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Too Much Money Will be
Available This Tear,
Says Congressman
REFUND TO BE MADE
Mellon’« Pliu» Arona
. Considerable Talk in
W A S H IN G TO N , Jen. 1— (U N )
Two decisive reactions developed
today la official circles fo llo w
la s Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon’s announcement
of a
1175,000,000 refund to be made
on Illegally collected taxes.
First, Senator Consens, Michi
gan republican, announced
bis
intention of sponsoring a t i l l Io
give comptroller General McArl
fu ll authority to audit a ll gov
ernment books and have
fa ll
supervision of collection and re
fund of taxes. This would pre
vent the mistakes of this year,
which resulted In the huge re
funds, Cousens believes.
Ashland Defeated in Basket
ball Wit, 17 to 13,
Last Night
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Superior team work by the lu -
vaders last night brought about
the defeat of . Ashland h i g h
school’s basketball team when.
Corvallis high emerged victor,
17 to 13, after SOjnlnutes of hard
playing.
In the firs t h alf neither team
could get started and basket
shooting on both sides was weak.
Ashland led, 3 to 4, at the end of
the first half, but Corvallis came
back strong in the final period
and fin ally passed the local bas-
ketters a fter a strong ap * h ill
fight.
This was the firs t game o f the
season for the local squad, and it
had not had sufficient practice to
take on such a strong team as the
Corvallis boys.
In the preliminary game, the
normal school second team de
feated Central Point high school,
33 to IP* in a hotly contested
»«. -The normals were leading
by a wide margin in the first
half but Central Point*came from
behind speedily la the fin al half
but could not quite overtake the
normal rooks.
Taken Illegally
Second, Secretary Melon w ill
ask congress to make an ap
propriation for the tax
refund
which, he -says, was collected Il
legally and must be returned.
Most of the refunds are
being
made under the excess profits
tax, which Is now extinct. *
Some of the refunds date back
as fa r as 1117.
Declaring hie
intention to push for a tax re
duction at this session of this
congress,
Representative
Old
field has said that the govern
ment Is collecting entirely too
much money from both individu
als and corporations.
Unless there Is immediate tax
reduction the government
w ill
collect approximately a h a lf bil
lion dollars more than la nedeed
during the preheat fiscal year, he
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This State Declared to be
Second in the Entire
Country
PO RTLA N D, Ore., Jan. 1.—
( U N ) — Figures published by tbs
census bureau show that Oregon
beads the list of coast ctates in tho
proportion of divorces and also
as being the second highest in the
United States.
Oregoa’s rate I s 3.47, Cali
fornia’s 8.73 and Washingtons
3.SS.* Roughly estimated, thin
sne that Orogoa hats one di-
m
BIS RELEASE
IN CONTEMPT
PROCEEDINGS
E U R E K A . Cal.. Jan. 1.— (U P )
A lfred Lindsey, editor of. p
weekly newspaper'here, was re-
»«d ott order of Judge Deaver
Sevier, who senteced him. Judge
Sevier retired to private life lest
night and the order . pardoning
thé newspaper man was his las(
official act before he retired from
the superior beach. Jutjge Sevier
was defsted for office in the gen
eral election this fall.
Lindsey wap sentenced to 1000
days In ja il a fter he
found gnilty of contempt of court.
The sensational case .had Ita In
ception with Lindsey’s hitter at
tacks on law enforeemnt and his
charges against Judge Sevier in
that connection.
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HtlfSHALT BM
Governor Richardson Says
Pardon Should be Given
Sparingly
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
A S B iM O S S
Prohi Office To
Be Changed Soon
been recognized by the United
States, has asked permission of
the department of state to ship
these explosives with the airplane
it baa assembled here.
Complaint that handling high
explosives in the city violates the
municipal safety regulations has
been made.
loaded on its lines during 1938
without development of any car
shortage.
Figures compiled for the first
11 months of this year show that
1,377,736 freight cars were load
ed, representing a ’ gain of 3.6
per cent over loadings In *a like
period of 1935.
HÜSB j
N fc w Y O R K . Jp». f - — (U N )
— Mrs. Roberta Ingersoll’s w4M
ignored ,tke adm irer over whsae
affections she ended heg Itto, bWt
remembered her aged
the manufacturer who failed M
huptaede a fter marking the dollar
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, > *• watch* famous.
The w in oC the woman
Alfred Lindsley o f Eureka killed herself after
Treed From Jail on
Wallace M . Prebatoo, a
Last Day of 1926
1 ago, wad filed fo r probata
Friday.
,
JUDGE CHANGRE MIND I t loft hulk of tho estate,
mated a t 9109,999 la tru e r
defied
her mother, Mrs. A . M.
SACRAMENTO, la n . Ï^— ÎÜ N )
— Attacking "sentimentalists and
hysterical
newspapers’’
an d
strongly supporting capital pun
ishment as a preventative of
crisps- Governor Richardson has
made public the text of a
on executive tiamSwcy wt
required by th»
marrlagea, Washington one In Will be represented to the
font* and California one In .‘ Ire.
legislature next weak. -
N ev a d a , a r c o r d ln g to th e cen- ‘ "The execution of one criminal
smu hnn tho highest divorce vhMr is a greater -datectaat of
In the country. 13.40.
than the confinemeht of 100 in
prison/* thé message stated. "The
fear of the noose on the part of
tbe.crlm lnal element, is a-measure
of protection to every citizen.”
th e governor said that during
New Orleans Said to be Cen
his four y ea rs iu office he had
ter of Plot to Aid
granted only tour perdons and
Rebel Troops
one . commutation - Of sentence.
The four pardons were issued to
N E W O RLEAN8, Jan. 1. — (U Figures of Railroad Com
persons convicted and sentencml
N ) — Police have been asked to
pany Snow Good Busi In Los Angeles.
investigate the report that nitro
ness During 1926
glycerine bombs are being manu
SAN FRANCI8CO . Jan. 1. —
factured In New Orleans for use
by the troops of President Adolfo (U N ) — The Southern Pacific Co.
Diaz, conservative
government has announced that the greatest
volume of freight ever offered for
bead, in Nicaragua.
WASHINGTON,' Jan. 1.— (U N )
The Diaz government, which has shipment in any one year was
BOMB MANUFACTURE
IDAY, JAN. 1,1927
— The prohibition administration
headquarters for the mountain dis
trict may be moved from Boise,
Idaho, to Helena, Mont., it was
learned at the treasury department
today.
Final action w ill depend upon
the recommendation of the admin
istrator for the dlstrlsCi
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X IGNORES
(ERS HER
BIG BEQUEST!
Valuable Cargo ' '
Arriving Today
r At Golden Gate
California OffiatalK'
C la im o f Double Mi
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W H IT T il R , Cal., Jan.
(U N )—-County authorities
a d the report h e r* Thursday
W h ittie r was the town in
George Hassql confessed
co slayer of 19. murdered Mis
and three chlldrop tea years
An investigation wan
here a fter Mrs. Georgs
of Pittsburgh, Pa., was
in dispatches to hove ' in
that her sister, Mrs. George
eel end her fam ily m ight
been slain by Hansel nt
Constable Robert W ay, wo:
la conjunction w ith the
office declared that he had Rogd
In the town ova» forty
during that time no such
that reported had occurred
A
Tetanus Declared
Easy To Prevent
B lR K E L E Y . Cal., Jsn. 1.—
(U N )— A relatively trivial Injury
may lead to tetanus, known com
monly as lock-jaw, according to
Dr. K arl Meyer of the University
o t California medical school. The
disease would not cause so many
¿fatalities if Injections of anti
toxin are resorted to, be says.
Statistics show that out of 19
hsbjes who died from tetanus in
LOS A N G E LE 8. J a m l ?
(U N )— A two months ‘yscatlon fection only thyee or four ha>l
been properly treated with pro
tour.” during which
she
phylactic agents.
probably' hold revival meetings
many of thd principal eltiss
the U n ite d 1
Aintee To Go On
d a y b y A lm .e e jtomple McPhersou.
H er ld h erary / k i l l
Include,
Dehver* Chicago, S t Louis, Mfa-
and other A tlantic const cities.
Thd evangelist la id She would
"quite lik e ly ” hold meetings in
SU of those cities mentioned,
f Mrs. McPheVMn said Ute bad
been urged by eastern mfed!here
e'f the ebureb o f tb e P o u r -Setters
Gospel td hold a series of meet
ings nt the Sesquicentennlal ex
position grounds, s t Philadelphia.
Ben Laska, Denver attorney,
also urged her to conduct meet
ings' in the Colorado metropolis.
She intldxated that * she would
accept both invitations - during
the vacation.
The evangelist w m make no
reference to bar
Los Angelas
codrt troubles during her east
ern tonr, she said.
Mrs. McPherson
was
"too
busy" Tuesday to discuss the
state’s latest move for a Joint
tria l of ths evangelist and Ken
neth G. Ormlston. form er Ange
las temple radio man on charges
of perjury and conspiracy.
NKARAGDA
NOW CRITICAL
stre, and her grandnephew, Bari
J. Lewis. Jr., both of Greenville,
Mich.
In one clause of her w ill Mrs.
Ingersoll directed that s 130,-
00 0 mortgage she held aga’nst United States faces Dangei
property
in
Lansing.
Mich.,
ons Situation, Officiais
owned by her husband, Robert
Believe
H. Ingersoll, be canceled at no
d ^ rg e to him.
MEXICO IN TURMOIL
mention was made, of Pro-
basco, who id recovering from, New OU Laws South of R io
three bullet woqnds Mrs, Inger «
Grand Also W U I Cause
soll Inflicted during a quarrel in
Mnch Trouble
apar'tment here Just before
She committed suicide.
W ASHING TO N, D. C.. Jan. 1.
— ( U P )— W ith the opening d f the
new year, the United States gov
ernment faces in Mexico and Nia-
caragus two of the most danger
ous situations iu the history of its
Latin-America relations, in the
opinion of officials here.
Secretary of State Kellogg la
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.—
(U N )— One of the moat valuable frankly st a loss to know wheth
th reach San Francisco er to follow with action his threat
ntly w ill arrive today on tho to break diplomatic relations with
" K ” Line steamer Norway Morn, Mexico over the oil laws . which
which is bringing 93,000,000 become effective today. The new.
worth of raw silk gad 93.000,000 laws provide for the selsure of
American properties whose title
In gold bullion.
Other products di the Orient-, have nof-been exchanged for con
Included la the ship’s cargo, w ill cessions.
Officials are considering de
bring the total value up to nearly
96.000,000, according to informa mands for llttlikg the embargo on
arms which would permit Mexi
tion at the eompauy offices.
can counter revolutionists to get
supplies and seriously embsrass
the Cslles regime.
Students Dance
Well Attended
The sum o f 9117.96 was cleared
by the Christmas College Ball,
which was given at the- Llthla
Springs Hotel last evening, to be
turned over to Mrs. Irene H. Ger-
linger for the new Fine Arts
building at the University of
Oregon, It was announced this
morning.
A large number attended and
the dapee was said by many to
bo one of the most successful of
tho year. The ballroom was dec
orated with mistletoe and yellow
and green streamers, the colors of
the University.
Students of the University said
last evening that they w e r e
pleased with the amount raised
in the community and feel that
Ashland citizens have responded
w illingly to their appeal.
Much credit is due R. W . Price
and the Lithia Springs Hotel man
agement for their cooperation in
making the ball a success.
COMPENSATION AEI REPAIRING
K B DEFEATiD
Portland Jurist Clarifies
Important Section of
Oregon Law
KLAMATH ROAD
BEING RUSHED
BY ENGINEERS
PO RTLA N D. Jen. 1.— (U N )—
A n important decision affecting
the workmen's compensation set
Was rendered iu court here by
Judge H ew itt in case of L. W.
L u ll vs. The Hasen-Hammond
Three-Mile Stretch Frau
company, Inc., for injuries receiv
Junction to Grade is
ed while Working for the com
Passable
pany.
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Judge H ew itt ruled that a
SPREAD CRUSHED ROCK
workman who goes to work for
an employer who is under the Resident Engineer Bromley Bays
protection o f - the
workmen's
Highway is Now En tirely
compensation act must, at the
Safe
tim e of going to work, reject the
act or he w ill be subject to
Here’s cheering new» for Ash
workmen’s
, safSWF I land and Klamath Falls.
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The erstwhile sea of mud in the
three-mile stretch between the
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Klamath juqptlou and the bottom
of the Green Springe grade is noir
la good condition and easily pah-
sable.
This is the information offic
ially given out last night by J. G.
Bromley, resident engineer fo r
the
state highway commission,
Oath of Office Taken Today
who has charge of highway work
in Order to Safeguard
In Jackson county.
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Bond Issue
Three More Weeks
I t w ill be about three weeks
Charles H. Pierce, Ashland’s
new mayor who was elected with before all the work oa this par
out opposition, took the oath of ticular section w ill be fu lly com
office today. Miss Gertrude Biede, pleted, but cars can now go over
c|ty recorder, went to the Piejce it without danger or inconven
residence where she administer ience of any kind.
ed the oath of office to the new
Crushed rock has been placed
city executive.
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over the entire length in the sen«
This action was taken today in ter of the roadway, he said. This
order to safeguard the sale ot permits good traffic. The high
water bonds has authorised by the way crews are now working 13
Pointing out the change that council this week. The bonds are hours dally to complete the work
bad been made in the last sever dated Jsn. 1, and on the advice by spreading the crushed rock
Attorney* Briggs,
Mr. along the sides to the fu ll width
al years in the Industrial policy of of City
the United States, and enlarging Pierce was sworn In today in order of the roadway.
Mr. Bromley explained
th a t
upon the benefits to be derived that he might sign these bonds.
from this change particularly on , The new mayor and council will this stretch of work has h decom
top Which
w ill
the Pacific Coast, Professor I. E. ( hold their first meeting on Tues- posed granite
Vining issued a warning to mem-
®venlng, at which time it is stand up under about five yearn
bera of the Klwanis club and bust- expected committee appointments ot ordinary wear.
Highway engineers last sum
ness men in general at the fle e t w ill be announced and policies of
ing yesterday, that there must be the new administration outlined. mer saw that the road was be
coming worn and the highway
a slowing up In the pace being
commission in September award -
set by the newer generatihn in the
. ed a contract fer the Immediate
buying V f those things which are
repair ot the road. The unex
not considered essential.
pected setting in of heavy rains
Taking the change that Tabor
prevents the
contractor
from
has undergone since the days of
getting to work, and as a con«s-
Abraham Lincoln, whom he char
HOLLYW OOD, car., Jan. 1
quence, the highway for these
acterized as the first to take def
The
midwinter season has pre three miles became close to im
inite steps towards changing con
tions. Professor Vining traced tho sented one new fad to screen passable as a result of the recent
stars.
heavy rains.
movement until today, declaring
F u r muffs, which have been
Mr. Bromley pointed out that
that with the development ot ma
highway
chlnery it was found that men considered passe for a number of the Ashland-Klamath
years, are again In vogue.
during the past year has shown a
'could produce more and receive
Norma Shearer is wearing a larger Increase in traffic
more without working the long
than
coat
of black velour trimmed with any other highway in the atatq.
hours of the earlier period. This ;
collar and band of unborn calf.
"W e are now operating two
has brought about a condition, he
The muff, which is just large
said, that was liable to spell1 dis
graders and five trucks, hauling
enough to cover her hands and
aster In that children were being
and laying the crushed
rock,
which is egg shaped, 1« of the
brought up in an atmosphere of
and are doing everything possible
same skin.
luxury, which, was Impossible to
to speed up the work,” said Mr,
Marceline Day carries a m uff
maintain when they launchd up
Bromley. The men are working
made of monkey fur, which is
on their own responsibility.
every hour of daylight in order
perfectly round and very small. .
The meeting was presided over
to complete the repairs as speed
by President J. H. Hardy, and the
ily as possible."
W H IT E SLA VER NABBED
singing was led by Henry Enders,
Jr.
COLONEL DUPONT D IE S
BEND, Ore., Jan. 1.— (U P )—
W IL M IN G T O N , Del., Jan. 1.
Harvey Hoslqy, alleged
white
E A R T H SHOCKS F E L T
slaver, was taken Into custody (U P )— Colonel Henry D u p o n h /S ,
C A LEXIC O , Cal., Jan. 1.— here yesterday and will be return member of the prominent Dela
( U P )— A- series of severe earth ed to Susanville, Cal., to face ware family, died at his home
tremors rocked this clfy and vi Mann act charges. He Is alleged here yesterday. He bad bout in
cinity early today with consider to have transported a 15-year-old good health and his death wag
unexpected.
girl to Susanville from Oregon.
able damage to buildings.
CHARLES D. PERCE
Irving E. Vining
Is Club Speaker
Fur M uffs Will
Be Worn Again
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