T U R i ■ - H 1 B -1 « F t « 1 O re p < O ver F ifty Y ears SIX LABORORS WE IN CRASH MEXICAN REBS GET BIG HAUL Unofficial Dispatches Say $625,000 Government ' Money Taken Accident O c c w r mona, Çalifemia kriy Today POMONA, cal.. Oct. 99— (IP) — Six' fatalities resulted from a crossing e«cldent at San Dim a* today «hen a 8anta Fe passeng­ er train eraahed Into an auto- ttaoblle truck loaded with labor­ ers. ’ Fiye Others were Injured and one probably fatally hurt, are lit the ¿capital. Local Woman is Defeated After' HarcLTought PoHti- eal Battle—Southern Ore­ gon Delegations, Solidly Behind Mrs. Dodge Were Depleted by Bpidetadc. LITHIANS GET N ew members MARTIAL LAW Mrs. Louis Dodge of this city by Mr< W. W . Ga­ IS DECLARED briel defeated of Portland by only 17 votes Irrigation, the Talent irrigation district and the problems facing Che districts tbroughdatthe state were the Interesting subjects at the Klwanla Club luncheon today when OUIh Aruspiger.' secretary and manager of the district, and A. C. Joy, ona of the most suc­ cessful farmers la the district, spoke. Homer Billings was in charge of the program. Despite the fact that some of the districts have Apparently proved abeoiute financial failures, they still have an intrinsic valne to the state, Mr. Aruspiger stated. I t la therefore no unreasonable or impractical foe the state to con­ sider the possible ref hading of these Irrigation districts as many held should be done, he eoutinu- Return of Carol eg Trouble in VIEN N A , O et 8 8 — (U»)— In- formation reepived through dip­ lomatic channels today said that marjial law had been declared throughout Roumanla, and part of th e a n a y . Because of suspect­ ed disloyalty, had been disarmed and confined to the barracks.. A state of salge has-existed for stvsral mohths tar portions of Roumapia, ‘lacloding Bucharest, and th e ' government has .bad hcjMd of weathering the erieis of Prince Carol‘s throne ambi­ tion Without extending the areas of martial law. Matiny is im­ minent in several garrisons, ta- fermatton said. Lend settlement is necessary to the development of the state and this cannot he accomplished until the problems of the irrigation un­ its are settled. The governor, state treasurer sad secretory of «tote, form an irrigation comaMaaion. tien sad- they beye appareatly accomplished considerable -to ward bringing the bond holders and rand owners togaiter to that a settlement can be accomplished. Some of the districts w ill not he able to refund 100 per cent, as the value is not in the land; hat some form of settlement shohld be made, as the stotp chamber of commerce is unable now to rec- emmend settlerg on come of the rrojecta due to the financial mud- die. He emphasised the develop- ment ^hich Irrigation h a s brought to California, W*ashlng- ton and Idaho, which states'have ferged ahead of Oregon ln colon- isatlon. Only about 1,0 per cent of the land in Oregon can bp efflc-i lently cultivated without Irriga- tion, which emphasizes the im- portance of thia question. A. C. Joy said that, whpn he returned to the Rogue River yal- ley, he realised the coatraet be- tween this and other districts, While die had considered m arkpt- ing a serious handicap, the said eastern Oregon had a. more dJffl- cult market problem than we have In this vaUey. The soil can be developed arti­ ficially, but the Rogue River rallcy has, for superior ellmate and more-inspiring swftoundlpgs. Flnannially thia district l i hi t bfttAv condition.«Sa ihstegd of de- creasliig In production, th ia' pro- Ject is showing a rapid Increase. He stated^, thia year the district has developed an average of 9*0,- 000 worth of produce per month. He"spole of the farmers w iling their dairy cows to California farmers, saying thia waa a fine thing for California; but added That, agriculturally, the farmers have been Jo*slng the best f r o m their farms tor many years, since -----------J ' __________ _ i . — ,i- (Please Turn to Page t ) PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 27. — (IP)— Unofflcial dispatches re­ ceived «pre today state the rebel forces In two Forays have Inter­ cepted near 9626,000 sent . to Mexico City by President Callee to defray expenses of the revo­ lution. Sa president of the State Parent- Teacher Association Thursday af- ernoon; ¡In a hot contest which marked the elosing seshions of the itate convention held -' in La Crsnde this week. One hundred and ninejy-two votes were cast, 86 for Mrs. Dodge end 182 for the Portland, who was re-elected, having been ‘ho Incumbent in office for the last year. Southern Oregon delegates, headed by Ashland women, who made the trip to La Grande In a targe passenger has chartered for the trip pat np e determined fight The little girl la the center of this picture la Ruth Elder, now fam­ battling against odds all the time. ous as an Atlantic flier, nt Die age of live. W ith her are two In an effort to have Mrs. Dodge' sisters, Pauline (le ft) sand FhcB«; in front la a little brother, Her­ bert. who diem at the age of six. elected to the presidency. W ith the exception of one year, t h e state presidency has never ¿een cetstde of Portland, and t h i s precedent was one of the stone w*U oppesittans whtchj the local women , • l l U e r officers elect«S!*1refi: " ’ Members of the Medford- Realty First v'Ice president, Mrs. R. M. Bchauaep, Kendleton; second vice Board heard' Frans Auert Austra­ president. M rn C. W . Stanley. lian cellist who id establishing his Klamath Felts: Third yice presi­ studio in thia city, in a brief dent, Mrs. Richard Williams, ccnoert program at their noonday' Roseburg; fourth vice-president, luncheon held I> Medftord today. M<

\ —' - ....... ■■■ - ,• Sylvester Decker, 30, for many years an Ashland Initiatory Cerem ony Are resident and engaged in the wood business hère, and his to be Staged Thia ' younger brother, Allen, 18, a native of Ashland» w«r© Evening instantly killed this morning when the automobile in With five candidates schedul­ which they were riding was struck by ah S. P. motorized ed to become full fledged Llth- train at Neshith Station near Dallas. ' , ians tonight and the Initiation Mrs. Sylvester Decker, a third occupant of the caif committee slyly smiling and-vte- is seriously perhaps fatally injured, according to press I cur of initiations of the past reports received in this city. and all of the enjoyment they have Inspired for those other than the candidates— there promises to be something doing in town this evening. In the past there has been no lim it to the fun which the can­ didates have provided for the re­ mainder of the aggregation and t^e committee— with Major Ma­ lone and Guy Good very much In evidence— promisee there wW’ be lacking in the day Of entertain­ ment this evening. Lew Hansen, who directs the affairs of the Aahlam) hotel; Chief of Police Georgs’McNabb la nothing if n it a thttrtoghiy effic- lent law enforcement off leer; Rm- mett Gillinga, who, like a certdfci nejrs reel *aee» *11 and knows all” in his position pa linotype opera­ tor at thO T id in g office and R. Schuerman Rho “ knows Ms gro­ ceries” and Elwood; Hedberg, who handles “shining sheckles” at the First National Bank, are TESTIMONY . IS BARRED Son-in-L&w of Tall is Not - Compelled to Disclose . Souroe of Money froi Try-Outs Over, Cast u Named For Annual High School Play After a serlés of try-outa an- The title role w*a given Marion nouncemato « to made by M lw A l- Frost. Others to the cast arai then Dwyer, the coaeh, of seleo- ^ t h a Miles, Tom Beewlck, David .t«« «v tu « «a. Jton BHltois, Frank tlon o - 1 ... •«*•»•! p , mberton, Ho« Dean, Earl Ldn- stodent body play tk lc h thia year «Ulu>n, j . n . is to be “Hla Majesty Bttaker ( Turner, Kathryn Lucas, Roy Met- Bean” a tantaktic and elevar three {calf. Nad Myers, Laurence Powell, act comedy. Reheatoals will start Jack Balding, Norma Crauer and immediately. „ Claud Kleiahammer. *2 — _____ The accident apparently ocon£ S. 0. N. S. . WILL D~ker. w hi ___ _ was driving through a drizzling CELEBRATE ON '•“* » -•«* *«"»«“ _____ the train and drove directly into MONDAY NIGHT “■ , -The Deckel family left t h i a Hard-Time Mixer Planned as Part of Hallowe'en Célébration city only a few months ago and 8ylveater Decker wae located Is Hugo, a «mall sawmill village in Josephine county where he waa engaged as* a wood contractor^ His brother, Allen, resided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tran* Decker, at McCoy. The packer family waf w e l l »»own tn Ashland'tor th f last 8K. ---------- A special clast is to he con- ducted for S. O. N. students who are planning to taach next „year, President J. A. Churchill aphonn- cetf In Assembly this moral»«. *Z assembly morning meetiM for U * yww> to A b special / S 8atultt<£ ■ *»« the fathers Frank Decker» • ‘fr­ ail the girls who are attending c* ’ ’ • ‘ «toarlaa The mother, the school. wh0 M o n h n «¿•rrlage. W a a V ™ are being made for a hard-time mixer and Antertola- kB0Wn ment for Monday ajght at which tlxpe the Alpha <£&rl .Dramatic society will present ,1 their first play. "When the Lights, a rt O u t” . v,i i.' , i . Announcement was also made nt the'Cello concert which Frans Auer is to give at ■ the school Monday; • ' » ............:------- ■ *- . - : £ Unded the poWto #f t w - cJty one son. Jack Decker, waa kill- ed ln the w orld W ar, his bedy one of the first to be returned from France to Ashland for bur­ 1*1.- Surviving brothers are Ned Decker and Wm. Decker, both of whom were well known in Ash-. land and In the Talent vicinity where they were engaged la the Students Enjoy ’X b."7;X,„ ,m Dailv t br w o o th o e d r* ra operated anw ôn r TS/tintra Aiuillgo l/auy nCh in the a wood W » g n e r '.-i, .' ' —_ _ _ i h . Creek district and sold much to ft WA8HING*TON, Oct. 98.— (LP) That The Tidings to moch ap- In Ashland. A slater-in-law Mrs. Ned Deck* I — Blocked iu gn effort, to have ireelated by college ■ students la i> the witnesses toll th o ja ry where ivMenced by letters of apprécia- «r. *® a» present time visiting with j( former Secretary of thg^Interlor ion which are received at . this her mother, Mrs. Frank Hibbs, B ' ‘ ' street. An uncle of the two vlo- j F all’s 9230,800 tn liberty bonds tffice. “ 1 certainly appreciate recelv- tlms of the horrible aeehtoat, A r- came from, the government to- ng new» from home every day thur Decker, is also an Ashland ' day' rapidly traced the securities Into . Banks In Colorado, New s I do with 'the paper. When It résident. ernes 'fL day late something Is Details of the wreck were not « Mexico and Texas. * • Belin«, T^n 'TMdlngs carries contained in the press report re* ' Justice Slddona upheld the re­ iews of, what the people at home ceived In this elty. I fusal of M, T. Everhart, Fall’s aon-btslaw, tell thgm where he obtained the bonds Which he brought to Paeblo. That was Juat a few weokar after Fall taawd the Teapot Drtfce to Harry F . Sinclair. Juniors Hoifl nes *°n day " yeBl froi Sylvester Decker and Allen Decker Are Instantly Killed Near Dallas Early Today—^Family Well Known in Ashland—Tor Many Years Operated Wood Saw and Wood Business—Woman May Die. B V T H FLIES AGAIN PARIS, Oct 29.— • Rath Elder and George W ith two month« of school gone Juniors at the senior high school are Making platoa - tor com­ mencement days to d Ihv annual fruit sale which la h«M for the purpoao of ralaiag clkas Fuads, is being planned. Dhlly Treat has been named chairmen of. the com­ mittee. A e%nfly sale M to be held next Tuesday at the school to 'start the fun^a. At a Junior mealing festerday. Gul Moore, theiptoeldent. called on the ctaha members to assist In the work.’ W e Rotd. cheer leader urged the boys to turn cjut for the rooter seotioa at the » football game. , Discuaslag off the Juaior rlnga was also token up with a decision td’ n Rtode in (he npar future. / Haldman, her co-pllot la the trans-Atlantic y flight at­ tempt, lauded at the Le- Bourget.alr drome at 9:49. Ashland men latoreated- h buMama development of a m picture atudlo to , th ia «My planning to meet this eveata the Chamber o f Oemmmrw » tor aa orgaataatloa atoettog. A. Theobald, who M ha«ktw dereiopmeat of a atadlo la city, w in ha at tha aarntta* maho flaa l plaas o f orm wtaat 'Boy Crusaders” From The “ Boy Crusaders* four Ken­ tucky mountaineers, spoke today at an aaeembly at the Southern Oregon Normal school oa t h e splendid misaienary work which is being done In Bloddy Breethtt and the Canyon Creek district» »1 that stot« ./■ * Two of ,the b$ya were het eevea years o f age hut in a deflates and cooclae M aaner explained through