V*7'
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY
THE WEATHER
is a potential pay roll foe
Fair, with heavy frost in
Ashland
^sWand’s Leading
(United Neva Wire Servi«»)
ASHLAND, OB
PETITION ON w m m to
STASI IN a n o FIELI!
DAN IS LAID
iper /or Over Fifty Years
*
-
interior.
(Dotted Frees Wire 8e
NESPAY, MARCH 23, 1927
Action
mi toe ram un nw
Ml m
s s ME LIBEL
■ 10CA1W NEB HERE
S D II
JURY HEARS
ABOUT HALF
OF TESTIMONY
At the special meeting of the city council held
night
to consider a petition presented to that .body,
A T T n n
r tiT m iv —
Ç ÏP “ < W
Annual Committee Reports
which» a request was made for deferring action oh I
of Chamber * ef Commerce
building of the dam, Engineer Dillard at the request
Fashion
Are Oiven
Mayor Pierce ,and members of the council again set.ou1
At the regular Forum luncheon
his'recommendations regarding the proposed project.
TONOPAH. Nev., Mar. 23
meeting of the Chamber of Com
/
So*
much
has
been
said,
regarding
Mr.
Dillard’s
opin|
(UN)— Weepah Is expanding in
merce held yesterday, at the Llth-
true gold camp fashion and lt>, ion
. as to the feasibility
- of carrying
_ on the work at thfil la Springs hotel, reports from the
growth, starting with erection of I Time, that the Tidings in order that the people may
various committees, of that organ
Mpre Than Four Hundred and Fifty A m arimma a n d
Two Hundred Twenty Hight a gambling dub and progressing I exactly what his recommendations consist of, secured isation were read, and approved,
Other Foreigners Are Taken From Foreign Settle
through addition of two dance ¡t h e m as nearly as possible, word for word,
tn view of the fact that much In Million Dollar Reouest for
Tax Payers Ask That
ment
for Safety Sake. War Ships Stand By to Take
halls, soon will Include establish-1
__
r
Damage Drags Slowly
formation as to what has been ac
Work he Defered
on
Refugees.
ment of a daily newspaper.
I
M r. D lll& rd 8 St& tdn& nt
t
Along
complished locally during the past
P. f . Garside, publisher of thel
“ Tn.computing the interest, on the. bonds, it hA8 year Is contained In these reports
ELECTION DEPENDED
Tonopah Dally Times, announced! been found that if the bonds are sold at this titne, it wiB the Tidings will print them In WITNESS SAYS LITTLE
SHANGHAI, March 23.—Americap marines were
Coanrllmao Peters Declares That 2
?!“ T “ rai8C I E tb e
wil.1 ' Z f “ irl,y h « S ‘ fall. For today the report of the
Fighting side by side with the crack British Cold Stream
Moet
of
Tim«
is
Taken
up
With
Election Should Not be
Agricultural and Land settlement
guards, in a key position on tjio first line defense of the
ficient equipment can be obtained. | 1 urtI»cnnore the entire city will have to be recheckodj and the Civic Affairs and Street
W rangling Between Various
Disregarded
Attorneys
foreign settlement this afternoon. Naval officers and
The slogan of this ■ newspaper, and an extensive survey made before definite rates can ba Improvement committee a r e
the United States Consul General were fearing a Chinese
Action on a petition aigned by according to Garside, will be “Al put into effect. I believe that it would.be better to post given.
DETROIT, Mar. 2 3 — About
Agricultural
an<l
Land
Settlement
228 Ashland taxpayers requesting ways hot on the trail of news.'
assault
upon .the settlement and evacuated more than
pone the building of the dam, until next season, that
one-half the things Henry Ford’s
Weepah mine operators now
that “any further progress on the
Your
committee
on^KgrieuIture
fopr hundred and fifty Americans and other foreigners
moderate increase in rates be put into effect now, that
Ashland Canyon Dam be defered. con,p,ain that th®y are having
and Land Settlement ffeld several Dearborn Independent nald abeut
from
the Chapei war area, taking them to comparative
the
work
of
building
the
road
and
clearing
the
dam
site,
Aaron
Saplfo,
making
Saplro
bo
meetings during the year, and has
at thia time,** was laid over until difficulty keeping their?miners at
mad
be
sued
Forth
for
a
million
safety
in the International Settlement. W ar ships and
be
carried
on,
and
that
sometime
in
December
or
January,
work.
At
every
new-report
of
a
been prepared to assist the Land
the next regular meeting of the
city council at a special meeting fresh gold strike the men are the time best suited for the letting of contracts, that a Settlement Department of the dollars, now are officially before transports were ready to tgke refugees aboard at a
called last night to consider the away into the hills, poking around contract he let for the work. This will allow the dam' tq State and Portland Chamber when the Jury.
moments notice.
Today’s session of the trial of
with their picks in an effort to
called upon.
request.
SHANGHAI, March 23.— Scores
be started some time next spring. Three months will be In co-operation with the County Sapiro’s suit procedure followed
The petition was an aftermath uncover some previously - hidden
of
Chinese attempting to storm
necessary to design the structure and much time will Committee your committee recom regular routine.
of a recent meeting when the ledge of gold, or staking n e
the
International settlement have
Attorney Henry Gallagher, the
he needed to make the goneral preparations for thé mended that the Board send
council, by a vote of fouc to two, claims.
been killed by British and Japan
Irishman
who
has
come
to
avenge
The lateet rumor Indicated that work, all of which can be done during the time that; Messrs Arnsplger, Manager of the
placed themselves on record to
ese troops called to defense of the
eontinne with the work, as was a valuable find has beeh made by you are rechecking your rates, and planning the necesi Talent Irrigation District to Ow Ford’s attacks upon, the Jews,
foreign stronghold.
ens Valley In Southern California would read a sentence from the
voted In the recent election 'held Otis Harper and Wllllain Sherry,
While fires which had destroy
ary
increases
to
fully
meet
your
bond
payments.’’
Dearborn
Independent,
containing
for the purpose of interesting set
for that purpose, and received who started a restaurant at Wee-
Families Take the Initiative ed 1,500 native houses continued
some
alleged
libel
against
Saplro.
pah,
but
who
turned
from
a
pros
Questions Axe Asked
tlers In this section of Oregon,
hearty support by Harry Hosier,
in Working up a De
to rage in the Chapel' district,
Attorney
Stewart . . Hanley,
A. C. Nlnlger and Louis Dodge, pecting.tour with rich looking
fense
In response to a question asked by Councilman and Mr. F. M. Carter, a member of standing
just outside the settlement, corn
almost
at
Gallagher’s
el
from the cltlxens standpoint, and specimens of rock. Their strike Peters as to just how much the Crowson reservoir thia Chamber at that time, aM
ered northern troops, terrified at
bow. would object. The court, us
NEW YORK, Mar. 23.— Mrs. the threat of death from the Can
Councilman Bergner and Thorn was about ten miles from Weepah
(Please
Turn
To
Page
Five)
would
increase
the
water
supply
the
engineer
stated
that
ually overruled the objection.
! they raid, refusing to tell Its exact
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd
ton.
Then the Jury could hear offic Gray, confessed slayers of the for tonese, broke through the lines of
it Would not increase it to a very great extent. That
Mr. Hosier, who had taken location.
ially what had already been read. mer’s husband, have decided to British near the north station and
“I had four men working this it was primarily an equalizing reservoir, would give
the initiative In the circulation of
entered the foreign territory.
,
Many Objections
-the petition,, declared that \ o t morning when they heard of a an equal pressure over the entire city, and would store
permit their families evoke in
First Violation
Gallagher
then
would
ask
Wil
new strike and rushed out to
tbelr-Jwhalf the complicated ma
one out of twenty had refused
It was the first violation of for
the night run off of water« that oould be utilized du
liam J. Cameron, editor of the chinery of justice to postpone
sign It whan approached and that stake claims,” declared A. L.
eign
rights since the capture of
the
dryest
time
of
the
year,
and
would
afford
relief
Independent, If he had knowledge payment for their extraordinary
his observations from coming.in* James, superintendent of the Sil
Shanghai Monday morning. Jap
of
such
and
such
a*
fact
contained
ver
King
company.
fen
days
or
two
weeks.
'
crime.
contact with the various tax pay
anese soldiers fired on Chinese
In the article^ or such and such a
Q u e l l year old prospaetar
“ What difference will the Southern Pacific cnttintiB*
Lawyers have entered pleas of .snipers, while British troops op
ers, was that there was an over
Man Will
f^aslUn refutation of what . the fee« torthv.” on behalf of the ao-
ahiwed ap la camp with a piece e f
whelming seqtlment is favor
k Problems,
down on their supply this yPSrr'ttie iee p la n t« u ttin g p ’
ened fire on the invading north
paragraph TftatM.
ca«ei cduple, and hare asserted
Indefinitely postponing the work gold float. The youngster was all down on theirs, and the park being watered from the
Secretary of Interiol
erners.
The invaders were dis-
Hanley would object.
that the Confessions of both were armed and 1,700 of them wore el- *
Mr. Ninlnger said that a pe out of breath when he came run
The
court
would
overrule
the
water
purchased
from
the
Talent
Irrigation
district,”
R. W. Price, manager of the
obtained under dureee and are
tition of this kind bearing . the ning to his father, exclaiming
lowed to enter the settlement un
Crater Lake National Park Com objection, usually, and Cameron repudiated.
Councilman Bergner asked the engineer.
,
signatures of so many heavy tax “Look at th^t and weep, pa.”
der
a Japanese gaard.
answer no.
But the “Tearful Tommy" Sny
payers and substantial men In the ■ Ano the; of-the men who made
“ I have estimated that the Southern Pacific will pany, left today for San Francis would
Shanghai’s foreign settlements •
Then
the
process
would
be
re
der, who was the life of gin cock- have taken on an air of a city un
community should come In for fortunes oat of earlier Nevada use about* forty per cent of the water that they used co, where he will meet .Friday
peated.
tall and Charleston parties In the der siege. Bullets from serosa the •
serious consideration, and added booms is on his-way to Weepah last year, and including a material let down in the with Secretary of the Interior Hu
In that matter the Jury i
bert Work til a general meeting
gay set of Queen’s Village, and
his request to that of others that He Is D. McKenzie, who took
carried through a half dozen of the nerve shattered corset sales boundary line, separating the con- .*
work be delayed. Louis Dodge million dollars out of the Frances ice plant, I would estimate that in case of an acute attended by all Of the ooncesslon-
the 21 articles concerning Saplro man who was her lover, and who cessions from the native city con
explained .that weather traveled in Mohawk mine at Goldfield. H^ shortage, 250 families, could be supplied with water. ares of National Parks.
tinue to fall near foreign homes
This is the first time that such which the Independent 'published. calmly planned and executed an
cycles of about ten years to a cy has been in London for the past Eliminating the park, from the domestic supply would
and business houses.
Now
and
then
the
procedure
unusually brutal murder, had very
cle, and that In his opinion we 20 years but cabled that he Is on probably care for an additional 250 familios, or five a meeting has ever been held, and
The British warship Vindictive
it la thought that the Interior De- would be .varied by Gallagher, little to do with what went on and
would not have any more dry his way back to Nevada.
has been struck by missiles as was
hundred in all. This would leave 700 families in Ashland partmen will become better ac showing the jury some pictures. seemed scarcely to understand.
years for some time, and that be
the headquarters of the United
without sufficient water in a dry year,” the engineer quainted with some of the park There were pictures of Colorado Mr«. Snyder and Gray were Just States
cause of this and the proposed re
marine corps.
,
replied.
'
problems through this , contact, potato patches, captioned w i t h middle class, every day American
ductions In the nee of water by
OVER UNTIL
NEXT MEETING
“
’
BY TROOPS IN THE FIRST
DEFENSE OF SETTLEMENT
M B S ) SLAYERS
HEAD HOT GIHLU
WIE AM MEETING
WTO S E I » M
some of the heavier uaers, he felt
there would be an adequate sup
ply for some time to come.
Indoor Baseball
- League to Start
Position Clear
Plans for an indoor baseball
Councilman Bergner stated that
his pqpltlon had been expressed league, promoted by the Y. M. C.
before both in thé newspaper and A. were started yesterday. The
In open meeting of the council. league wpi start next week and a
That he had not ¿hanged his opin number of teams will eqter, it
ion In anÿ way, and that he had was stated. Those who have asked
made every effort to give both to enter teams are: Battery B,
sidee fair consideration. He fur Hl-Y club. Employed Boys’ club;
ther stated that with the decrease and Dom Provost. Dom toys he
in the use of water by the South has a real team and gome excit
ern Pacific and the Ice Com ing competition Is expected. It is
pany and by wfttertng park from hoped by those In charge that the
the Talent Irrigation district and local high school and the Normal
the building of the Crowson Res school will each enter teams. The
ervoir, that they should at least games will be played on the Ar
try ont the supply before going mory floor where there is an In
ahead and expending a huge sum door diamond all marked off and
ready. Any organization wishing
of money*
Dr. Wood of the council, called to enter a team in the le&rue,
attention to the needs o t the city which will start next week,
and brought ont the fact that In anked to get in touch with either
most places, users of water like Clyde Young, or Secertary, D. P.
the fire department, the park Walter of the Y. M. C. A., It was
board, Mnd other civic enterprises announced. •
were charged for the water, and if
this method was adopted In Ash
land it would assist In keeping
the expense to the water users
down.
z %
Will of the People
Councilman Peters
declared
Roy Abbott, manager of the Hl-
that the same arguments that
Y
club handball tournament, re
ware being ' advanced against the
bnlldlng of the dam, had 'been ported 18 players signed up for
expressed before the election, that the me«N, at last night's meeting
conditions had not changed other of the Hl-Y cllib. f The tourna
than Ashland was fortunate this ment is creating- considerable in
winter In having some splendid terest anfong high school hand
rains, and that had there not been ball enthuslaats, and a small sil
these rains, there would not now ver* loving cup la to bo offered for
be the question raised ae to the' each winner In the doubles and
feasibility ot continuing with tha one for the winner in the singles,
It was announced nt last night's
work.
*'
meeting
of tHb elub. The Hl-Y
He further stated that the peo
ple had expresaad themselves by club member« part in the oomlng
means of the ballot box, and that Older Boys* Conference was dis-
ousaed,* and other Itomft of buel-
(Please Turn To. Page Five)
nes« taken up at the meeting.
Eighteen Boys to
Play Hand
(Plegra Turn to Page 5)
While srmorefl cars rush about
the streets ready for emergencies
the foreign volunteer corps elded
by troops, la taking precautions
to prevent spread ot the fires
from the Chapei district to the
settlement.
Early this morning the nation
alists seem to be more than hold
ing their own-with the last units
Jury Leaves
I
of northern troops. The bulk ot
Once In a while the lawyers
fighting resulted from clashes be
would get particularly strenuous
tween these two groups, but In
and the Jury to u ld have to leave
soveral Instances Japanese troops
the room, while the attorneys told
were forced to fire on both
the court how perfectly atrocious
northern and southern snipers.
the other fellow’s logic was.
The northerners shortly after mid
But aside from those little dis
Monday night, April 4. through night were holding the north ra
agreement .the day strolled quietly the courtesy of the Vining man tion and a number of otbhr minor
through tfie potato patches, the agement. Messrs H. B. Jfiirst and points.
fields of strawberries and the or Fred Cushing, the Upper Valley
fTOilnesc Are Killed
chards of prunes moving slowly Community club will give a third
Ten Chinese were killed by
and with carefully measured showing o f the play, "Cyclone troops of the British Durham bat
stride.
Sally,” which was put on for two talion when the International Mbt-
Cameron, thfe chunky editor ot night in the new Bellview club tleraent were entered, ¿¿ores of
Ford's newspaoer, was a personi house about the mlddje of Febru other Chinese were killed or
fication of idleness* most of the ary.-
wounded nearer the north station.
time. He sat hunched up In the
The first night there was such In the former fray Privates Mor
wltnqss chair and about every a terrific storm that many who rison and Newby of the Durham
twenty minutes was permitted to had planned to go were unable to battalion were wounded and It
say “no.” '
do so, and the second was the was reported that three other
He did get across one * Idea, Ashland-Medford basketball game British soldiers had been shot
however, and that was that be tn this city, which again kept during the late afternoon and eve
was boss of the' Dearborn Inde many people away.
ning fighting. One armored mo
pendent.
The performance was a huge tor car. which wiu la the thick of
Hie sole Instructions from Mr. success, however, from the stand the fighting In this vicinity,
Ford were:
point of praise given, and a large showed more than 399 bullet
You’re the editor, Be sure number of people have urged Its marks after It. had been disabled
you are rights”
repetition, so the cast, which is by Chinese troops. The stream of
ArmVd 'with those Instructions Intact at present, has expresed
refugees coming Into Shanghai,
he took orders from nobody—and willingness to take pert again.
continued throughout the
ngrtlcttlarty not from Mr. Liebold,
A short picture of two or three alng.
Ford’s personal secretary. He reel« has been selected and with
Foreigners as well
sura all understood It.
several speotal numbers of singing their bedding ar**
and dancing, together with the ot household
oomedy, the audience may be as rickshaws and
Oregon and Washington probes sured of a real treat.
Into tho elty fro«
find good 'demand at Hamburg,
towns. Along tho
Germany.
women and child™«,
Oregon shipped walked, all seeking the
State will surface 38-mlle Sec
3028 care of safety In the settlements
tion of Roosevslt Highway, Myers
cars of broc-
, s .....
Creek to Chetco River.
(Plena« Turn To Pago
Mr. Price expects to return Sun lines about hoeing potatoes for
those who rule American agricul
day.
ture a California
strawberry
Datch; or a nice Washington farm
or Oregon hopfleld that the Inde-
nendent alleged Saplfo wanted, to
mortgage to Jewish bankers pic
tures of Barney Baruch, Aaron
Saplro, Eugene Meyer and of oth
er dignitaries.
The Entertainment Committees Get Under Way
itlsena, once more apparently ap
palled, as .their friends and their
families, by the enormity of their
offence and Its consequences.
a
Although their detailed confes
sions must convict them beyond a
reasonable doubt they have per
mitted pleaa of “not guilty” in a
desperate effort to avoid the ex
treme penalty for their crime.
Bellview Show to
Be At The Vining