I* <— uw I /• ■ ò * ‘ t.L • w •••J O . , . V / m J Cloudy with possib! southern p a r t .# eastern part Let’s all th«e for /or Over Fifty Y ean (United Newa W ire Service) I ftx TO BE SOUGHT 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 ■ I 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 n m 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. ■ < K W IU K HtlfSHALT BM Governor Richardson Says Pardon Should be Given Sparingly W ill L IN FfflGAlF h IL iiw V LuliunlL 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 ' *' ' k i i e v ’ • a m •' , > *• 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 > "MW X IGNORES (ERS HER BIG BEQUEST! Valuable Cargo ' ' Arriving Today r At Golden Gate California OffiatalK' C la im o f Double Mi 10 Y” 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. ‘ . | ' * Now _____ * 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. • m a, nrason Histories I « »J Oregoo ^ ^ r t n m The erstwhile sea of mud in the three-mile stretch between the 1 ______________ £ _ 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. * . 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. • 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 NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX 1N PICTURE RETROSPECT V ■i , /< ’ > ¿ - L li ,