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ASHLAND WEEKLY. TIDINGS 0L. XLV ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1922 Nn. SH PI V -V- WOO DEBATE PROTEST STRIKE ONR.R.WAGECUT PRESIDENT APPROVES 8-HOUR DAY FOR POSTAL CLERKS WASHINGTON, May 29. Presi dent Harding Das taken final action affecting more than 50,000 postal clerks and carriers tbrougbout the country when on Saturday he ap proved a recommendation of the post office department for the estab lishment of a strict eight hour ba sis for postal employes. CROWDS WITNESS PROTEST AGAINST 48 MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION ON I RAILROADS DEMOCRATS B II CIRCUS H. 8, COMMENCEMENT j THURSDAY EVENING Onto Issued by lT. 8, Railway Labor Board Believed to FoMwhadow Lower Wage for Every Clam of Railroad Employe. DETROIT, May 29. Whether 400,000 members of the Brother hood of Malntenance-of-Way Work ers will strike In protest against the $48,000,000 pay cut, ordered by the United States railway labor board. Is up to 17 national officers of the brotherhood meeting here today. The board's decision Is believed to foreshadow wage reductions for practically every class of railway employes. Even the wage of mem bers of the "Big Four" brother hoods, It Is believed, will be reduced In future rulings. BACK M CUMBER SOLDIER BONUS Howe's Great London Circus and Van Amberg's Trained Wild Ani mals arrived In Ashland in the gray dawn this morning, and the unload ing of the mammoth circus was. im mediately begun. The caravan1 made Its way to the circus grounds, at East Main street and Mountain avenue. This Is the fliBt year of the The thirty-first annual high ; school graduation exercises were! held last evening In the Armory, and a class of seventy-five student have; gained the top round In the ladder of education in the Ashland schools. The program was scheduled to be- SCHOOL DAY PROVES SUCCESS PROSPERITY HINGES ON I EUROPE DECLARES RORAH WASHINGTON', May 29. Until Europe settles down and resume ! her purchasing power, American I business men, manufacturers and (farmers cannot expect to enjoy any I thing like prosper-lty, either from or anv SEVEN PERISH Borah today declared. All nlnna wAa-Al sv ti In rtAiifaiit. ,,..u. . - Mr.lmhei. ...... ,., gin at 8:30. and every seat in tb. ' ly ; ,n M'to,J . other legislative panacea, Senator house was full, with about 100 peo-!;'1" lu " ' pie forced to aland during the -day faturday and " proved 4 "uc- erclses ceM my The "high school orchestra furnish. I e r'eia ' the c'ty took " ed music for th. evening, and ,re the appearance of play ground to be highly commended for th. ear,y ln ,orenon' and when the i..v. . i,.k. 4lwk; meeting In the Chautauqua was STEAMERS CRASH IN THE COLUMBIA mm m VESSEL GOES DOWN IN EXPLO HION AFTER BEING RAMMED WASHlNUTUN, way z. uemu-j cratlc members of the senate finance: committee swung behind the Mc-i Cumber soldier, bonus bill at a meeting of the full membership of the committee today, called by Mc Cumber to consider the various bonus proposals. The big free street parade was held at 11 o'clock. There were open dens of wild animals collected from all parts of ' the world; five big merger of these two big circuses ln-jpaBgInf ,chool yMr under th, AWt0 called to order at 10 o clock, there to one. Captain Van Amberg was tlon o( Mi Marsters were "ome 1200 or 1500 pe01 the head trainer for Carl Hagenback. Th h, n choo, le9 cIubs ,0,ned seated In the building. whom he bought out, getting the!,.. , nH After a, few prelimlnlary remarks largest collection of wild animals In the world. ROUT E 1 some of the point, of music thatiby the oc nd county school au they hav, learned under their mn9,.j tur tles Dr DuBach, of Oregon ag cal director irlcultural college, made a splendid Miss Caroline TU.on gave the!address t0 1,19 elgh,h rad8, ""f" m . ...k !tea who were present, emphasizing iiioo icovura pun ymiu niuuvv w , ttiA 0fnn) hnarrl thai fajtiiltv I hands, an electric and steam ca1-L ... v ..-.; an essential for every man and , i puruiiia miu toe uuiiimuuu wutvui CLOSES AT NOON Welsh Prince. In Sunk in Collision Willi Sloanior Iowan In Columbia River Seven Ho Down with Vo st'l t:t Are Rescued. PORTLAND, May 29. Seven sailors were killed, and three in jured In a collision of the steamers Ashland patrons who wish to use Welsh Prince and Iowau In the Col- partlcular that truthfulness was1 the new star route mail service be- ml)a rlTer 0f Altoona, Wash., tween Ashland and Medford will ai,ollt tpll mtea eaat of Astoria, last "MA" WAS MOVIE FIEND; DAUGHTER LOCKS HER IN GERMANS DODGE THREAT OP FRENCH INVASION LONDON, May 29. Germany to day accented the demands of the Interallied reparations commission.: thus averting further occupation otj German soil by the French forces, j The acceptance was taken to Paris from Berlin by special couriers. It la believed that this disposes of the threat of Invasion made by Premier Potncare. DENVER, Colo., May 29. Helen Brodarmer, 16, is under arrest here charged by her mother with having locked ber in a room and threaten ing her life with a butcher knife be cause the mother insisted upon at tending movie shows of which her daughter did not approve. MUSCLE SHOALS GERMAN-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE , LONDON, May 29. The British government la Investigating the re port that Rusla and Germany have entered Into a military alliance, but there Is no confirmation of the re port, Lloyd George declared today ln the house of commons. CHAU 1 AUUA SEASON E NDS IHI E1ING The New York City Concert Quar tet gave several excellent numbers during the afternoon today and will appear again tonight for the final program of the Chautauqua season here. The program this afternoon was devoted to vocal music by the quartet, and without a doubt, they have four of the best voices that ever were presented from an Ashland platform, either singularly or col lectively. All the good things that were said In advance of Saturday night about the Broadway Players, who present ed the play, "Turn to the Right," that evening In the Chautauqua building were not exaggerated In any detail. The largest crowd of the season, estimated at 1200; was present to witness the performance. Sunday's programs, with the Batting-Mahler Duo and Chancellor George H. Bradford, brought the day up to par with the other enter tainments offered during the week. At the Sunday evening program, liver offering was taken amounting to over 1 60, and this sum will put tbe Chautauqua "over the top," so that all expenses will be paid with out the guarantors being required to pay anything from their own pocket. MAY YET GO 10 HENRY FORD WASHINGTON, May 29. The house military committee has fin ally reported after ' three months' study on the various offers for the government's nitrate and power pro jects at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It Is understood the plan provides for elimination of the steam plant at Georglas, Alabama, from the prop erty to be disposed of with Muscle Shoals. In other respects the com mittee report closely follows the terms offered by Henry Ford. The committee announced the plan would be submitted to all per sons and Interests for acceptance, regardless of whether they already bad made offer for the property. W. B. Maye, Ford's chief engineer, said he would ascertain whether: Ford was willing to accept the com mittee's terms. Hope, elephants, camels, zebras and1 LA md It nosslble for the class to : woman Mnected to "attain thelplease send their mail to the post nl(!,lt. a great variety of wild and domestic obtain t hlgh aAool educatton. .top round In the ladder of success, ; off Ice by 12 o'clock noon to insure, Tne We elsh Prince sank in 30 mln- anlmals. There were beautiful, n. u n o.i- a ... Tnere were about zuu graduates uispaicn. ..e u.o mi uw mu ,lte8 ufter the ships crashed. While equestriennes on wonderful Arabian tIon at" tn9 university of Oregon, : pre8ent t0 recelve telr dP''n"'iBrr,VM nt M,'(lfrt"' 11 wi" be Kvenjthe superstructure was still above horses: artist cally decorated cages a. ajjUI. ..w..i.i. nu or more, who were unau.o w...- ...o... .waier mere was a lerruic expumiuii, lUttuq luu wiuaq auu v oo , vui' ub ; u& , and tableaux, and clowns galore. A!tne fact tnat the CaM had now come to attend the commencement exer- general delivery and special deliv-us the water reached the boilers of big crowd lined the streets to watch t0 the p)aCe wnere ,bev mU8t pu,n'cl8es. will out tor their own education, wheth-j receive their diplomas ery service. No city letter currier s ,he sinking vessel. Iscrylce will he given at the Medford; T,e (isubled Iowan the parade go by Tha oftArnnnn nnrfnpmnnPA hairfln ' .. . . - -n . . . . i at 2 o'clock with the big spectacle. I a70u7 Be number of people gathered; It arrives In Medford after the clty;1)el, t the crew S "Cinderella In Jungleland," an ex-' every ner8o who ln the Park ,,,r baBket dlnners- u!carrlms have lefl tl,fl 0l'fi ,,lelr-,1 nien. The tug travaganza composed of musical se- becomes , leader ln , community 18 e8tImated that about 150 families lections, good singing and dancing, i mU8t nave four e8Bentiat points- and partle8 took ,he,r 1,,nch " the gorgeous costumes of glittering energy el( confidence, tact and P"' , .AA Rnaneles and laces, staffed with lun- , .mil. i. ... . There were about 1200 people stood by moral ability, giving an example of; ele settlnes and appropriate light- .v , ..w- : here for the day from points outsme tag eects. Perhapg the !argest collection of of Ahland' and durlng th a"er: The wild animal program which ' ,oweni ever Men , Asnland Was;noon 141 cars were counted parked followed provoked thrills and pPe8ented t0 the graduate, follow-a,on th9 creek and thb drlve' in laughter. A few of the features tajng the distribution of the diplomas t9 park. -eluded ln the afternoon and to-v jrg pMe Gaiey, at IT required 25 ! Tne unlform dri" wa9 ne lrst night's performance are: Billy Bur- mlnuteg for i5 boy. ,nd lrh to dls-lthlnB on the "r0BramJ ln 6 ."'T ton's grizzly bear act: Marie Beau-1 trbut tbfl flower, t0 the araduatei).j noon and wa8 participated In fcy det, the girl who dances In the lion'a Ro 0,, j 600 school children from various den; Ruth Irwin, billed a, America's! Velu Ackley DeIpua Allenj AnenjPartS of the county. The Maypole most fearless wild animal trainer; Autry( Fay Beeb9i E?erett BelI A1. winding followed this with other Mile. Falkensdorf and her troupe ofj,an Br0 Tmmi Bond Ethe, games in close succession, until the panthers, leopards and tigers; Mile. Lpvln ltla ni:phllun ... .. tug of war finished the program at Leona, who puts her head Into a! Verner Car,on Egther church,! 6:30 'clock' lion's mouth, and many others. The! elephants, camels, dancing horses, ponies, donkeys, monkeys and goat' alt help to make an entertaining circus. BOSTON LADIES MAKE DONATION TO CLUB HOUSE FOUR DROWNED WHEN ROWBOAT IS CAPSIZED SPOKANE, Wash., May 29. A man, woman and two boys were drowned Sunday evening at Liberty lake, 17 miles east of here, when their rowboat capsized. The victims were Mrs. Welcome Ferguson, 23, Henry Blttner and his two sons. In Ashland's Auto Camp Miss Clara Fowler and Miss Har riett Smith, who hare been spend ing the winter in Santa Barbara, stopped in Ashland on their way borne to Boston last week. They were guests at the Palmer-Chamberlain ranch. The beauties of Ash land were duly admired ' and the winter climate of Thursday and the summer weather of Saturday and Sunday led one of the ladies to say that she felt she knew Ashland the year 'round. Much Interest was shown in the new club house and the benefit it promises to be to the community, as well as to the tourist guests. Miss Fowler, who is a traveler of wide experience, told of similar buildings she had visited and ex pressed admiration for the civic! pride that makes such a building possible. As visible proof of their Interest, Miss Fowler and Miss Smith contributed $30 to help swell tbe club house fund. Claudine Cox, Paul Culbertson, Mil dred Culy, Lucy Davis. Herbert Dor an, Marjorle Edson.4 Mamie Evans, Ruth Fifield, Raymond Finneran. Dorothy Frulan, Veda Griffith, Al bert Guthrie, Glenn Hale, Frieda Hanson, Helen Harrell, Leslie Heer, Thelma Heer, Harry Hill, Maurltz Jalo, pearl Hodkinson, Florence Hoover, Alt Jarvls, Otis Johnson, Beth Johnson, Joyce Johnson, Mar garet Johnson, Frederick Koehler, Margaret McCoy, Marjorle McEl vaney, Harland McWllllams, Delbert Mitchell, Marguerite Moore, Harry Following are the winners of the afternoon's events: 100 yard dash (hoys) First, Clyde Moore, Ashland second. Al bert Brown, Ashland; third, Elmer Ivy, Elk Creek. 75 yard dash (girls) First, Jan et Wilson, Ashland; second Mildred Elder, Ashland; third, Olivia Bent ley, Ashland. 50 yard dash (girls under 12) First, Edith Nichols, Fern Valley; second, Lola Gilmore, Ashland; third, Olivia Bentley. Sack race (boys 13 and 14) CtanlAV VVflttA Aflllllliwl! H0C- Morris. Russel Overroeker. Marjorle! Sack race (boys under 12) First, Lynn Neely .Rogue River; second, Lawrence Leedom, Ashland; third, Dougal Young, Ashland. Sack race (girls) First, Olivia Bentley, Ashland; second, Adena Jay, Ashland; third, Alberta Knlps, Medford. Baseball throw (girls 13 and 14) First, Buelah Burnett, Talent; Payne, Lucille Perozsl, Cassius Per- rlne, Leonard Peitit, Lolita Plerson. Pauline Plummer, Alta Powell, Ethel Powell, Flora Putman, Viola Qulun, Lonrdes Ralne, Elton Ram sey, Edith Robinson, Harriet Ruger. Irma Sanford, Harriet Sayles, Ethel Smith, Earl Synder, Ross Taylor, Caroline Tllton. Mable Trott, Erla Turner, Lester Welsenburger, ster Wertz, Francis Winters, rlet Wolcott,' Harvey - Woods, Young. Web-Har- Dale TWO STORY HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE Machinery has been Invented for replacing railroad ties at nne-thlrd the expenditure of niimual labor, i Following the trorntnnr everelsM. 'office on this star route dispatch, asiam took off the surviving mem- whlch numbered Oneonta, which afternoon deliveries. , llls.(t to the scene and helped In the rescue, returned to Asto with the Injured. The Iummii later pro ceeded to Portland. The dead and Injured were mem bers of the crew of the Welsh Prince. They , were asleep In the forecastle and were crnshed when the vessel collided. The collision Is believed to have been due to a heavy pall of smoke which was blown over the river by an east wind. The Welsh Prince was outbound, heavily laden with lumber for the orient. The Iowan was Inbound for Portland from Seattle. A dispatch from Astoria stated that the survivors, none of whom are seriously hurt, declnred that a mis understanding of signals was the HIE 1 mm WILLIE Al SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. Willie Kanim. San Francisco third baseman, bus been sold to the Chi cago White Sox for $100,000, the largest sum. ever paid for a minor league baseball player, It was an nounced today. The local club will receive two players In addition to the money Kanim will not report to Chicago un til the beginning of next season. contributing factor In thfl Collision. FORD DAY GIVES PROMISE OF CARD I'AHTV PLANNED FOR TUESDAY, JUNK 14 BEING DIG EVEN I second, Olivia Bentley, Ashland; third, Olive Keeton. Baseball throw (girls under 12) First, Ruth Bowman, Talent; sec ond, Margaret Lemasters; third, Marsh Wagner and Mrs. Emll Pell. Don't fornet the date and he sure and keep It open for the big event ELECTED GRAND WARDEN OF STATE REBECCA LODGE Letha Miles Standing broad Jump (boys under Mrs. Mary D. Moss, of Iakevlew.j J5) pirat. Clyde Moore, Ashland, a Bister of Attorney W. J. Moore of j g fept 2 lncheg. geC0nd, Master Bu! tbls city, was elected warden of thejterfleld state assembly "of Rebeccas which Is I gtandinff Dro,i jmp (boys over In session at Eugene this "k- i5)Flrst, Shaw of Ashland, 8 feJt PRIZES GIVEN AWAY BY MERCHANTS 8ATURDAY The contests conducted during the past two weeks by some of the East Main street merchants, ended Satur day, and the prizes were awarded during the afternoon. Tbe Sellers kitchen cabinet, which was offered by Swenson and McRae, was won by number 1589, held by Mrs. Merle Dunlap. The first prize offered by J. N. Dennis was won by number 16, held by Mrs. C. A. Jensen; the second by Mrs. C. D. Peebler with number 75, and the third by number 112, held by Mrs. Mollis Rush. New arrivals at the camp ground are: W. J. Bishop and family, Belle view, Idaho; E. O. White and fam ily, Spokane; C. W. Helwagen. Oak land, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Slocum, McKittrick, Calif.; R. H. Thompson and party, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Shaver, SawteKe, Calif.; R. S. Foster and family, San Diego; Alex Diepold, Portland; W. S. Terry and family, Oakland, Calif.; W. C. Hau ser, Modesto, Calif.; J. M. Cummins and family, San Francisco;; L. C. Hlserode, Anaheim, Calif. LUMBER PRODUCTION IS 5 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL Three members or mm oraer irom . gecon(1 Brlggs, 7 feet t... h.ntr ,J Ashland were In attendance at th Wrd orlam,0 Nel,on Clyde M. Hamilton, 642 Liberty i ftMemb,y; street, was almost completely de- stroyed by fire which broke out at PRIVATE" PEAT WAS about 8:15 o'clock this morning, 11 Inches; The baseball game between the girl of Rogue River and Phoenix "Ford Day" as a prelude to the Society leaders are planning a gay ))K p()ll.t, f jy celebration, glv ciird party for Tuesday evening. L,, 11)(Pr Ihe ulKS,,oes of the nier June 14. to be given at the Armory. chnntH f Ashland, gives promise of All the money from' tbe affair will i,(,llK ,ne biggest combination of go to the Club House fund of the ,.nmmPrci interest and holiday ever Civic Club. Tables may be engaged ulP1.take in tt,l8 region. Co-op-from Mrs. E. D. Brlggs. Mrs. E. V. ; t Ion Is the watchword, and every Carter, Mrs. Olive Swetlenliurg, Mrs. (ff()1.t s beg put f0I.ti, to make it a 100 per cent proposition In point ot participation by the merchants. The principal attraction will b the wonderful parade ot Ford ma chines, and that this feature may be made as attractive as possible, all sorts of prizes will be offered Of course, the big prize will be a Ford car, given to the holder of the lucky ticket which will be given trf their customers by the merchants. As much Interest, however, will attach to the other prizes, the awards being made to cover as large a field as possible. According to tentative i-lans, prizes will be of fered (or the best decorated Ford ln 29. A! tbe parade, for the Ford coming the Gil MOUNTAIN LOCOMOTIVES S.P. ROAD PHILADELPHIA, May was won by Phoenix by tbe score of 'consignment of the new giant "2-10- longest distance (tourists barred), ..,, riTpsT hfrk five to four. The tennis ma'chos 2" type locomotives, ror ine noum- for the Ford bringing tne largest The fire department made a quick; run to the scene of the blaze and! I. "Private" Peat, lecturer on the wns won j i, t had two lines of hose playing water' Chautauqua program Thursday ev-i singles anq nuuuie. on the fire in a remarkably short lenlng, was a house guest of Mr. andi time, but the fire had gained such Mrs. B. M. Heath, ot Terrace street, ,4t4t444 IRELAND'S DAILY CASUALTY LIST between Central Point and Phoenix j em Pacific railroad, left here on family, for the Ford bringing In four by Central Point, both In Saturday, for freight service on the .generations with the greatest total heavy grades oer the rehacnapi nllmber of years, for the Ford brlng- headway that the entire upper story I while he wm In the elty. Mr. and was burned before It could be; Mrs. Heath came to Ashland from! checked. Part of the lower floor' the same section of Canada that Mr. . was also destroyed. (Peat calls home, and therefore felt , Belfast. ""J' 29- Flve Mr. Hamilton is employed by the they were acquainted Southern Pacific, and works nights! Mr. Peat stated that he bad signed gtab, wer9 gned early today in the local yards. He was In bed; contract with Ellison-White for . )n t pltcnej battle near Beileck. when the blaze was first discovered period of five years. - Hundreds of workerg are Idle bi)lt by neighbors, and as a result, did. ! as a result of a new wave of TI'e anil Siskiyou mountains. lug In the most people Jn one load. The 2-10-2 locomotives are the for the Ford bearing the oldest en List word In locomotive design. and,gn( number, for the Ford bringing are equipped wun ieen waier nrm-n,, five heaviest men. lor me rum ers and "boosters" to aid in sln"rt-' bringing In five tallest men, for the lug the trains, a well as ail other' forl bringing the five oldest per- approved monern nevires iur "e'M't-igoiis, ror ine rorn onusing mi n Roosevelt highway contract for $146,667 let ln Curry county. One hundred and thirty mills, re porting to West Coast Lumbermen's association for the week ending May 20, manufactured 89,395,338 feet of lumber, sold 106,809,(28 feet and shipped 14,126.6(8 feet Production for mills reporting was 6 per cent above normal. New business for the week was 18 per cent above production. Shlpments were 11 per cent below new busi ness. . 1 not get very many of his household . ELECTION OF Or FICER8 f incendiarism during the night. effects out of the house. The cause j AT D. A. R. MEETING, when MnlP5er of factories of the fire is a mystery as there was, I were burned. no fire ln the part of the house! The meeting of the Daughters o', where It first broke out. 'the American Revolution, which wav Insurance In the sum of $800 was postponed from May 1, will be held carried on the house, and $200 on at the home of Mra. Gordon Mae its contents. St. Helens April lumber menta totaled 14,000,000 feet. ship- Cracken at t(2 Tuesday' evening, O'clock Hargadlne street May 80, at 7:16 republicans and one Ulster con- M c,ption and Increasing heaviest women, for the Ford brlng- the power output. They are the K the five shortest people, for most powerful locomotives of this (he worst looking Ford, for the old est Ford ton truck, for the Ford The present order of the Southern driven by the homliest man, for the Pacific company for 50 of these loco- Kord coming to Ashland on Ford motives, 20 of which have been ,ay having the most punctures and started west out of Philadelphia, Is blowouts, and for the Ford driven the largest ordT for iloeomotlves ,y the oldest person, equipped with feed water heaters And to add to the gaiety of the and boosters ever placed by any of occasion, an Invitation will be sent the railroads. The giant of the rails t0 jienry Ford to witness the parade. 29. Wea- is called "2-10 2" because or tne )t gaid he will ne in san rran- WKATIIKR OUTLOOK WiOHtvr.TnN. Me (her outlook for the period May 29, number of wheels, there being 10 dsoo about that time, and he might Affir.rm in June 2 1922. Inclusive: Pacific drive wneeig unner me cemrai pm i De tndncea 10 come io u..m. St. Helens creosotlng 8,000,000 feet of ties for Ban Diego. 1 urged. The annual election of officers to June S. 19, inclusive: racmc nr. . ... Wll take place at this meeting, and eoast st.te.-Oeaer.il fair except of th. engine, two smaller wheel .full attendee, of member. Is! for occ.slon.l shower on the north under th. forward part, and two at. coast; normal UmperaUres. the rear,. Six miles Jordan I road to be built. Valley-Nyssa