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Do your Christmas shopping
early, while the stocks are com­
plete.
Unsettled tenight and Ériday,
probably rain in the northwest
for Over Fifty Years
(United Nahe W ire Service)
DAY, DEC. 23, 1926
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POLKE A ffi K
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Rx^cntion of; Mexican Gen­
eral Makes Change
’ Mecesa
LOOPHOLE LEFT
FOR AIRING OF
CHARGES MADE
IN BASEBALL
LÓS ANOELB8, Dec. SS
Plans for the deportation of
hers of General Enrique Estrada*«
“ army** were dropped by federal
immigration officiate here Wed­
nesday following advices that Sos-
tenee H errera had been executed Oobb and Speaker May Be-
In ter Gamo to Test
by Mexican federal troops.
Charras
gee
Herrera, one of Estrada’s chief
nontenants in the alleged plot to
Q UI8TI0N
INTEGRITY
overthrow the Calle« government,
Are Allowed wan recently released from the
Players Word
'O u t On
^Loe Angeles county Jail.
Support of
Dollar Bond
The execution, according to dis­
patches, took place on the San
SE A TTLE, Dee. XX.— W arrants Miguel rancho in the «tate of
CHICAGO, Doe. ’ XX.— ( U N ) —
baaed upon Indictment« returned Durango, Mexico.
Whan Judge Keneeaw M. Landis,
by the Federal Grand Jury, which
In view of the execution of H er- high commissioner of baseball,
investigated chargee of officiate refa, action to deport other mem­
decided that no action would bo
participating in liquor eelling ac­ bers of the alleged revolutionary
taken on the now f a m o u s
tivate« here and In Everett hai arm y rounded up near San Diego,
"thrown" game scandal, because
been laeuod agalnat a police lien w ill not be considered, imm igra­
all the men iavoivad are out of
tenant, two sergeants a ad-six pa­ tion officials said.
baseball, he left a loophole where­
trolmen of SeatUe, it was revealed'
by the chargee of Hubert "Dutch’*
today.
Leonard might bo aired.
Assistant chief o f Police Haas
Possibility that T y Cobb and
Damn announced that he had been
Tris
Speaker, two of the greatest
C W
H f f l M V S
notified by the United
players the game has known, and
Marshall that warrants had
idols of America’s multitudes,
issued for the officers. Bail was
m ight re-enter baseball to force a
set at fifteen hundred each ex­
showdown on the chargee brought
cept that of Lieutenant George H. County
Road be Judges
rStahed Ask
to J That
o b against them by the disgruntled
Comstock, form er, head of the
Leonard was aeon bora Wednee-
Oregon Highways
police dry squad.
,
day.
PO RTLAND, DeC.XS. — (U N )
A t the present the situation la
—
Pointing ont that Oregon this: the Integrity o f three ptay-
travel arteries to th^ California
great in their
lino have beea completed the
aged by the integ-
county Judges' assembly here
player, alas good
adopted a racommendatishi nah
is motive in
lag that California make hast«
two tettoos, avww-
Ja completing mate highways to
fth a Oragqn llqa to connect w ith
h er. Smoky
hWhsrayu. 5
1S11 world
who
HKKME
DEIKBPS NEW B U E
V la pointed ont that the Pa­
rt fie highway, The Danaa-Califor-
I I . — (tltllB DI&uWRyi RFG COtnpl0t6<l
w AoniivVy 1 v n , L p OC.
N ) — W hether bodies like the
laterstate commerce commission
are to continue to ho qnasi-Judl-
clal, or pre to become political Js
the issue at the bottom of the
now fig h t brewing in the senate
over the nomination of Cyrus B.
Woods of Pennsylvania.
Woods was appointed to the
interstate commerce commission
because of threats mads last win­
ter by Senator David T. Reed
of Pennsylvania that he would
oppose nil future nominations to
this body until Pennsylvania was
represented on ft.
' i v
This Is tbo first opportunity
the president has had to comply.
Ho has replaced a Harding ap­
pointee, a regular republican
from New Jersey, Frederick I
Coff, w ith Woods.
Woods was for years general
counsel of the Pittsburgh Coal-
company.
He has been closely
associated w ith the Mellon in
tereets.
He managed Senator
Pepper’s unsuccessful nomination
last spring. His personal record
appears to contain no h in t The
report of the senate primary in
vestlgating committee mads pub­
lic today appears to exonerate
him o f any responsibility for
large expenditures In that Penn­
sylvania campaign
Medford Business
Building
Is Sold
_
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Indicative of tho healthy fin ­
ancial condition of Southern Ore­
gon waa tho announcement la
Medford yesterday ptteraoon of
San Francisco capitalists.
The
purchase price waa reported to
have boon la excess of 1X00, OtO.
The property la a business block
In tho Medford down-town
tion.
CORRBCTION O f A D
Through error, tho Christman
card for R. R. Isaac f a d Co., ap-
poured la T>e Tidings yesterday
whan It should have boot pub­
lished tomorrow. Tho Tidings as­
sumes responsibility for this mis­
take which caused tha premature
publication of M r. Isaac's annual
holiday greetings to the
and patrons of Ms store.
thq
kodwood
highway
W
GE DENIES SKIN B r a w
” * MOTION QUASH TO FORMER POSTON I.’
FALL ■ SINCLAIR
L 0 8 ANGELES. Dec. XJ.— (U
~
N ) — In order to bring all defend-? J I I I \ I
T
P IT T C
ants in the McPherson easo t o j j j
J
£ ty
tria l at tho samo.tlme, p r e p a r e - • ' A *
* * * M
tlon of formal
Informations
against tho exangsllst sad her as*.
ers Make Plea for Ad-
soolstes was completed hero y e a -'
Time to Pre­
terday,*but w ill not bo filed until
pare Case
the return here from the east of
tho district attorney, Asa Keyes.:' p T .R A IS NOT GUILTY
The
Information
containing
three counts of perjury and con­ Both Fall and Sinclair Enter
spiracy to obstruct Justice name
Not Guilty P lea on Gov­
Mrs. McPherson, Kenneth G. Or-
ernment Charge
miston, Mrs. Minnie
Kennedy,
mother of the evangelist, and Mrs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.— Jus­
Lorraine Wiseman, ‘hoax woman*, tice Jennings Bailey denied the
and thd state's star witness.
Fall-Sinclair motion • to quash
Depaty District Attorney E. J. the Tea Pot Dome conspiracy In­
Dennison announced that tha in* dictments.
formations had been completed at
The defendants plead not guilty
this time in order to combine and set February second as the
charges against a ll the defendant» date for the trial over the ruling
and eliminate the necessity of on the layer’s pleas for more time.
holding a preliminary hearing for Bailey announced his decision In
Ormlston.
ten words at the opening of court
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SOUTH IS DAMAGED
-rnwrows
Hoar Olood Bursts Bring
Torrents of Rain and
Loss of Life
L E X IN G T O N , K y.. Dec. |X .—
( U N ) — Flood waters s w e p t
through West Virginia, Kentu
id-Tawiesaee Wednesday el
lug nve*, isolating
and eanslag heavy property dam-
MILLIONS IB BE SPENT
FOR MERCHANT MARINE
Chicken thieves are operating
in the east part of the city and in
the Bellview district, according to
cbmpiainta which have been made
to Chief o f Police McNabb thia
Weak. Tha chicken thievery la
not believed to be the work of an
organised hand, hut poultry rais­
ers are cautioned to ba on tha
look oat for tha thieves.
two T rains crash
ASH FO R K . A ««.. Dae. I I .
(U N )— Two crack Banta Fa
aengar trains resumed tke ir ached
uie Wednesday following a collis­
ion bare Tuesday which reealted
in slight damage to several sleep-
tag oars. No one waa injared.
An official inquiry was started
to determine the sansa of tha,
«rash whieb occurred when the
Nevnjp” h it the rear and e f tha
"Scout." whieh was standing at
tha local station.
CHURCH CAHSMTTLMD
ROSEBURG, Dec. M - ~ ( U N ) —
Circuit Judge H am ilton has da-
ned a motion for * naw tr ia l |a
the damage edit brought by A r­
thur Deceit against the Rev. A. M.
Shafter and «theta la oonaceUoa
«U h tha Oanyoavllla church H ot
last Aaguat.
Tha tria l attracted much atten­
tion sad resulted la a verdict te r
tho defenduhts. I t la poaaibia
tha ease w ill U appealed to tho
supreme court.
P
M
before Harry F. Sinclair, million­
aire defendant had entered the
room.
After Sinclair arrived he enter­
ed a plea of not guilty but a few
minutes after former Secretary
Fall had made a similar plea.
ARBITRATION EXPECTED
TO BREAK DEADLOCK
G om pan
Otaries Brotkerho
Look Homs
and
.tb s Now York
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—
Elght men are believed to have
Bad Sox, and
rUNT—
At-MEraEIofi wIÏT s e i t l e
coach at Tales, been killed.
from where two sane are students, re­
Near cloudbursts brought tor-
Qranst Paap the Roosevelt U g h - tired from Che game, their rec-,' reate from the hllls too quickly
vray are wall under way. and orde in the eyes o f fane apparent- for effective warning.
A t Catlettsburg, Ky., 14 men at
.that tha.. Paoific highway io the ly Unblemished. But like the I
only on# w ith which California eword Damocles, they knew that work on a span of an immense
Mas made connection ahd with scandal hung over th e ir heads. bridge being built across the big
an inferior road in that case. i Tha game between Cleveland sad Sandy river, were tumbled into
A proposed amendment to bo Detroit on September X I, 101S tha Icy water when the r u s h
considered today by the jndgm, when Cleveland has second place smashed the supports. Rescuers
If passed by the legislature, in the American League cinched dragged nine to safety a few min­
wokld place -power of designating while Detroit was fighting for utes later, no trave of the other
m arket roads In the bands of third waa under Inveetightlon.
five has been found. Seven of the
county courts, end commissions.
nine rescued were injnrd by the
I t would, thought the judges,
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would favor such a proposed law.
It being stressed that a mere
satisfactory policy would bo pos­
sible If power of designating
m arket roads were to be np to
counties.
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Poultry Thieves
Operating Here
Is Asked to Resume Work
as Head of Prohibition
Enforcement
Défendante Will be brought
to T r i a i t Same
▲mertaan Bugine« Men Will
Keep United States*
-tea
Boats on Sea
W ASHINGTON,
Dec.
X I.—
Nineteen business men are w ill­
ing to risk 1X00,000,000 so that
the American merchant marine
can stay on the seven aeaa.
This American marine develop­
ment plan was disclosed to tha
Uaited News by Jndge Benjamin
D. Crosscup, of Seattle, after he
had appeared Tuesday before tha
senate commerce subcommittee
investigating the proposed sa
of Charter e f the government-
owned North Atlantic fleet to the
W illiam f . Keaney company of
New York.
r "Associated with M r. Kenney
w ill be IS business man, includ­
ing two ex-member« o f the ship­
ping board, whose
aggregate
wealth, with whieh they «111
bask tha American merchant ma­
rine, totals StaO.OSMdfi.** Judge
Crqeseup eald. Tha names eeuld
net be disclosed.
"These ate man e f prominence
from the Pacific coast, tha Missis­
sippi valley and tha Atlantis saa-
bodrd, who have Joined with Mr.
Kenney la an effort to keep the
American flag oa tha oceans.
"They axpaet to contribute to
the country's welfare and they are
willing to risk millions la tha be­
lief that they eaa do ft aa a pro­
fit,** tha Js^fce Said.
The w e alW T is a subject about
which « a talk a grant deal and
eaa do v e tr little.
Health la-'a
subject about which wa talk a
great deal and eaa do very mneh.
the deadlock between the South­
ern Pacific company and the bro­
therhood of railway clerks over
demands for increased wages, it
was learned.
Hjnyell Davis and J. W. Walsh,
mediators of the United States de­
partment of labor, brought about
the decision to submit the dispute
to arbitration, it was stated. The
action affects several thousand
union employes of ferry boats,
trains and stations throughout the
western territory of the Southern
Pacific. ’
A
Rude-Awakening
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 23.—
to hie former
position, as prohibition adminis­
trator for northern California and
Nevada. Colonel Ned M. Green
Is planning to confer with Gen­
eral Lincoln C. Andrews before
again taking charge of the office Legacy of 0. W. Root and Wife to be Used in Adding to
from which he was suspended on
Lithia Park, According to Announcement by Those
July 26, last.
in
Charge of Fund; Park Board to Aid in Improve­
Acquitted of charges of em­
bezzling' confiscated liquor Col­
ment.
onel Green declared today that
he waited to talk with General
The spirit of an e a rl. yAshland pioneer, whose last
Andrews, either in Washington
or by telephone, before going desire was to do something for the city that had been his
back to his old position.
An­ home for so many years prevaded Ashland yesterday with
drews, who suspended Green dur­ the announcement that the board of trustees, {is provided
ing the investigation of the lat­
in the will of ¿he late C. W. Root and his wife, Virginia
ter's regime here, today notified
M. Root, afterj.a joint conference with the members of
Green of his reinstatement.
"I am ready to hand over the new city council, and the park board, had concluded
everything .to Colonel Green that they would be best fulfilling the duties entrusted to
whenever he step« in," said W. them, by the purchase of some two to three acres of land
W. Anderson, acting administra­
tion. “He told me, however, that adjoining Lithia Park and presenting it to the city.
It probably would be some little
time before he took charge."
— In case of ths death of my
Green does not relish the idea
said wife after my death, I
of being associated with prohibi­
give, devise and bequeath all
the rest, residue and remaind­
tion enforcement and took the
er of my estate unto the said
post originally at the suggestion
City
of Ashland, Oregon, aald
of General Andrews, an old army
estate to be need to beautify
friend. It Is thought that Green Five Hour Delay is Caused and benefit aald city,—
J*
will resume his office for a short
by Heavy Fogs on
-Ettrff/ frtiu will t f butJC F. i t t t
time only before resigning.
Second Day
( U N ) — Returned
FLYERS TAKE OFF ON
SECOND EEC OF TOP
Thé land upon which options
had been previously secured, and
TIJUANA. Met., Dec. 23.— 23. — (U N ) — Delayed several
which Is now in the process of be­
(UN )— Airplanes have b e e n hours by fog, the five Pan-Amer­
ing purchased consists of the
ican
planes
took
off
from
the
<calle<l into service to save Tijuana
Bungalow
property, the B. F .
waters of Laguna de la Madre
from a beerless Christmas.
Smith
property,
facing Wlnbnrn
Reoeut rains made an I t mile at 3 :3 0 p. m. today on tha aet-
W afc a.stcJa.H ’feftUy-two feet by
oad
leg
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f
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ta
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«Ute
stretch ef highway south of ths
tOO faet belonging to E. D.
international border impassable South American good will flight.
Tha flyers expected to teach Briggs, sad a portion of the pro-'.
and three planes have begun the
pM ly of Mrs, Sasme L. Geder, aU
nsuw.
transportation of beer over ' the
of
which . directly adjoins the
The planes took a direct course
washed out section.
north
entrance of the park and
Trucks carry the beer from aoross the United Statoe-Mexico
w ill not only Improve the entrance
boundary
and
headed
down
the
Mexicali as far as condition of the
but will widen this portion of tho
coast.
roads permits.
park
and as gradual Improve­
The machines were in perfect
Eighty barrels of the beverage
ments are effected in the new
running
condition,
according
to
are arriving here dally via the air
Major H erbert Dargue, flight property, many unsightly build­
route.
commander,’ who issued the fol­ ings w ill be removed, and that
lowing
message Just before climb­ which has added nothing to the
SECOND (X»LD NIGHT
ing
Into
the cockpit of his plane: many attractions Ashland has to
According to Louis Dodge,
"As the army flyers are about offer will be converted into a
local weather reporter, the
to
leave the United 8tates for a lasting monument to the civic
temperature was 18 degrees
four
months tour of Central and spirit of these early pioneers,
above zero laatxnlght, mak­
South
American
countries,
I that made the g ift possible.
ing It the second coldest
Mr. Root was a civil engineer,
wish
to
extend
to
tha
American
night this winter.
people a hearty wish tar a merry and did mneh of the surveying for
Christmas and a happy New the railroad and other projects In
Southern Oregon.
Upon
hie
Year.”
At Tampico ths flyers wore death aorae years ago. It was
to be met by Majoa Robert Torres found that h‘ls w ill provided that
and M ajor Pablo Sldar, Mexican after all bills were paid, and his
aviators who flew from San Luis wife had received every material
possible,
upon her*
Potosi to .Tampico to greet the comfort
death the residue of the estate
airmen.
waa to go to the city, for the pur­
pose of "beautifying and benefit-
ting aald city."
The w ill also
provided that a board of trustees
consisting of the president of the
three Ashland banks were to sup­
ervise the Investment end the ex­
penditure of the assets of the es­
tate.
Leader of S t Louis Cardin­
Many Projects
als is Sti|liPeople’s^
"Many projects were put up to
ue,” W. J. Moore, president of the
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Dec. X I.— State Bank of Ashland, and chair­
(UN)— A wave Of resentment has man of the board, of trustees said
spread through the Mound City la announcing the board’s d e c i ­
over the deal whereby Rogers sion. "However, in order to com­
Hornsby, St. Louie Idol, who gave ply with the terms of the. «111 ft
the ‘ Cardinals their first world’s was found that the m ajority of
championship, wee traded t6 New those projects, while meritorious»
York.
could not ba considered because
Sports writers ironically point­ the will specifically states that
ed oat Tuesday that only three the estate was to go to the city of
short months ego the Rajah wag Ashland and its nee and benefit.
hailed as a miracle mah.
We could think of nothing that
The chambdr of commerce sent would mean any more to the city
a 10 word telegram to Judge K. than this necessary addition to
M. Landis, baseball commissioner, Lithia Park, there was nothing
asking him to do what he can to that could be done with the seeney
prevent Hornsby from going to which would he more lasting,
the Giants in exchange for Frank which could not ha diseapated, *
Frisch and Jimmy Ring.
>, nor which the entire citlseary
Hornsby haa consulted , with could gain any more benefit
hie attorneys because of the peen- fromthan this. The members of
Ilar j>o»ltlon(4n which ha finds the etty couacil and the a a » h
hlmselL
board agreed with ue la every de­
He is eald to own 140.000 tail. aad withta a tew days t>e t i ­
worth .of stock la the St. Louie tle to the »roperty wfll be cent-
club. I f he played ball .with tha vayed to the city."
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Olan|a at the same time drawiag '( The estate amounted to
dividends from t h | Cardinals ha t« » ,H O aad the property
believes hie position would be ««-
Turn ta
tenable.
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NEW USB FOR PLANE
POINT ISABEL, Texas. Dec.
H N S OBICE 10
RELEASE OE HORNSEY