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• » >, -, • ' ' V- I ? ' » i » ' ' H f ♦ H > ras povi.-prr nmvsny THE WEATJ i* ä potential pay roll for î Ashland Leading Cloudy and probab northwest portions 1 tomorrow, far Over Fifty Years X s A t o n d ’s (U e^ad News W ire Service) (United Prase W ire Serri««) MARCH 7, 1927 ASHLAND, Many Are Killed and Injur ! ed by a Severe Shakeup Japan is Still Chafing Under Provisions of Immigra tion Law * — — Jb» DIPLOMATS TO BULK (B Y . JOHN H. P U L L E R ) N E W YO RK , Mar. 5.— (U P ) — I t doesn’t seem possible that ! Japan’s unequivocal acceptance of It Is time to elect Directors fo r , the American proposal for a naw the Chamber of Commerce again, naval limitations conference sach, however, la the cake, and shows that the shrewd diplomats already a primary ballot has at Tokyo have decided not to been sent out to the membership throw In their lot with the lesser calling for the nomination ot European power, Including Italy twelve names, from whom six and Prance. shall be selected to serve for the- Japan In still chafing under the n e x t.tw o years. This pjan ot provision of the American imm i electing directors has been fol gration law which places the Jap lowed now for the pant seven anese on a lower level than the years and has furnished the lowest Europeans, but this fact is Chamber at all times a Board o f not allowed to Interfere w ith the active and progressive men. The judgment of International affalra nix whose terms expire nt this nt the Tokyo foreign office. "’Jap time nre O, P. Carson, Homer an Is Increasingly casting her lot, Billings, E arl R. Isaac, Dan Kay, Internationally, with the most pro R. B. Detrlck and Clyde Malone. gressive western nations and la Thoee continuing for another) this respect Is showing fa r'm o re year are Geo. W . Dunn, W . M. vision than any of the m ajor Briggs, Fred C. Homes, H. L. countries of continental Europe, Claycomb, A. E. Kinney and V. with the exception of Germany. V . Mills. The ballots call for The Japanese are so far from return not later than six m. the western world that they are Satarday, March 12th thus a l able to get an im partial view lowing this .week for the con point, much as the United States, sideration and nomination Of because of Its aloofness from twelve men from whom the final Europe, is. in a position to Judge six shall be selected. European events Impersonally. President Carson has appointed The Japanese, however, can ia - clnde American as well as Europe an election committee, consisting "Am I glald to be bock In the In their distant range of vision. of Homer H . Eihart, W irt M. W right and Law Hansen, to aa United States — well It seems I t is, therefore, a unique endorse sisi the Secretary ta conducting lik e returning to heaven after ment of the correctness o t the American plan for fa rth e r navpl the election ' and to sort, count having been some place else.” -Chevalier's home is ta Gaines reductions which Japan gives by and tabulate the hallóte. ville, Texas, and he intends re Supporting the Washagton policy A t a masting of the Board here turning there with his children without reservations. to begin life anew a fter consul Express Pear Saturday noon, .a number of m a t Those critics who express fear ters ot considerable importance tation w ith the state department. occupied attention aside from consideration of the annaal elec tion. One of these items was regarding the distribution of the L lth la water throughout the city, and it was unanimously decided that the City Council and. Park Board be Invited to a jo in t meet ing with the Chamber Board to more fully oonslder this question. A resolution thanking the American Legion for their Inter est ta and successfully conduct ing the style show oa March 1st and 2nd, was adopted;. also a sim ilar resolution thanking and commending the Klwanls Club for Interest and activity ta urg ing the adoption of the County Library B ill passed by the last Législature. Some days since we noted some comment In the paper abeut the Boulevard Parking— some sug gestion relative to the Introduc tion of shrubbery, etc., and a statement also from the Chair man of the Park Board that no funds were available for this purpose. No further remarks having been made, we are tempt ed to suggest that the removal of the uneven and dead shrub bery, which now occupies this space, and planning so that thia entire strip through the city's main thoroughfare be kept ta a perfectly mowed and green con dition. would amply aapply the necessities In this direction. Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8, the regular Chamber Forum Luncheon w ill be held at the L lth la Springs Hotel a t 18 o’ clock. “Legislative Doings" will be the topic and Senator Dunn and Representative Briggs w ill tell of the various activities ot the 1887, sesstQb. 1 ' / The Governor’s program, W hy a * Income T ext. Some perfectly gdM bills, etc., w ill >e features of the talks by these gentlemen. Secretary Fuller w ill have * few remarks to m ak* regardta* tke Normal Schqol appropriation bills and observations from the side L - Everyone Interested la Wvlted to 'to m e -s o m e speotal music. leapt Japan w ill tarn toward the Orient and Russia and Join in a A R R E ST C H UR C H BOMBER combination against the western 8AN FRANCISCO, Mar. 7.— A world can find little satisfaction man believed to have been re In Japan’s present attitude. The sponsible for bombing' t h e Japanese are no more bound ra churches, St. Peter’e and Paul, lay cially to the Orient than America dead here today, but bis Identity is bound racially to Europe. The and the reasons for the outrages United States does not regulate Its are still a mystery. International policies by the fact The man was shot and killed that It is a western power. It by detectives shortly before day encounters . constant criticism light Sunday as he placed the fifth from other western power* and bomb In the vestibule of . the makes Is own international plans church, lighted it and stole away. without any thought of western Another man, Identified as Cel- hegemony. sten Eklund. was shot and ser Similarly, Japan Is developing iously wounded a he fled from a. her foreign policies without con street corner near the church. sidering the fact that the Japan Detectives believe that he la an ese are eastern. Japan desire* a accomplice but he denies the progressive national development charge. and her future requires the main tenance of friendly relations with the other progressive countries of W IL L 8P R A K SUNDAY the world. Irrespective of their Gale Seaman, Pacific Regional geographical situations. Espec student secretary'of the Y. M. C. ially dods Japan need peace for A. w ill be the speaker at a meet her growth. ing for men, yonng men and old The problems of Japan are er boys, which 5 III be held ta predominantly domestic and con the Congregational church Sunday cern economic Improvement, high March 18 at 3:00 p. m., under er material progress and a wider the auspices of the local Y. M. C. distribution of wealth among all A. "M r. Seaman la a speaker of the people. No war can accomp ability, and a real treat is In store lish these results. The population for those ¿who are privileged to problem o fJ a p a n Is really a sec attend this meetin," stated Sec ondary. one, which the Japanese retary W alter. • Plans are being eventually will settle, as they have made for M r. Seaman to meat always done ta the past, by lim it w ith some o f the men students of ing their Increase to the capacity the Normal school earlier in the of their own territories to pro day. vide adequate sustenance. The evolution of Japan, ma terialistically, la the hope o t the SPEAKS A T GRANTS PASS country, The Japanese states Secretary W a lter and fam ily men realise this fact and they are were ta Grants P a n yesterday, subordinating all other , taellfla- where M r. W a lter occupied the tlons to It. The acceptance by pulpit of the, Presbyterian church Japan ot the American naval/ re In the morning. In the afternoen duction proposal la not only an a meeting was held w ith alder act of friendship hot It 1« also ah boyh and leader« from o t h e r Indication of the soaid Jadtment churches regarding the coming of the Japan««® government, In es Older Boy’s Conference and the tablishing a permanent lias of di orkanlttak of*work for older befrs rection for Japan’s evofutlonary in the charches. progress. ,.' ( ■ M atnal b to re e t - There is an Increasing bond of G L E E CLUB COWGKRr m utual-Interest developing be The Southern Oregon Normal tween the Untied States, Japan schbol Glee Club, under the dlree- and Great Britain wbteh may well ttoff of Miss Leona Msraters Will play a paramount part in world give a coneert Sunday afternoon affairs. Tlieee three nation® load at four o’clock ta the- Normal au ditorium. The public ta invited. Twenty two bey* took the hl scheduled Satarday by. the T . C. A. Pioneer«. . Thie boys S i Secretary W alter le ft PJoL H a ll at |:8 ® Satarday m oral and hiked to within a few m t ot Skyline mine, bar« on top one of thè lower hljls ta t ran *« the boys found plenty, snow fpr snow ball fights a games, and It was here the hl ended and the fa a began, i cording to those making « trip. P lr« boys, Leonard Goen« Vincent Sawyer, K eller Mah!» Cecil Harbort and W ilb u r Di ham passed tb« test on b aildl a suitable lean-to. Other mei bere of tb« group passed ,M tag teste. Just before leavti for home a same of play grow baseball was enjoyed by alL T group returned to ' Ute city 1:8® in the afternoon. Normal Schools to Debate Tonight Foreign occupation in Ohtaa w ill be settled tonight insofar ba the Oregon N orm al schools ase con earned when a team rapra- sentlng j the Monmonth Normal school, w ill meat a team compos ed of John Churchman and W a r ren K irkp atrick, representing, tbe Southern Oregon Normal school a t the Normal auditorium, at eight o’clock. A t the same time. John Galey bad W arren Dorema®. w ill debate at Monmouth Normal school, I » - ■ \ No admission la to he charged at tonight’s affair, and the public la cordially invited. a LOCAL MAM D IR S TOKIO, Mar. 7.— Reports of death and destruction caused to day by an earthquake which was the most severe In the region of Kobe and Osaka, began arriving tonight. Six D ay Search in Rough Nine girls in a spinning mill Country o f Lane Coun near Osada were killed and 2S ty is Ended persons were injured when a dor mitory collapsed. ONE D E N IE S CHARGES O J ■ I One Drowned Twenty Six Year Old Itendlt Re TOKIO, Mar. 7.—One unidenti fuses to Admit That He fied elderly woman was drowned Helped In Robbery Fifteen minutes after the Tid- tag stin d bees issued last Monday, Dow Spencer, was awarded a months subscription for being the firs* to gness the name of the Ashland bnstaess man whose pic ture was reproduced. His guess was E . V . Garter, and his solu- G. F . BUltags, called shortly after, and the phone had hardly been disconnected when Mrs. *C. J. Brady and Miss Renidict, both culled giving the same name. Susie Allen and F. J. Hwenning also expressed their belief that M r. Garter was the man. R. E. Detrlck thought It was Frank Jordan and Guy Randles was also of the same opinion, while Mrs. Lou Hanson, thought It was Mayor Pierce and Mrs. S. H. M ille r ,. was just as sure It was C. J. Perrine. Axel H all wrote In suggesting the same of Howard Rose as being appro-" priate to give to the photograph, and many others Insisted that Dr. Tilton, resembled M r. Carter when the photograph was taken. There were hundreds of telephone calls, and the game has proved to be a most interesting one. I EUOENB, March 7. (U P ) — Ending a -day search in the rough country west of here, both of the Veneta bandits and m ur derers of Eston Hooker were in custody today, Sheriff Taylor Bald. Dewey Russell, aged 2®, Is be ing held In Jail here and Albert Brownley Is held In W alla W alla. Russell refuses to adm it hla part I but he has been Identified by per sons who were in The Veneta pool hall when it was robbed and W il liam Maddaugh, its proprietor, was shot. Hooker, a posseman, was k ill ed last week In a fight between the fugitives and the possemen. Both men are paroled convicts of the Oregon penitentiary. Brownley, according to word re ceived from W alla W alla, has ad mitted his Identity.- t, the d off hsve llttlv taken f the land, ’ foe ed a the Duth- » B°- or to rould the yonr ’ “ ’ y State Takes the Lives of Pour in Paym ent for Murdered 'olicem&n — The Olney bandits died ta the electric chair today for the mnr- der of Harry Cooper, a Philadal- phia policeman. This is the first time In this state where four men have died for the murder of one man. Joseph Curry, Harry Bentley, william Jullano and Frank Doris, who tried unsuccessfully to rob money from a truck belonging to the Olney bank and murdered Cooper In trying tq evade ar- rest, were led one by one to the chair this morning. Curry, who fired the fatal shot, was the first to die. Sinbad Has to Carry Double Now 1 1 Destroy City HONOLULU, Mar. 7.— The city of Osaka. Japan, was destroyed by fire following a terrific earth quake, which rocked Central Jap an this morning, according to un confirmed advices received from Japan.k All c&mmunicatlon from Osaka to kobe has been disrupted. Re ports said that the towns of Koy- W ASHINGTON, M*C T- — (U P )— A by-product of Teapot^ Dome gees on the fire here today. Harry Ford Sinclair goes on trial in District of Colombia Su preme court on an indictment charging contempt of the U. S. Senate. The oil multim illionaire refused to answer 10 question* put by t^a members of the oil investigating committee March ZZ, 1*34. This indictment was voted a week later— the first form al criminal proceeding to result from the famous Investigation which shook the nation and helped la jarring three men out ot the Harding.cabiaeL ...... ____ The odds appear against Sln- d a lr. The official senate record shows he refused to answer "oa advice of counsel.” The prosecu tion's case will be short, and la- expected to consist of testimony of Senator Thomas J. Walsh, the oil committee prosecutor, and Inser- tlon of the committee’s proceed ings to establish his refusal. Tho government holds that Is enough to establish cry tempt. S when -- —- ' r M T -BELLEFO NTE. Pa., Starch 7. P r o f Henry Georgs GllmolW aged 17 years, passed away at his home on Scenic Drive Saturday evenin r after a& Hlppes, which has lasted for a short tltae. He had bean a resident of Ashland tor thie past' 17 years. The deceased leaves a wife O n th la Stevens Gilmore, and three childrap, Mrs. M ark Burn ham Stevens of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Prank D. Black of Seattle, Wash., and Hubert George Gil more of Houston, Texas. Private services with Rev. P. K. Hammond officiating will he held from* the residence on Scenic Drive and the body w ill be taken to D etroit, Mich., for burial. and 2 persons weer Injured at Kobe today when tjie passengers on the world-cruising steamer, California crowded onto the land ing stage during an elrthquake which shook the entire city. The landing collapsed, throw ing many into the water. ODDS ABE AGAINST HIM ’ 9 k ' 1 t » Sinclair’s expert legal staff la expected to set for the conten tion that the committee’s ques tioning without cause, and that — summoning of hla was unjusti- 16 tied; that he had already appear- T ed ftVa time and furnished all avl- denca and answered alt questions » propounded; and that the eom- i- mitten’s questions coaid not bp shown to have a bearing on a ■ contemplated legislative policy,— - In other woiAs,' fb»t the commlt- I tee exceeded Its authority. Select Jury 1 Selection ot a ju ry will be the r firs t Justness. I t Is not expected to take long. f A ja il sentence Is marftiatory in ’ case of convictions. Section 102, > Revised Statutes of the United ■ States, under which Sinclair was * indicted, provides a fine ot from 1100 to 91,000 and one to 1$ t months In a ’’comtaon ja il.” k M ajor Peyton Gordon, local V . * S. Attorney, will lead the prnse- > cutlon, assisted by Owen J. Rob- > erta and Atlee Pomerene, th e » special counsel appointed by t President Coolidge to prosecute i the oil Indictments and seek an- - nulment of the Teapot Dome and t Elk H ills leasee. . - ** The government men ere con-, * fident of a quick conviction on the 1 simple case... Sinclair’s lawyers, headed by Martin Littleton, noted New York attorney, have given no Indica tion of their case. It is likely they will have a sur prise In the form of a powerful attack on congressional Investiga tions In general, and a challenge against the right of the public O SW A LDTW ISTLR , ENG., Jands committee In particular to PLANS CHANGE NAME ask the 10 questions here Involved at (he time they were put. , LONDON. (U P )— Just plain S inclair,' before refusing to "Oswald" w ill suit ths people of answer all the questions put to OswaldCwistle, Lancashire, In fu him, reed the committee a state ture references to their town. ment asserting that the action ot The town councillors have tak the senate a few days previously. , en stapa to change the name of In adopting a resolution denounc the town by dropping completely ing the oil leases end directing the last part of the name. They the President to appoint lawyers contend that the name as It now to annul them, had made the mat Is holds the town up to ridicule ter eqtirely a Judicial o at. there and damages business. One coun by removing <prisdicttoa front tbf cil member asserted that he re senate committee. cently had a jetter addressed to Much evidence, with many pr him :— Oawsldtwlstle. somewhere edents, may ba pat lb the re « In England." by the defease, la eatldpetloa a possible U. I . Sapreme Coart i , TR A G ED IES ARlb F E W peal la ease of a deelstoa advi SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 7.— to them by the tria l Jury, Tragedies over the week-end on government, of course, coaid the Pacific coast are comparative appeal It the Jary should ae ly light with only 14 deaths. Sinclair. The death list In Oregon ta- cladee: ’ Portland, Marybelle Shields, aged 3, who was* ran down by ah auto and Fred Moel ler, aged 48» who was hit by aa ayto.
