. This
to be accomplished by preventing
the pyramiding of Hen charges.
NO. 88
)NE8DAY, DEC. 15, 192Ç
ASHLAND, OREGON,
The local Chamber ot Com­
merce were warmly praised by the
hoard of directors of the Golf
club in.a resolution passed at the
regular meeting last night, f or
their assistance la promoting in­
terest in the golf course. This no­ Routine Business Occupies
The F irst Morning
tion wai the reedU o t the success­
Session
ful golf dinner and dance held In
the Llthla Springe Hotel recently,
which was- spoonsored by the POLICY «^A N N O U N C E D
Chamber of Commerce, and also Ameadmente to th<* Present Irri­
the Golf Btyle Show and dance to
gation Law Are Drawn up
bo held at the Hotel Ashland on
and Adopted
the night of December 21, which
also has received the backing of
PORTLAND, Dec. 15.— (UN )—
the local commercial organisation. Meeting in the Portland chamber
R. W. Price has been named iof commerce for a two-day ses­
chairman of the ticket committee sion, trustees of the Oregon Irri­
tor the next affair, and has ap­ gation congress convened Tuesday
pointed Mrs. V. V. Mills, Mrs. to discuss irrigation problems
Louis Dodge, Mrs. George Con­ throughout the state.
verse, Mrs. Harry Tomlinson and
After the morning meeting of
Mrs. McGarry to have active routine business, the report of
charge of the sales.
*
W. Lair Thompson, chairman of
Present plana call tor an affair the legislative committee, ap­
that will be varied and entertain­ pointed to make a survey of the
ing, and which will give local proposed amendments to the irri­
people an opportunity to learn gation law la the hope that some­
more about thia interesting game. thing can be done tor certain dis­
tes m r
* Coach Hughes’ normal school
basketeero got their Initial bap­
tism of fire last night when they
defeated the Battery B team,
to 11, In a speedy game on the
armory floor. The normal team
showed a lot of class tor tha first
,__ . _ tha 1 boys’ ever
_i______
;.Ja a.—
game
played
to ­
gether, and they should give a
good account of themselves when
they play the Aggies here next
Saturday night.
Ted
Kinney
played a aparkling game for the
embryonic schoolmasters and wan
a tower of strength both on de­
fense and In general team play.
Fans are getting all hopped np
over the game Saturday night and
a big crowd is expected to tiirn
out to see the normal team go up
against the speedy quintet from
the Corvallis college.
8AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.—
(UN )— Andrew F. Hueft, believ­
ed to he deputy secretary of state
of Michigan, residing at Lansing,
was probably fatally Injured here
t0<lay. following, a Collision be­
tween two fire trucks.
Hueft was walking across the
street and was unftble to avoid the
speeding , trucks
Identification
was being attempted at the Emer-
«ency MWttW. where he was tak-
©n With a nnHHihl«
f r n r t n r o d skull
s k u ll
possible fractured
sud serious Internal injuries after
,)e‘ng rempved from beneath one
ct the wrecked machines.
Leo F. Irving and A. Lindberg,
firemen, were seriously injured
and may dies as a result of the
crash. Seven other firemen were
hurt. The trucks were speeding
.to answer two separate fire
Alarms when they collided at an
intersection.
FATE OF GREEN IS
O O H TAKEN IN H E
J
CÛIM n SEAT ffM W A L Former
Prohibition Head
Com pletes, His Own
Mandamus Proceedings Are
* Filed by Local A ttorney
------- —— at Balwn -------- r
Testimony
Use Parliamentary Strategy
in Effort to Get Plan
Through
Charge That There is Lock
of Harmony in His
Department
R EFU SES
RESIGN
Present Incumbent W anted More
Explicit Information on
Charges
PORTLAND, Dec» 15.— (U N )—
\ secret session of the state fish
c(ynmis8lon Tuesday, lasting two
hours, from which newspaper­
men were barred led to the dis­
missal of Ed Ballagh, master fish
warden, on charges that there was
A lack of harmony .In his depart­
ment.
Ballagh refused to resign, spec­
ifying that he wanted more ex­
plicit grounds for the request,
which the commissioners refused
to give. A vote was then taken,
resulting in Commissioners Jess
Hays of Tillamook and W. T.
tía kin o f Astoria voting for die­
ra i »sal and Commissioner John C.
Veatch of Portland, chairman,
voting to retain Ballagh.
"Is that the only charge you’re
going to make?’’ asked Ballagh.
"That’s the only charge neces­
sary," replied Hayes.
Immediately after the vote A.
W. Franklin of Tillamook, deputy
fish warden, was nominated for
the position
by Commissioner
Hayes. Commissioner Eakln sec­
onded the nomination while Com­
missioner Veatch voted against
Franklin.
As a majority rules In the fish
commission Ballagh was by this
action at once removed from of­
fice and Franklin put in his
place, effective Wednesday.
L PLAY
W ill BE THURSDAY
LINN COUNTY LEVY
ALBANY, Dec.. 15.— (United
News)— Linn county’s tax levy on
the 1225 roll will be 27.1 mills,
the same as the 1925 levy, accord­
ing to tha report of the connty
assessor filed today wlth*the coun­
ty court. The levy will produce a”
total tax revenue of <778,242.50,
of which <275,252.17 wUl ho tor
county purposes within tha six
per cent limitation and <421,419.-
02 tor state tax, market roads and
bond retirement and interest.
The total tax extension on the
1925 roll was <7^5,405.52.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. —
(United News)— Democrats have
resorted to parliamentary strategy
to get their tax reduction plan be­
¿
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fore the house as a result of the
refusal of republicans on the ways
now Drifts T w
renty Feet
and means committee
.
High
Obstruct
High? w ay » '
tax leglsiati'”?
,
Traffic
Aftel
cratic I
; V.' was an­
COUNTRY_IS_COVERED
nounced ..»at a petition would be
circulated to discharge the ways Cold Wave Spreads Rapidly From
and means committee for further
One Const to the
er consideration of the tax bill
* Other
embodying, the democratic fea­
tures.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.— (UN)
It would take signatures of the — The intense cold wave that has
majority of the house to take the been racing down from the froz­
bill from the committee and give en north for the last 24 hour« has
it a place on the calendar.
now enveloped the greater part of
There are 182 democrats In the the United States and Canada.
house. Thus they would need 85
At least twenty persons have
republicans. While a dozen or been killed by the extremely low
less of the so called insurgent re­ temperatures and the weather
publicans might sign the petition bureau predicts there will be no
it does not appear likely that re­ relief before tonight.
Striking
publican ranks would open any down across the central Canadian
further.
order Monday night on the wings
Republicans are bound by the of a billiard the cold has pene­
action of the ways and means trated the south to the Texas
committee which side tracked all border. Below freezing tempera­
legislation Saturday, th e presi­ tures are reported from Houston.
dent’s proposal for a 15 per cent
Sub zero temperatures ovet
credit on next year's taxes, as well spread the midwest and Rocky
as the democratic plan for reduc­ mountain regions which were
tion of the Corporation tax from heavily blanketed by snow.
13 1-2 to 11 per cent and repeal
In the east the mercury was
of the automobile, admission and skidding downward at an alarm­
stamp taxes.
ing rate. Charitable institutions
Democrats privately do not ex­ were flooded with relief calls.
pect their move to be successful,
Chicago and other cities In that
but It will serve as a record.
region reported police stations
were being kept open nil night to
accommodate the homeless.
Snowdrifts twenty, feet high
halted highway traffic, caused the
closing of schools sad threw
railroad trains oft their schedules
In Minnesota.
*• la thq Rockies the anew block­
Jo Ann Hol« Wire 110 for ed many mountain roads. Temper­
atures ranged from 10 to 25 do-
on 01
Jhrist-
Best
LOCAL GIRL WINNER
IN COUNTY CONTEST
m as Seals
made forced landings or tolled to
Winners in the Jackson county start their trips through the
essay contest on “Why we should twirling snow.
sell Christmas Seals" were an­
Even Kansas and Oklahoma ex-
nounced yesterday with Jo Ann perienced sero weather. The same
Hujs 447 Rock streat Ashland was trije In the northwest, in
winner of thd 810 first prize and Washington and Oregon where
Helen Maxwell Janes ot Medford, tour deaths ware reported.
*
the second prize of 85. This con­
Southern California, Florida
test which was open to all school andportlons of the Gulf coast
children In the county between were the only parts of the country
the fourth and eighth grade, at­ to escape the unusually early ar­
tracted much attention and 144 rival of winter.
Upper Dixie
replies were received. Leaflets came in for Its share when the
were distributed, and other in­ cold penetrated to Georgia and
formation given the children in the Carolina*. _____________ _ \
order that they might secure suf­
The Atlantic coast from New
ficient facts to proceed upon, and York to Maine, which had been
special announcements of the con enshrouded to a thick fog for 18
test was made In all of the hours, saw the murky mist dissi­
schools.
pated by Icy winds from Toronto.
Ashland had the largest num­ At nightfall the mercury was
ber of entries with Central Point, dropping rapidly but the skies had
Jacksonville and Butte Falls fol­ cleared, much to the relief of half
lowing. Mrs. H. O. Anderson, a dozen ocean liners which have
Mrs. Robinette and Mrs. Dean been marooned In New York har­
had charge of the contest locally bor.
and with the cooperation of Sup­
erintendent of, Schools Briscoe,
succeeded In arousing a great
deal of interest.
The judges ware H. H. Ruble,
of the Medford Mall Tribune, L.
B. Tuttle of the Jackson County
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS.— (U-
News, and C. J. Read of the Ash­ N )— The house today approved
land Tidings. The winning essay the appropriation of <450,000 tor
will appear In the Tidings within construction of the Baker reclam­
a few days.
ation project The sum was re­
ported by the commiteee, hut not
mentioned la the budget. An
amendment by
Representative
Bankhead of Alabama, distinctly
declaring that approval e t feasi­
bility by the secretary et the In­
terior shall not ho necessary was
W ife of "Tw o Gun A re" defeated, although supported hy
Representative. Cramton, who Is
of Oklahoma is Plared
In
charge of the Interior départ­
Under Arrest
ent bill.
The vote fas viva voee.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dee. 15.—
A total ot <11,512.200 la ap­
(UN)— Mrs. Luther Bishop, wife
of Luther Bishop, two gun "ace" propriations was voted tor re­
pr the Oklahoma detective bur­ clamation work la the west aad
eau, who was shot and killed a southw est.
Cramton said B ak er had keen
week ago Sunday, today was
charged with the murder.
Deputies went Immediately to
the Bishop’s home to take the
widow Into custody.
The charge followed a week
investigation by the state, county
and city. Bishop was shot while
asleep, apparently with one of his
own revolvers. Six bullets ware
pumped Into bis body, while three
missed their mark.
Battery B Will
Stage 2 Dances
COED K l i m HE EPS
CAPIURE EIEPHAN!
(Plesso Tara to Page 4)
TO
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15.—
(UN)— The fate of Col. Ned M.
SALEM, Dec. 15.— (U P) — Green, suspended prohibition ad­
Mandamus proceedings to .compel ministrator and friend of General
County Judge Hartzell of Jack- Lincoln C. Andrews, on trial here
son county to issue a proclamation for allege? embezzlement of seiz­
in the recent connty seat removal ed liquors, will probably be in the
election were filed in thq supreme hands of a Jury by Wednesday
court here yesterday by A. L. night or early Thursday.
Hill and E. D. Briggs, Ashland at­
This was the prediction tonight,
torney. An alternative writ of following apparent failure of the
mandkmus was issued and made government to impeach Green’s
returnable next Monday w h e n direct testimony.
Judge Hartzell la required either
Green was on the stand for all
to comply with the writ or show but five minutes of today’s ses-
cause why he should not do so.
, slons, under cross examination by
__ , Assistant United States District
SENTENCED FOR L IF E J Attorney Eugene B. Bennett, who
URBANA. UU Doc. 15 ’■ " “ T y I sought to prove that Green had
Llnnard and Ovar Borg, who held told government Intelligence of­
up three traveling salesmen on fice rs a d ifferen t story o f h is a l-
an Illinois Central train three leged speculations last July than
months ago and escaped with he did from the stand.
9300,000 worth of gems, pleaded
Green denied many alleged ad­
guilty and were sentenced to the missions said to have been In­
Chester penitentiary for Ijfe.
cluded in a statement which Ben
net refused to allow entered as
Two big holiday dances wllf be
ARREHT ORMISTON FRIDAY an exhibit. He said he did not staged by Battery B .of the local
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.— Kenneth remember other statements. The coast artillery corps at1 the armory
G. Ormlston, radio operator want­ prosecution was plainly annoyed on Friday and Saturday nights of
ed In California In connection by failure to clear up some points next week.
with the Almee Semple McPher­ and Judge St. Sure by continual
On Christmas eve the soldiers
son case has agreed to surrender objections from defense counsel. will hold an old-time masquerade
to Chief of Police Morgan A. Col­
The only other witness today (lance which promises to be an
lins Friday morning at eleven was Brigadier General Hunter event long to be remembered.
o’clock, the chief announced to­ Liggett, marine corps, who declar­
On Christmas night they will
day. Ormlston is suffering from ed Green had a reputation for so­ hold a regular jazz dance with a
a bad cold and asked that his ar­ briety and "was not a drinking lot of new and peppy music prom­
man."
ised by the orchestra.
for rest be postponed until Friday.
CANTON. Od., Dee. IS.— (UN)
— Shattering thq myth that the
code of the "underworld” la invio­
late and that its denizens never
meal." Steve Kascholk, today
testified In detail to the murder
plot against Don R. Mellott, giv­
ing damaging evidence against his
formar «hum^Patrick McDermott,
ofi trial for his life for the kill-
mg or to« «tutor.
Kascholk admitted under erose
examination that the prospect of
«haring in the 110,000 reward of­
fered for conviction of the slay-
era of Mellett was on of his re
sons tor becoming the state’s star
witness against McDermott.
Resuming his story which was
interrupted by the adjournment
of court yesterday, Kascholk told
bow McDermott had approached
him with the suggestion that ha
might obtain a Jobln Canton. The
’job," the witness aald, proved to
i«e that of “beating np an editor".
After they had made a trip from
Massillon, Ohio, and had looked
over the Mellett house, Kascholk
said ha refused to go through with Circus Animal Loose
Three D ays Gets Too
t he scheme.
Cold
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GARNET, Kas„ Dec. 16.
(United News)— A drop in the
temperature was largely respon­
sible for the capture of Diamond,
the Circus elephant who tore away
Iron» his moorings three days ago
and swept like a young tornado
'Bashful Mr. B obbi" to be across the country side, leaving
at the H igh School
a t n ll ot smashed fences, gates
Gym Tomorrow
and outbuildings In his wake.
Suffering from the sudden and
“You orter see it.” See what?
intense
cold the elephant w
Why, the “Bashful Mr. Bobba" at
tha
high
school gymnasium, cornered tonight In a cornfield
ten miles from the circus head
Thursday night at eight o ’clock.
quarters.
All baahfel men who want to
He Indicated that he would con­
be cured should find out the only
sider
returning to his bed and
perfect way, and those who wish
board,
and his trainer and the
to be bold will learn much from
posse
of
Irate farmers ware fear­
the technique of the one .who la
ful only of a rise In the tempera
anything bat bashful.”
The notion of the play takes ture, which might change hla
place at Mrs. Wiggln’s hotel In mood. .
Diamond, and another elephant,
Spllntervllle. Katherine Hender­
Tex,
went on a rampage last Sat­
son, a young wife, and her hus­
urday,
hut the latter submitted to
band, Frederick, both from the
capture
after a tow hours.
city— impatiently wait at the ho­
While
fleeing from his pursuers
tel tor Manton Bobba, who la en­
today
Diamond
took refuge in the
gaged to Katherine’s ulster, Jean
playground
of
a country school
Graham. Marston la delayed, but
his exceedingly bashful cousin near Iola, and caused a panic.
arrives, and "thonby hangs a
tale.” His Identity is unknown
and because of his. suspicious ac­
tions he is mistaken tor a burg­
lar.
Manton finally arrives and pre­
tends to have sciatica to excuse
his lateness. Unfortunately, Rob­
ert Bobbi had already excused
him because of nouralgta.
His
troubles are aggravated when
Celesta Vaoderpool, a movie star,
with whole ho Is In loro, follows
him to Spmitorvllls, Ho fools that
ho mast marry Jean, howevwr,
«
Do your Christmas shopping
early, while the stocks are com­
plete.
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