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; THE WEATHER i spumo opinino cloudy and unsettled tonight and Ashland Arpnory (/ probably ruin. » Ashland's Leading N< March l and 2 tyer for Over Fifty Years (United New» Wir» Servie») Ax (United Press Wire Se ASHLAND, QBEGON, LEGION GO: PLÀNS FES FURTHER SPRING OPENING In order to make the exhibit e»t civic event-ever staged ’u .the beetha. at the armory all uniform city, I h teres t is mounting In ev* Daylight Bandits Hold Contempt Proceedings Will for the Mg Spring,Opening, ahta »■*■/ part ot the city, and th * show > Cashier and Escape be Started on Cam show and style review uniform «0» vhkh the Legion will stage In ad , With $5,500 paign Investigations March 1 and 2, the American Lei dition.to the exhibits and ¿tyle re- gion committee last night voted V'ew ts causing much comment. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 33 - - WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — One vaudeville act whlpi jiiom- to build the booths themselves t»» (UN)— Police were searching .to Contempt proceedings are about ises to draw a rousing hand w.ll stead of asking the individual bn- day for five bandits who escaped to start to test whether the sen be offered by Roy Lucas and I ts htbitors to do It. with $5,500 in cash in a daring ate has power to And out about Thia will not only save. the setSrr-year-old son, Clifford, flie daylight holdup in the down the campaign funds of senatorial ' Northwest is Still Isolated merchants thin added trouble bnt lad Is an experienced clog d»ncer town business , section here lute will likewise lesson the cost to the and he also has a comedv lino Ur’ted States Moves With candidates. All Hope of an Early Ad this . Prom California'By South , Bound Passengers afternoon. These proceedings are threat exhibitors. Members of the legion which will be a laugh producer journment fad es With Force to Suppress All Land Slides The bandits, driving a high ■ Transferred to Horn-» ened as a result of the clash in will do this work themselves and from start (o finish. 1 Action on Bill - Form of Rebellion brook by Auto the Reed primary Investigating powered tonring car, halted a have the armory in readiness for Other vaudeville acts also will company today when three men I. machine en route to a bank with BANKS F U L L the exhibitor» bright and early hit the right spot with the armory HAVE HEW PEOGEAMI receipts o f the Los Angeles EAIL& 0ADPLAV8 host Tuesday morning, or probably by crowds, and every person who at WANT AN ALLIANCE who dealt out large sums of is in Total Darkness Transfer company. money in the Illinois and Penn- ' tends will agree that the leg'on Dance, Radio, and Phonograph Monday. no Gas or Electric Request is Being Sent to syivanla senatorial primaries last Two of the bandits jumped A general srmmihg np of the:r Helps Visitor« to Enjoy Power Service has provided a dandy show cn States to E nter Into spring refused to divulge details from the machine and held 8. efforts last night indicated to the Stay in Ashland Alliance of the transactions. After these both nights, is the promise of the C. Hinkle and A. A. Moon, cash Legion members that the Spring three men defied him. Chairman SALEM, Feb. 22. — All hope iers of the transfer company, at Opening will be by fnr the great* legion committee. James A. Reed intimated strong- 1 for the adjournment early this the point of a gun while a third Ashland began to return to nor ly that contempt proceedings * week of the Oregon legislature member of the band relieved malcy today, with the work ■ of was thought to have faded toSay them of the moneg hag. W O!,W ioreg»» MMWrt«*’ BeeieO clearing aside the dangerous senate. | AagMorl«m Witnesses to the holdup took after (he senate Indefinitely post slides and the repairing of bridges to answ]^ . —..„.or a quest- e poned the Governor’s Tithing bill, the license of the bandit auto- that have cut off this city1 from ions last summer were called 1 his companion for the Income mobile. the entslde world since late Sun back today. * Tax bill. The senate bill was day afternoon, going ahead as fast A story ot Young America baa One answered all questions C postponed by a vote of eight to as conditions will permit. at last found Its way to newspa Nitroglycerine Blows One fntly, Robert E.< Crowe, state’s 1 fifteen. A new financial pro Within the city, damage was pers In “A Regular Scout.” made Into Small Bits, and attorney for Cook county, Illin- B gram is thought necessary. found to be slight, with a bridge from au FBO production starring Starts Fire ois. The other three defiantly h The Tithing bllf was the pro or two weakened, by the rapidly Fred Thomson. It is,a story of refused to answer—-Samuel In- * position to have self-sustaining rising Ashland creek, and with life and motives of the greatest suit, Illinois public utility man; boards and commissions to pay BORGER, Texas, Feb. 22. — can hope for now Is the oppor- some small slides in various parts boy organisation on earth—-The Daniel J. Schuyler, his attorney, p a percentage to the general fund. of the town which were rapidly Boy Scouts. The locale is ' the ,(UN) — Bits of flesh and bone tunity of quitting with honor.” Foster King is Summon removed by the city street depart of on» man were scattered hun- Meanwhile a request for the and Thomas W. Cunningham, " West, with towering, majestic dredg of yards, another is miss- United States to enter Into a Philadelphia politician. h d to Explain Where Spirited Debate ment. mountains for a background, and Insull was given one more A abouts of Property SALEM. Feb. 23.— (UN)— The Ing and a huge prairie fire was form of military alliance with Nlc- Train service was partially re all the thrilling riding, so vividly chance. He will return Saturday a senate indefinitely postponed the sumed today when No. 13 and 63. a part of Western pictures, le at raging as a result of an explos- aragua was enroute from the and If he does not answer the h NEW YOR?, Feb. 22. — (UN) ion of 1,8*0 quarts» of nitrogly- Diaz government to Washington, tithing bill Monday after a — Harold F. McCormick’s bene which have been stalled in Med its beet with Silver King as the cerlne here late Monday after- It was learned by the United questions then, he, with the other a spirited debate. - ford for the past two days, were exponent ot the eowboy’s Pegasus. two, probably will be cited for a noon. News. According to the rules it means volent Interest in a beautiful brought to Ashland and the pass .A troop of 8couta and Fred meat young refugee from a Turkish contempt, Reed indicated. sl that this measure may not be The powerful explosive ignited The proposal was said to be a all parts of the state. harem has led to (be harvester engers were transferred by auto accidentally one night while when it was being loaded Into a ' modified from of the alliance pro- considered at this session. mobile over the Siskiyou moun camping on the deaort. aad from The Willamette and streams In king being summoned to appear Eighteen senators voted to tains to Hornbrook, Cat., where then on their lived are drawn to truck at the magailne of the In- vlded for In the new United States the Coast and Cascade range in surrogate court on March 16 kill the bill. Panama treaty, recently rejected they will be able to connect with gether. and the matual friendship dependent Torpedo company. are running bank full with the to show cause why he should not Homer Ruaaeli, driver of the both the Panamanian legislature Senator Joseph closed the de a local and continue their Jour grows to snch proportions that the forecast for more rain today hand over certain parts of her truck was blown to bits and a and attacked as a violation of bate with a plea to Join hands ney. entire life of the man la changed and tomorrow. Roseburg, Med property ’t o . her husband. wlt&^he governor and the state Both sections of No. 12 left thia through the boys' ennobling in man named Davis, said to have native soverlegnty. ford and West Springfield were The woman in the case — been with -Russell, Is missing. Certain American officials are •8EASIDE, Ore., Feb. 21.— treasurer in working out an ac ctiy about one o’clock northwasd fluence. the worst hit. At West Spring- Carmen Sylvano — died In I<os (UN)—This resort city on the The explosion set fire to dry said to favor a Nicaraguan treaty ceptable plan to meet the state’s As bound. There will be no trains prairie grass, which, with its for the protection of special Oregon coast lias a problem ail Held there were about 30 houses financial crisis. Joseph said that Angeles in August, 1384. come in or leave for the south to rapid spread, threatened other American rights on the same ba- Its own in caring for anlmab swept away, but no reporta of both the governor and State she left no will her husband, day. and probably the greater part Sydney Berman of New York was property in the vicinity. Police sis now made effective by the oc- which are deserted as a result of loss of life or serious injury, Treasurer Xay had had long ex of tomorrow, however. named administrator of her es Seasides population, which ranges have been received. and volunteer fire fighters were cupatlon troop». pedience with state finances and The United 8tates matt la being The damage at Medford is es tate. Berman alleges at the time from 3000 in the wlntet to 20,- gyU fighting the prairie fire lot«, Acting Secretary of State Grew with the whole hearted coopera taken ear* ot by traaeftrrtpg l| when Ms wife was a guest 4a timated at . 630,000. aad at 000 or.mere during the summer. Monaar'wWatog. • tion of the legislature, it wenld by automobile wherever It le h e - • " » '/ ir Grants Pass at $100,000. Rose the McCormick heme in Chicago With so many cottage owners take but a short while to pnt the The force of the nitroglycerine cessary burg is in total darkness without spending week-ends here, officers state on a sound financial basis she turned over to the million blast threw two men from an The stage lines have not been aire stocks, bonds and other ef are forced to be oil the look-out gas or power service. again. automobile 200 yards from the accepting passengers for any fur fects andth^ t upon her depart for deserted cats, many of which Senator Moser declared that he magasine. ther than Grants Pass, but local ure she left what luggage she are left locked In cabins while the Start Service had always supported the gover representative Lon Hanson stated Parts of the splintered motor owners are far away. PORTLAND, Feb. 23.—Despite nor in his program, but on thia had with the McCormick’s. at noon that it was thought they l truck were found scattered over Deeds to property in Tnrkev would be able to resume their re- [ The last rescue was that of a the flood hasards in the south- hill he was compelled to reverse a, wide area of the burning cat which had been locked up for were declared by Berman to be his attitude. prairie. ( Please Turn to Page 6) (Please Turn to Page 2) among the effects in question. a week before being discovered (Please Turn to Page 6) Senator Strayer said he dis agreed moat emphatically with the attorney general’s opinion that the bill was constitutional. Strayer said he would rather take the word of the supreme court than that of .the attorney general. / Young America ■ Motive for Story Resort City Has Unique Problem How Much Do Yon Know About the Ufe of Evolution is Basis for Argu ment Between Two • Name-Sakes * NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 21. (UP)—There are two men named Butler in the Tennessee legisla ture and they are decidedly dif ferent when It comes to a dis cussion of the Instruction of evo lution In the school* One is Rep. J. W. Butler of Macon County, author of the state’s famous antt-evointlon law under which John W. Scopes, Dayton Instructor, was convicted. The other one Is Senator B. E. Butler, of Johnson county who doesn’t believe In restricting re search work along educational lines. * The author of the evolution bill comes from the middle section of the state and belongs to the Prim itive Baptist Church. His beliefs are summed up; "We believe In predestination and foot washing. We believe what is to be will be although the thought summed up in that state ment is misunderstood. I am a farmer now but I once taught school In my county.” Senator Butler believes; “I am open to conviction on the subject of restriction of. teach ing in our schools, but I do be lieve we should not restrict re- research. We need more truth and lees error. When I voted for the anti-evolution bill two years ago I though nothing would come of it. I have read much on the subject since and the principle of the law violates Is one which we should handle with great care.” Every schoolboy knows the general outline of the life of George Washington. He knows that Washington waa a surveyor, that he lived at Mount Vernon, that he led the Revolutionary armies and was finally made president. But Washington’s life is crammed full of interesting incidents that many well read people don’t know anything about. In addition, a surprising number of people have forgotten some of the major events of bis career. So The Tidings has compiled here a list of questions about Washington. Probably very few, If any, will be able to answer them all. But reading, them and the answers, printed will give you a lot of new information about Washington and what he did. 1— When and where was Washington born? 2— Why did Washington make a jqurney across the Alleghenies In 1763? 8— How did Washington save the life of an unknown Indian on thattrip ? 4— Under what circumstances did he nearly lose his life In the Allegheny river, also on this trip 5— How long did It take Washington to travel from Virginia to the site of Erie, Pa., and return.? «—When and where did Washington’s first battle take place? » - - struggle be- 7— Did Washington side with the French or t»e English tween those nations for the control of America? g—Under what circumstances did Washington serve under the British General Braddock? 9— Why was Braddock’s force defeated in the battle near 10— When and how did Washington later find Fort Duquesne in ruins? 11__in what body, and when, did Washington get his first legislative experience 11— Was Washington at the battle of Bunker Hill? 18— When and where did he take command of the Continental army? 14— What famous Revolutionary leader suggested his appointment? 15— How did Washington save Boston in 177«? 1«— Whet battle was Washington’s first great defeat? 17— Under what circumstances did he spurn an "olive branch” offered by a British general? • . , 18— How did General Howe’s failure to move quickly after this battle save the Revolutionary cause * — - ------ — 18— in what way did what American officer nearly ruin the cause of Inde- 30— What action did Washington take, as president, when England and France went to war In 1793? 31— In what year did Washington die, and where? 32— What Is generally believed to have been the chief contributing cause of his death < ANSWERS 1— At Bridges’ Creek, Westmoreland county, Virginia, Fab. 22. 1731. 2— To carry a letter from the governor of Virginia protestmg against French occupation of what is now western Pennsylvania. 3— He was attacked by an India* on his return trip, and his guide would have killed the Indian had not Washington interceded. i — He attempted to cross the Allegheny river on a raft and was upset,, narrowly escaping drowning and death by 6— Seventy-eight days. 0—At Great Meadows, Va., in 1764, when he led a troop of militia agalnat the French. s , 7— With the British. 8— He was on Braddock’s staff when Duquesne. 0— Braddock’s men were inexperienced In Indian fighting, and Braddock would not take the advice of Washington and other Americans. • 1®— Washington led an army to Ft. Duquesne In 1768, but on reaching tho fort found the French had abandoned and burned it. 11— In the First Continental Congress, 1774. . ' 13.—In the spring ot 1775. 14—John Adams. 16— He fortified Dorcheftter Heights, so that his cannon commanded Boston harbor ahd compelled the British to remove their ships—and troops—to Halifax. I I —The battle of Long Island. , 17— Admiral Howe sent an offer of amnesty; but It was addressed to "George Washington, Esq.," and "General Washington” declined to receive IL 18— Howe m|ght have wiped out Washington’s army If he had moved promptly; he did not, and Washington removed bis troops safely. 19— Charles Lee, commanding half of the army after the defeat at Lon* Island, refused to send Washington aid, and intrigued with Congress to gal appointed in Washington’s place. 20— He called it the most brilliant achievement In military history. 31— rt ignored Leo’s intrigues and made Washington military dictator. 22— Twelve hundcod. 23— After the victory at Trenton, when lack ot pay was causing his soldiers to desert. 24— Lord George Herman forgot to notify General Howe to move up tho -Hudson river valley to assist Bnrgoyne; consequently Burgoyne had to make hie campaign single-handed, and was doomed to defeat. < ■* 26— Public criticism, of his "Fabian policy" compelled It. 2«— He was a major general. 27— April 19, 171». / * * . 28— He put thme at $54,000. 89—April 30; ’1719, at Now York. ' 1 20— Proclaimed America's neutrality. '* 31—In 1799, nt Mount Vernbn. 32'—Ills physicians, after the cnatom of the time, hied h ln f to cute UK cold; the loss of blood weakened his resistance to the disease. ,