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SHLAND
without
Medicine, cures
aid
cases out
a proven
tact.
A shland D aily T idings
United Press Wire Service
VOLUME 2
(Successor to the Semi- Weekly
MEDFORD MAN
CHARGED WITH
WIFE MURDER
Tidings. Vol. 43.)
MALARIA Germs cannot survive
- - three months in the rich ozone
at Ashland.
The pure domestic
water helps.
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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921.
Nine Story Office Building
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NO. 215
EUROPEAN PEACE THREATENED BY
INSURRECTION OF SILESIAN POLES
Moved; Work Goes on
Weighed 5,000 Tons; 12 Men Do Work
PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 13. — move was caused by the widening of
While hundreds of clerks worked at Second avenue to an 80-toot boule-
vard. Engineers lifted the whole
their desks and scores of customers
building on 1.200 jacks. They raised
MEDFORD, May 13
T. W.
passed in and out of a big hardware
Gruetter, chemist and assayer of this
it 18 inches, sidewalks and all, after
city, was arrested here Wednesday, store on the ground floor, a nine-they had cut off the steel columns
concrete founda-
charged with the murder of his story office building weighing 5000 imbedded in the
wife, a bride of two months.
The tons was moved a distance of 75 feet tion.
charge made against him alleges his without the interruption of so much
Meantime they had built up an
complicity in the death of his wife as a minute’s work by any one. elaborate system of wooden timbers
which the jacks :
a short time ago at their homestead : Twelve laborers performed the task, and I-beams on
near Agate. His bail was set at $20-¡which is pronounced an engineering, rested. Then they inserted row on
000.
He is represented by attor-feat never before attempted.
row of 90 pound railroad rails on
LONDON, May 13. — Europe’s peace is threatened by the Polish in-
J., May 13.
‘ ? ••*:•** • ?
CAMDEN
neys O. S. Blanchard of Grants Pass
In addition to the building, the top of heavy timbers, and on these •
surrection
in Upper Silesia, Lloyd George told the House of Commons, to-
Banana peels, which Frank Smith,
and John H. Harkin.
sidewalks fronting on Wood street rails laid 800 steel rollers, about •
CHARLES GORDON
“I’m frightened" he declared, “at what may happen if confidence
6.
of Philadelphia, says netted him i day.
The case has a number of peen--and Second avenue, the basement of three inches in diameter. These roil- •
MAC CRACKEN
is
not
restored,
” said there’s no rea son why the Allies should object to
"easy money,” has landed him in
liar features, one of which is that the building,
including “the big ers acted as wheels between
the •
the
use
of
force
by Germans to restore order in her own province.
jail for six months.
He was ar-
the affidavit for the warrant charg engine and boilers, all functioning building and the concrete floor. Jacks •
Since starting to work as i
“That would be simply fair play,” h e declared.
rested in the offices of the Pub
route carrier for the Tidings,
ing murder was signed by James S. properly, went along with the build- were placed against the concrete
lic Service Railway company here.
along Second avenue.
in June of last year, Charles
Bomgardner, well known Josephinei ing, while the hardware business cellar wall
blow them up if the insurgents are
damage
where he presented
Gordon
MacCracken
has
saved
county miner.
living
about five j overhead was uninterrupted.
under the curbstone.
These were *
13
__
The
compelled to retire.
claim for injuries sustained in a
COPENHAGEN. May
miles west of Grants Pass, who is a
The building is 80-by 20 feet and laid horizontally, so that when oper- $100 as a start toward satisfy
trolley car ou Sunday night when independence of Upper Silesia has,
*
former husband of the woman. When about one hundred feet in height, ated. they would push the building • ing his ambition of becoming a
he
slipped
on
a
banana
peel.
liis
Italian
Minister
Quits.
|
Ninety
pound
rails,
lawyer.
Charles
performed
his
been
declared
by
Adalbert
Korfanty.'
120
of
them,
I
northward
toward
Third
avenue.
o
the warrant for arrest was issued by
insistence that his claim be set- the Polish leader, according to dis-1
As the building slowly was pushed • duties as a Tidings route car
Assist ant
Prosecuting
Attorney Imade the tracks on which the struc-
LONDON, May 13.—There is an
tled out of court aroused suspi patches which were received here to- unconfirmed report here that Count
forward, the iron roller that was • rier faithfully until the begin
George Codding yesterday afternoon, i ture was moved.
cion.
It cost the owners about $80,000 released on the south side of each • ning of last week when he gave
day.
is was supposed that she was still
Sforza, Italian foreign minister, has
his
route
to
Elliott
MacCracken,
the wife og Bomgardner, but that the to move the building, but it would set of rails was carried forward and •
The police say they learned
i resigned.
$275.000
to tear the reinserted under the north side of • his younger brother.
couple were separated, It developed ‘ have cost
that Smith had presented similar
Sforza met severe criticism on his
Korfanty, the former Polish ple-
Charles was born August 16.
that the former Mrs. Bomgardner I building down and build a new one. the huge structure, so as to make a •
claims against the Philadelphia A biscite commissioner in Upper Sile- return to Rome from the supreme
The technique was simple.
The continuous line of rollers.
‘ 1909, in Winnetka, 111., and is
had married Gruetter at Chico, Cal.,
Reading railway and the Phila Ì sia. directed the armed expedition council session for not demanding
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
ahout two months ago. When the
delphia Rapid Transit company. into that region and seized more | immediate action to protect small
MacCracken of this city. He is
murder arrest warrant was issued, !
He is alleged to have admitted he than half of the country.
Allied forces in Upper Silesia, threat-
attending
the
Junior
high
the prosecutor's office was in ignor
worked with a companion who pre-
Although Germany won most of ened by the advance of Polish insur-
school, is in the Sixth grade
ance of this situation.
ceded him into the cars and drop- I the region as a result of the recent gents.
and intends some day to claim
The circumstances surrounding
ped the peel, and that he had I plebiscite, the Poles hope the Allies------------------------------ ------
Yale University as his Alma
the death are such that it is prob-
worked the scheme.
will give to them those portions
Mater
where
he
will
prepare
for
able that the body will be exhumed
; which they have occupied.
his life work as an attorney.
and a post mortem examination made
Charles is an optimistic chap
to determine the exact cause
BERLIN, May
— Officered by
and
is very decided as to the
death.
members of
use he will make of his life
It seems that about 20 years ago
the Germans
after
school days are over.
Mr. and Mrs. Bomgardner were mar-.
Judging from his record while
ried and after living together for
With a total amount of $2000.00 their bit.
The
soliciting captains *
on the Tidings carrier staff and
she
some time were divorced. Then
less successful.
raised for the Chamber of Commerce are expected to finish their drive by .. his school class
work there is
married a man named Ames, who
Dispatches here said Polish offi-
L. F. Ferguson, chairman Saturday of this week so that a com-
every reason to believe in his
died, and it is said that some five budget,
for an armistice
píete report of the drive's conclu
full measure of success.
or six years ago she went back and of the budget committee has
‘ 1 siou may be inaile by Monday.
the insurgents in
lived with Bomgardner.
Several nounced that the reports made by
territory they have
The following is the report made |
months ago they separated and in the committee members show an ex- by the soliciting captains, the read-
seized.
TOKYO. May 13. — Great ship-
their agreement to part
Bomgard-cellent response to the Chamber of ¡ng of which will form part of the
German mine owners, returning
und
various
ner gave her a gold brick and gold Commerce drive. Some of the lars-Chamber of Commerce luncheon to
from a trip into Upper Silesia, de loads of machinery
WILLIAMSON. W. Va„ May 13.-- .
,.1./
other
material
for
the
great
fleet
and cash, in all to the value of about est subscriptions have not been re- be held Tuesday
I
clared the Poles ha ve secreted ex-
of next week.
Guerilla warfare continued along the. .....
which
preparing
to
build
$2800, and his Ford car.
Japan
i
,
plosives in the mines, threatening to
ported and the banks are waiting
Captain A. C. Briggs $25,00! El-
f
i nge
«
Tug river today.
--------------------------------------------------- - are continually
Then came the marriage of the completion of the drive before add- hart
$145.00;
Dodge, $100.00; ;
Fighting
between
striking
miners
woman to Gruetter at Chico about ing a ten per cent subscription to Lamkin. $42.50
pa per« say that while Japan re
Smith. $193.00:
G
F
Billin
and
state
police
and
county
slier-
ceived no submarines, beyond those
two months ago.
The condition of
the amount received. Every merch- Engle, $262.00;
Carson.
’ iffs, which opened at dawn yester-
About May 3rd last Dr. Dow of ant who has been approached by the Pierce, $140.00;
which
Staples, 1251.00 ! who was struck by
day, reigned at Miarrimac, Spriggs. |
Medford was summoned to the committee has subscribed a minimum Kaegi, $72.00;
of spoils from Germany, such
Nininger, $104.00 I Wednesday evening. is improved it Hawk and
Alburn,
according to
Gruetter home near Agate by Gruet of his last year subscription and Simpson, $112.00; Rose,
coming in constantly in take-
$97.00
today
i
by his son, meager reports which reached Wil-
ng shipped through
down form.
ter and there found Mrs. Gruetter many have given more. A great McNair, $42.00; G. H. Billings, $60; | was reported
be
liamson.
I Homer Billings.
avoid the
in bed unconscious and in convul- many new business firms have done J. W. McCoy, $226.00
in
order
He expects to
One
man
was
killed
and
four
‘attention of the Allied Reparations
sions. Mr. Gruetter was there, also
i out the first of the week.
wounded, according to lastest dis-
his mother who was visiting the
ANGORA.
Turkey,
May
13.
—
Ismet
Commission and on vessels belong-
|‘ Mr. Billings was struck at ,
the '
with Pasha, who defeated the Greeks at ing to the biggest Japanese
and
patches.
Wire
communication
home.
Dr. Dow worked over the
com-
| street intersections of .... .............. ...
East
Main
streets
at
the
Plaza,
the
battle
area
has
been
severed
the
valley
entrance
before
the
city
pañíes
which
are
under
obligations,
as
she
showed
patient and then left
about 6 o'clock Wednesday evening since the fighting started.
of Eski-Shehr, has become a nation- because of subsidies, to the Japanese
signs of improving, although stilli
i i The
—
man
reported
killed
is
said
alist hero second only to Mustapha government.
unconscious.
.by a car driven by E. E. Phipps, al
I Great interest is being taken in 1
local real estate man.
Mi. Billings to 6
be Harry Staten, a former mas Kemal Pasha.
That night or the next morning
.
istrate
Dow
that
his
and
a
witness
Ini
the
state
His
victory
has
made
foreigners
large number of airplanes and one
Gruetter phoned Dr.
was crossing
from
the
Simpson
i
-
iin
the
Matewan gun trial here this | remember that the Turks have been Zeppelin, which Japan is receiving as
wife was dead and asked him to come
The Chamber of Commerce
Hardware store and almost reached
.
.
...
It
I
year,
He
Is said to have been shot fighting for nine years, on a stretch, her share of the German spoils and
out and view the body. On exam- hold their noon forum luncheon at
I the curb in front of Murphy’s elec-
while
standing
in Iront ot his store and are the only soldiers in Europe, which are now arriving in considér
ination of the body the physician pioneer Hall Tuesday of next week,
trie shop, Mr. Billings was hit by
ât
Spiigg.
save the Hungarians, their blood rei1 ¡able numbers. Japan is making
remarked that he was not satisfied
Dr. E. A.
Bulkin, an evangelist
a fender of the car and knocked to
The fighting is said to be the se-atives, who are not tired out.
strenuous efforts to catch up with
give the cause of death and asked who has been speaking at Medford,
one side of the machine, striking on
verest in the history of Mingo coun
to be allowed to make a post mortem will be the principal speaker.
He
Ismet
Pashat
used
the
winter
in
other nations in development of her
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., May 13.— his head and shoulders on the ce
examination of the body. Gruetter will talk on
“City I Building from The Rev. Guy Kyle was sentenced to ment. The accident is thought to ty and Sheriff Pinson is summon- organizing the rabble of an army air forces, which are without doubt
ing. a number of special deputies left over from the armistice and the weakest part of her defense. In
refused to permit this. He said that Four Angles.’’ Music will ho fur- serve six years in prison and was have been unavoidable.
for immediate service at the two which was defeated by the Greeks addition to the airplanes received
his wife had been subject to epilept c mished at the luncheon by
and fined $3000 in federal court today
towns.
spells.
10 months ago. He won his battle from Germany, she recently bought
Mrs. Lewis.
John H. Fuller SBC- when he pleaded guilty to robbing MOTHER MAKES PLEA FOR
A later report stated that Merri- by letting the enemy think he was 83 machines from France.
About this time Mrs. Gruetter’s retary of the Chamber of Commerc
the mails of $189,000.
SON BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE ¡mac also was being fired on
sister from eastern Oregon arrived has urged the attendance of all mem
from going to retreat. Then he about-
Loren Williamson.
part-
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 13.— the Kentucky side.
at the house, and she told Dr. Dow bers.
faced and counter-attacked. He has ,
.
her in the garage business at Mount Speaking with a pronounced German
Captain J. R. Bockus and a squad stated that he used the tactics of
that although she had not seen her
Vernon, III,, who had been previous- accent, Mrs. Emma Bergdoll sketched of state police were reported hem- offra at the hattia
the Marne.
sister for many years she remember
.
,
Joffre at the battle of the
ly found guilty, was given a similar for the house investigating commit- med in by firing parlies at Merri-
The
victory
is
of
vast
importance
ed of her having suffered one such
sentence.
tee incidents surrounding the escape mac.
It is reported that the state, for the Turk nationalists and. its
attack years ago.
of her slacker son Grover. Told police’s supply of ammunition
is political importance may be such as
Later when Bomgardner heard of
Six
hundred
men
are
employed
in
how
she
converted
$100,000
worth
low.
Captain
Brockus
has
ten
men
to evenually drive the allied troops
his former wife’s death he reported
the
sponge
fisheries
Tarpon
of
treasury
certificates
to
gold,
he-
at
Merrimac
and
in
addition
there
out of Constantinople: let them be
the matter to Sheriff Terrill
and
Springs,
Fla.
fore
his
escape.
.
are
six
deputies
there.
asked that an investigation be made.
replaced in political influence byi
Then followed conferences between
Moscow, and also encourage the Serbs
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Cod-
and Bulgars to take advantage of a
ding, the sheriff Deputy Sheriff Mc
weakened Greece. It is pointed out
Mahon. Bomgardner and Dr. Dow,
here that those nations responsible
WASHINGTON, D.
May 13.—
after which the arrest warrant was
for not preventing the Greek often- Secretary of War Weeks today an-
I
ei
sworn out.
The warrane charges
sive appear to have been so confi- nounced the appointment of General
ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 13. — The
the murder of Minnie Bomgardner,
i lient of the success oi Greek arms John J.
International Fur Exchange,
the
as chief of staff.
as at that time It was not known that largest wholesale fur house in the
I that they did not stop to consider United States army.
poo
she had married Gruetter.
the consequences of Greek defeat.
United States, issued a statement to
FOOTED
Ismet Pasha is a man of 45, and
SHOES
its stockholders today, informing
I
deaf.
His deafness is cited by the
them of a deficit of $9,000,000 in the
Turks,
who love silence and contení'
| concern’s finances.
plation, as one of the reasons of his
“A sudden, violent collapse of the
successful planning.
He is a pro-
' wholesale market in furs in the |
duct
of
the
great
war,
having been ,
spring of 1920," was given as the
chief
of
the
general
staff
under Er-
reason of the deficit.
Reorganiza |
I
ver Pasha.
tion plans are being considered.
Tidings Carriers
Strive to Achieve
Business Success
Earns Living By
Series of Skids on Independence of Upper Silesia
Is Declared By Polish Leader
Banana Peels
$2,000 IS RAISED FOR CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE BUDGET: RESPONSE :
OF BUSINESS MEN IS GENEROUS
JAPANESE HAVE
MINERS AND
sesreraay" ^"'SI Ì ADA[ DDAADAM
i
LANL NUUNAIV
POLICE HAVE
FOR NALY BLOG
GUERILLA WAR m
Condition of
G. F. Billines
Improved Today!
an automobile
Worshippers
Land Turkish
a
g
(eneralputeh rorts
Dr. E. A. Bulgen
Will Speak at
C. of C. Lunch
to
PRISON TERM
GIVEN MINISTER
MAIL ROBBERY
ALIC ATTI
DDAINTC
' WTTC
)
WHOLESALE FÜR
HOUSE ANNOUNCE
LARGE DEFICIT
PERSHING CHIEF
Three Reasons
see MOTHER. TERE5 "
BEANY,
AND MUSH
(HEy
BARE MV
(AM ’RE I TARE
I
ANO STOCKINGS OFF 100?
Junior-Senior
High School
Picnic Given
The yearly Junior-Senior class
high school picnic was given Tues-
May at a point just below Gold Ray
dam near Grants Pass. The picnic
was in accordance with the school
custom of the Junior class entertain
ing the Seniors before graduation.
The party, about 100 students, mot
ored to Grants Pass early in the day.
remained for inter-class games of
baseball, tug of war. and other field
activities, after which they returned
to Ashland and made up a dancing
FORT MORGAN, Colo.. May 1
party at. the Memorial hall. Twenty
cars were used to convey, the stu Within less than three hours after he
had been bitten by a rattlesnake, the
dents to the picnic grounds.
Ender’s department store furnish- 2-year-old son of Charles Carson,
ed the school with a motor truck I who lives near here, died in terrible
with which to carry their provisions. I agony today.
The Misses Freeman and Farrar, |
The child saw the snake in the
and Coach Hughes, members of the barnyard and approached to play
high school faculty, accompanied the with It when the rattler struck the
boy.
students.
AMBASSADORSHIP
TO JAPAN REFÜSEO
BY DAVIS HILL
Elks Ladies Open
Club Room With
WASHINGTON, May 13. —Davis
Hill has finally decided not to
Party-Speeches Jayne
accept the ambassadorship to Japan,
RATTLER STRIKES
COLORADO BOY
DIES IN 3 HOURS
( Contributed. I
it was learned here today.
It was ascertained. at the same
¡Club Room last night was one of the time, that Hill may be made ab-
most pleasant affairs of the season, (bassador to Germany
when diplo-
Both bridge and 500
were played, : matic relations with the Berlin gov-
| Mr Frank Dow and Mr. Fred Wag- ernment are resumed.
ner having made the nigh scores in
bridge. Mrs. L. Schwein and Mr. $0690093909999
Nate Bates scored high for 500. At
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
the sugger Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Per-
rozzi and Mr. Tomlinson made short
(Special to the Tidings.)
speaches. Mrs. L. Lodge presented
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. — Fol-
the prizes. It was a most enjoyable lowing are market quotations:
affair and the hope was expressed EGGS—
that all the Elks ladies will make it HENS—25c @ 37c.
truly a club home.
BROILERS—35c a 40c.
The opening of the Elks Ladies’
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