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1 I OrP0.n.. Historical Soc X EBFORD M OTONE The Weather Maximum yesterday 3tt ; Minimum today it Precipitation ....31 Snow , H InehM Predictions Rain or mow HIW 8Utnlh Yar. Wokly Fitly-First Tft MEDFOKD, OHM ION, Fill DAY, DKCEMUKU 2:5, 11)21 NO. 235 w AIL DEBS RELEASED BY PRESIDENT HARDING SENTENCE TO FEDERAL PEN COWWUIIED Radical Leader Granted Free dom As Christmas Present Pardon Comes As Sur prise to Friends and Rela tives Convicted On Three Counts. Women Are Given Legal Power to Pick Husband Pockets MALDKN. Ma., Dec. 13. J mine Charto M. Uruce, lu the municipal court tocUy ruled tlml women are Jutlflcd ,ln helping themselves to money from their husband's pockets. "It hat bene the lnallctisbl rlKlit of womi'ii from ihe beglu- nlnK of time to take money from their husband's pockets." bo said lit finding Alplione L1 F.aco guilty Of assault Oil III wlfo. Lena. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 The tn your prison sentence of ttugena V, Debs wa commuted today by Presi dent Harding and the socialist leader will bo released Christmas day from Atlanta penitentiary. A Ions with Mr. Dobs, who was convicted In 19 IS of violation of the espionage law, the sentenre of twenty-three other, persons serving sen tence for violation of war time law were commuted to expire also on Christmas day. Five former soldier serving sen tences imposed by courts utartial were pardoned. The commutations and pardons were announced personally by Preal ' H'i'1 1 oik 1 , V K STATE SENATE UNDECIDED ON GASOLINE TAX FIGHT ON BONUS BILL IS FAILURE Rep. Korcll Leads Attack, But Only 3 Votes Registered Against Additional Appro priation for Service Men 12 Bills Passed in House Carter Measure Passes. First Woman Mayor in State of Ohio Will Start War Against Bootleggers B. Bread Sandwiches On German Frontier Diamond Studded i ' Divided Report Expected in Upper House On Bill to Fi nance 1925 Fair Amend ment Would Give 40 Per Cent of Tax to Highways. SALEM, Ore.. Dec. su With road protection tcglslatlonweli on the way toward enactment, and with a meas ure ad ly the house providing a gasoline tint to raise 13,000,000 for the proponed exposition at Portland in J935 under consideration tudny In (he wnule, the special session of the Oregon legislature convened Monday HAt.KM. Ore. Deo. 23 .V bill, pro viding for an additional appropriation of I'JO.Ooo to administer the IJO.ikhj.ooo bond Issue for the soldiers bonus and !an fund was passed last night by the house after spirited debate. lU'presentatlve Korvlt although In favor of the bill, led a fight which sent the bill to ways and meana romnilllee fur recommendation. The bill came originally from the rommltteo but without recommendation other than for consideration by the legislature a "emergency'' legislation. The bill shortly afterward was re submitted to the house for considera tion. Itoll call showed three adverse votes. Thirty thousand dollars was appropriated by the legislature for ad ministering the loan and bonus when the act wss passed. Pass 12 Bills BAl.K.M. Ore., Dec. 23.-Twclve bills Including three senate measures were passed yesterday by the house. Keuator l'pln'S bill exempting state bonus payments and loans to soldiers from debts contracted Prior to June 21 : 1921. and the Joint way and oieans ap- had tdny made subntantlul progress; proprlat Ion bill of IJO.Ooo to reimburse on the two matters assigned to It by farmers for unpaid claims for furnish Governor lU n W. Oleott. I Ing flax to the state on contract agree. Amendments to the exposition and I im-iit were among the measure ..::;.:;;:r;r..; ' .. w V-'-- 1 t: y .- ' V : ,X" :-y . , " . V IJKRLI.V. Dec. 23, Ituslan smugglers are taxing the re sources of the customs officials and guards on Germany's east ern frontiers. Large quantities of precious stones and gold ru bles recently hsve been takeu from shabby lookiug individuals seeking entrance into Germany, One of the smugglers had a black bread sandwich studded with dlsmouds, valued at mil- 4 lions of marks. Another had a 4 large diamond burled in the beel of hi boot. Yet another was 4 munching a loaf of bread which was discovered filled with gold 4 rubles. . Dr. AMY KAUKGNEH" i 1 1 sssmmsiiii tajsi I WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (By tho Associated Press.) Suggestion hss Dr. Antv Kaukonen will be Inaugurated Mayor of Palrport, Ohio. Jan utiry 1. Hho tins already tlerlnred lnr Intention of warring agslnst the bootlegger. 1TI KA rttrntu t analyxo the moonahltio aluff herself t. tier own alMUHKilli-a linn wi ion iiiuhi i.k. i"i i" " r un - . , ,u ..ii ,, l.,lo. Khe Is a physLU.. and son;.,-.,. Herl.tlslnR In ailment of children. Hhe,,Mn maue b tho IUllan 'rm' f0'8" I twenty-five yenia old, anil Is considered til" youugi'Kl peuon ever elected panon lo inn naval romramos oi iuo In thin country to the olflt-e of mayor. 0. 0. BANDIT CAUGHT, PAL SHOT DOWN ITALY WANTS A NEW MEETING Chesterfieldian Highwayman Surrenders After Wild Taxi Flight During Which Com panion Is Killed Kidnaped Wife White Sox Manager Confess Robberies. y-BOATJSSOE Italian Delegation to Arms Parley Declares Present, Conference Too Small to1 i Properly Solve Submarine Problem. Kugene V, INdia. dent Harding, who took thu action In accordance with tBe custom of ox tending clumoncy to federal offend er at the Christmas season. The five soldiers given full par don are Carl J. Ilryan, .lames A. O'Dull, Yoy Youtigblood, George Van Glider and J. II. Klchardson, all serv ing life terniH to which they were sentenced while with the American army on the Rhine, for the alleged killing of George I.ancoflold, a form er Hritish officer. ' Among thoHe whose sorttences were commuted were Charles Ashlelgh, a former newspaper mun, and a writer of poetry, who was convicted at Chi cago for conspiracy under tho es pionage act and given a ten year son tence. His sentence was commuted upon his agreement to accept depor tatlon to England, the country 6f his nativity. (Continued on page tlx.) hlghwuy measure have liven pro poned In the aviiate and the riimiult tee considering the exposition nienx uie was expertet to return a dividend report this afternoon. A senate amendment lo the exposi tion bill whli'h has the state highway commission' approval, would give 40 per cent of the return from s three, ti nt a gallon gasoline tax to exiiottl t Inn purpoNeii and sixty per rent to the highway coiiimbmiun until 3, OOU.OOV hu been reiillzed for tho i-x-ponltton. Heyornl emergency bllU and ome iiu-usureii to correct error and omla bIoiih by the hint rcaular semlon were on their way through both hoiiMS. soma Imvlng been finally enacted. Tliomua VoU-a ",No." BALM. Ore., Ih-e. 23. Tho first of thu adininlxtrittlon highway protec tive im-iiNurcs to ri'urli the svnutn on final paHKiiKe, house bill No. d, giv ing police rik'Uliillmi of the highways to tho stata highway eommlimlon, paused the senate this morning with ityim, Htrayer and Thoma voting HKHfimt It. The nicimure doe not re move authority from the state de pnrtment. House bill 21 placing regulation of motor bun and transportation linos under the public m-rvlce comiiilsMlon precipitated a debute and was r committed for amendment. f HALKM. Ore;, Dee. 23. The roads and highways committee of thu sen ate nt. a noon meeting made four amendment to thu bill placing motor bu and truck line under regulation of the public service roiiiailstilon. One of thine exempts neighborhood vehicles, for example In cominuu!tlcn where one farmer do hauling for hi iilglibor who cannot afford trucks. ALL REDS IN THE UNITED STATES TO GATHER IN ONE BIG PARTY NEW YORK, Doc. 23. Unification of all revolutionary elements in the ranks of America's workers was con templated by radical dolegates gath ered here today for a convention called for the announced purpose of organiz ing "the workers party of America." It wa Beml-officlally declared these elements might be defined -an "those accepting the leadership of the third (communist) Internationale . in the " struggle to estahllsTi',' an American workers' republic," It wus expected Uiut representatives of tho following organizations' would bo present during the convention, which will close Monday: Tho American Labor Alliance, th" Workers Council of tho United Btatcs of America, tho Jewish Socialist fed eratloq, tho aernian Workers' Educa tional , society, tho Finnish Socialist federation, the JowIhIi Workers feder ation, the Scandinavian Socialist fed oration, tho Greek Socialist union, tho Irish-American Labor league, tho Hun gurlan' Workers federation, mid the Italian Workers federation. Invitations to upiiolnt dolegutos to the convention were sent to the prole- tailim party having headmiuHors nt Detroit; the IJohomliin Socialist feder ation, Chicago; the loft wing element or tho Italian Socialist federation, the Socialist lnbor party nnd the Jugo-Slav KoclnllHt federation. passed. Tho sum of $2500 was allowed In a Joint way and mean bill for paying traveling cxpcnie and hotel bill of circuit court Judge lu the handling of Judicial business in various district The legUlature In passing the bill at the last si-union did not provide a fund. Ilouso bill No. SI, Introduced by Iteprescutatlve Kay,' provide that school district can lend fund provid ing a majority of the hoard agree t such action along with tho circuit Judgn of tho county In which the dis trict I located. Kay pointed out under present legis lation a district which lamd for sM-c.iriod amount turn tho fund over to the state treasurer and seen ten but two imr cent iuleret. Tho new bill which wa passed will allow Invest ment of the fund at six per rent Inter est for limited periods until needed. Cartr Bill Patats House bill No. 16 was paHid provid ing girts to city, town and municipal ities are lo bo freo from provision of tho Inheritance tax law. Ilepresenta live tarter introduced the measure to allow a bequest of $25,1)00 to Llthln park in Ashland to bo exempt front tho Inheritance tax. Senato bill No. 7 providing for re moval of road district from classifica tion as municipalities was nassud. Under provisions of Hoprvsnntative rieicnora inn county clerks win no longer need to deliver In person bal lots to absent Voters, but may mull tnetn. IIotiHu bills 17, 18 nnd 19 which wore passed simply cormcted minor errors In bills enacted at the last loglsluturo. UNOFFICIAL TAX Gen' I. Diaz Suffers Sprained Finger As Result U. 5. Visit NAl'LICH, Dec. 23. (Ily tho Asso ciated l'reas.) Jonoral Armando Diaz, commander of tho Italian arm ls in the world war, arrived today from the United Status, whoro he spent two months as guest of the A mot-limn legion. He was enthus iastically received nt tho pier by civil nnd military and communal uu thurltles and by Vice Admiral Albert 1. Nlbluck and tho officers of tho American battleship Utah, now in tho harbor. A crowd, muny members of which carried bunnors of welcome greeted the general with salvos of chonrs, The general expressed tho wannest n dm I ration of the Anerlcans nnd their country. He delivered 110 ud droHHos in thn Unltod B'.ates. Ho sus tained a sprained flngor from hand slinklnjr in WitHhlnwinn, LEVY JACKSON CO. ANNOUNCED The Jackson county lax levy for the year ha been Iixcu iy ins coumy court, and while not official, will bo approximately a follows: Kor districts outside lilgli senool dlslrlctH 26.7 mills.. Kor dlstrlcta Inside high school dis trict SS.9 mills. The levy for the Ashland district I Sfi.7 mills, which Is exempt, rrom the library lovy of .il mills. Tim county court will meet next TuiHilny to approve, nnil iiinko final declnlons oil thn b-vy. The levy last year lu district out- side of high si liool illntiicts was 27.3 mills, .6 of n mill higher than this HARDING IN 'T conference that another International gathering of broader scope be called, hi pocket last night, the police ay- soon after the adjournment of the! The captured present discussions, to deal parttcu-1 larly with submarines and auxiliary craft. A RESERVATIONS But President Considers Them Unnecessary to the Pacific Peace Pact Resents Effort Being Made to Make Capi tal of" Split. WASHING'! ON. Ixc. 23 (Uy Asso ciated I'ress.) rreslilent Hardlug, It was said at the White Houso today, yi-iii-. The levy lust year in flisti n ts c wi i blect If tho si niitn con dor Inside high school districts wns u necessary to attach reservations to mills, 1.!) mills lower than this yenr. Tho levy la apportioned as follows among tho various departments and funds: General road fund 2.6 mills. Market mud fund 1.0 mills. Htnto tax 0.3 mills. General county expense fund which provide for tho redemption of coun ty warrant foiling due, fi.5 mills. High si'IiooIh (for district outside of high school districts) ,S mills. County school fund 2.X mills. . 'I'acUlo Highway bond Interest .0 mills. Crater Luko highway bond Interest, .0 iiiIIIh. , . l'liciric Highway bond redemption, 1.4 llllllH, County library, for districts outsldo of Ashland, .2 mills. Mud ford armory fund .3 inilllH, In conjunction with fodurut und stutu appropriations. County fair .1 mill as voted at the Hpoiial county election Doccmbor 1-1, ARE STILL SEARCHING L SKATTLH, Deo.' S?.. Sonttlo po llco, in their Investigation ot the death of Ferdinand Hochbrunn. weulthy rotlred roul estute dealer whose body was found in his home here Wednosduy, continuod today to center their efforts on the anarch for Mrs, Clara Skarin AVinbom, said to have been Hochlmmn's ward, who was reported to havo left Seattle for San Bernardino, Cal.,. November 211. Hochbrunn wns slain some time in October, in the Holler of offico.ru, tho four-power 1'uclflc treaty provided tho senate coiiHlder thorn necessary, but ho docs not himself consider there is need for them nt this time. It Is ltifoiicclvublo. In hla view, that any president' would employ tho military power of, tho United States to make war without thu dlrucllou and author ity of congress. WASHINGTON. Doc. 23. (Ily Asso ciated I'msii.) I'roHlduul Harding In a formal statement today declared that tho differences ot lnturprotutlou which havo arisen- over tho four jaiwor Pa rifle treaty are to his mind "unimpor tant." Declaring that un unjustified effort had been lmtilo to magnify bjs differ ence of view with the Amurlcua dole- gates regarding the trout y, tho presi dent asHurtod that he was "mora than Hatleflud" with tho work of tho dole gates and Uiut they had his full confi dence. Ho at ho assorted that an unjustified chargo hud boon inn do that tho Amer ican delegation la "withholding Infor mation," und that ho could not permit such a churge o bu unchallenged. Itevortlng to niiothoi" feature of tho fight that Ih IioIiik mado agalnat tho treaty in the t'enato Mr. Hut'dlnts us Bertod that tho puct contemplated no "alliance or cnlaiiKlomunt." It is In full accord, he said, with chorluhed American trail Itiona. The president asked that "unimpor tant" controversies na to interpreta tion should not be pernilttod to obscure the major ptirpoao of the treaty, which ho said, was to prosorve peace and to provido for a means ot consultation when ponco is threntonod, CHICAGO. Dec. 23. Clyde Tim inoiia, whutu companion, Karl Tim-' mon. was shot and killed Inst night aftr they had kidnaped and robbed Mr. Jame J. Callahan, her daugh ter, and brother, confewwd to the po lice today thut he and hi partner had participated In several holdup. Including a Utah train robbery bmt August and the sudden Interruption of a card party at the home ot Jacob Loeb, List June. Following tho confession, police took into custody Mlsa Mary Hoberls, 23. who I suld to havo been an Inti mate acquulntanco ot the dead rob' ber. The train robbery. Tlmmona said, waa on an Oregon Short Line train, on Augsust 31, when the two col lected M&O from pasaengcra. I-aat Friday the pair held up J. F. Walsh In Chicago, ai-cordlng to Tim morn' confession, robbing him of h's automobile and a $S watch. The au tomobile waa later recovered. Tim mon told the Hyde Tark police that hla horns was in Hammond, Ind.. Hu Mid that hi companion atone had. staged tho Loeb card party holdup, when several wealthy men were rob bed. A $300 diamond ring-, taken from on of the victims, was found In 2?. (By tho Asso- PAUIS. Dec. elated Press.) Premier Drland has rh0i.ierfi..idian bandit The known dead known robber was alio a t lauuot J nomas, ana ni companion wa sometime a Carl Gilbert. sent to Ambassador Jusserand In Washington a final and definite ac ceptance of the capital ship ratio. France, however, it la stated, main tains her position regarding subma rine and though the Is willing to negotiate. France Insists that her demands are vitally accessary to her security, It hi Indicated, but is disposed to co operate with tho Culled States as far as poetilblo. Kidnaped Mrs. Callaluut. CHICAGO. Dec. 2J Victims of the who robbed several passenger on the Baltimore and Ohio flyer Tuesday night, today called at the police station for the purpose of Identifying Clyde Tlm mons. 33 of Seattle, who waa cap- coast defense ships, ul-J iurp,i ll,Ht '" ttfu'r his companion. r.ail "iimmons av, or ismaii. o-i been killed by a policeman. The pair had kidnaped Mrs. James J. Callahan, wife of the former man ager of the Chicago Amerlcin league basebll team, her daughter. Mr Kiiret, 17, and Ooorgo Hardin, her brother, just after they had entered a taxlcab In front of their home on tho itouth side. I'ollcemun William McNaughton, tho running board ot a commandeered by Mr. . . .'Callahan, killed Karl Tlmmona and home government promised to lead!forccd ('., d0 io nmntw aflPr tt WASHINGTON, Doc. 23. (Ily the Associated Press.) Failure of tho French delegation to rocelve ex pected additional Instructions as to j lttlit from the auxiliary naval craft from Its, J.""1" r,"r; further discussion today of the -sub marlno iuosllon by the Washington conference In tho single mooting like ly to break a pro-Christmas lull. The wild xig-sag drive, which ended when the Callahan car was wrecked by tho robber. Tho occupant were inhurt. Clyde waa well dressed and whuti meeting of the full naval committee . taken to the station had $100 In hla was set for three o'clock. While the pockets. Officer said ho resenlliied various delegations prepared for the. tho bandit who held up tho I. and O. afternoon meeting, suggestion came from the Italian representation through an authorltod spokesman that another conference be arranged soon after tho adjournment of the present gntheriug to take up further the question of auxiliary naval craft. The Italians, through their apokes man, mado the point that a number ot nations having submarines either built, building or planuod, were not reprcsoulud at tho present confer ence, und unless brought Into agreo- (Contlnued on page six.) train on Tuesday night, the night ho suld he arrived in Chicago. Ho said he met Gilbert a year ago In San Francisco and came with him to Chi cago from Omaha. . "'Neither of us had any money," said Thomas, "and Gilbert had a gun so wo decided to hold up somebody." Hold Up at Ogden. OGDKN. Utah, Dec. 23. Thero were two men lu tho robbery of Ore gon Short Lino passenger train No. 7 on tho afternoon ot August 31. The (Hon tinned on sage alx.t JAPANESE PREMIER SEES END WAR 1 IN THE PACIFIC AS RESULT OF PACT VAIUS, Duo. 23." t Uy the Asso elated l'reas)- Premier Baron Taka haahl of Japan la quoted by tho Toklo oorrcHponduut of tho newspaper Ex- obtaln, the progrcsa of Japan is strengthened in tho Far East." In regard to China, the premier was quoted us Buying;: "China la in an advanced Htngo ot colslor na declining "the quadruple dccompoaltlon. H will bo an unpluus entento, which for Japan replaces the ftnt situation for Japan and a mlB-AnKlo-Jupuneso alliance, la much fortu,1 fo,r ina. K. us tho result ot . anarchy she does not eooourat wider In bearing, and removes all ,vlth tho fl.mirilv miwul.a H,itiim , chances of war." "I venture to say," he continued, bring about her unification." Baron Taknhashl characterised tho "that tho Washington conference has report that Japan had designs on the opened a now poch In tho Paclfio and French Indo-Chlna as "an absurd tho world. I not only hcltevo that tho fable." Japan had not been Riven fn ontento will result In making the Jap- vored nation treatment there, but he anoso people happier, because It will hoped that a commercial agreement lighten their' burdens, but further on this subject would strengthen the thnt. by reason of tho guarantee wo 'relations between Japan and France, 7
