t*atfe Twô
Friday, August ft,
ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS
Figures- in Feud Ending in Slaying of Madman
(E stab lish ed in 1 8 7 0 )
State Rangers and citia?ns or
Girls te rrifie d
ganized a state-w ide search for
fhe girU were terrified, out
the madman, but their efforts not young Hill. On the fatal night
were futile. The Hill home here he sent the girls to their rooms,
was guarded, but as month after and lie again resumed hie vigil
month passed and Velasco failed by a rear door, where the maniac
to appear, police vigilance became' was meat likely to attem pt his
lax— but not the tireless watch e .t r.nce. The boy did not sum
cf nineteen year old Louis Hill. mon police, He did not fear his
While the household slept, uncle, but the threat of the ex-
ycung Hill, with a shotgun across I>losi\es held him in check,
his kpees, m aintained constant • His vigil was not for long, and
watch throughout the long nights, i shortly after 9 o'clock in the eye-
Then, but a few days ago, an- ring, he saw the d ifto rtfd figare
other letter, mailed in the city, of the madman crawling from the
was received, and the gills wore shadows toward the house.*Louis
warned that “ their time had ra»s<xl his gun and firod.
The
ccnie— they were about to pay lunatic, w » a piercing stream ,
the supreme penalty”— the a u - : d 'ed on his feet, his crazed brain
preme pena'ty for what they knew blown from his head,
not; simply the workings of a!
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' Th' next day the boy told the
tw iste d b rain .
. poik he would “ do it again if
The letter warned that to
: Velasco was alive”— and
th ey
a tt-a c t polite would mean
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mination of half the c’ty. for -jm pathized with him. How-
Velasco H 11 declared he possessed e ', e r’ lorinal chargee of murder
a bottle of high explosive, and were filed, and the lad was re-
41 the house were guarded he leased under small bond.
Au-
wou’d blow the entire district in- tho-ities promise every effort will
tO bitS>
i he exercised for his exoneration.
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The
w h o in
dered
G ladys
photos o f V elasco H ill,
1 9 1 8 assau lted and m ur
Ill’s
12-yreir-oid
n iece,
H ill, a lso show n in the
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in s ir iiw .
picture; Su sie and C ollie May,
w ho received th reaten in g letters
from
V elasco,
w h ose
tw isted
brain p lotted to end th eir liv e s
in th e sam e m anner, and Louis
I H ill, th eir brother, w ho ended
V e’nsco’s career w ith a shot aft-1
j er a six-year vigil.
Along
The Roue
AUGUST
THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDER
STANDING, SHALL K EEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH
CHRIST JESUS.— Phil. 4:7.
daughter, and she is one of the chatting w ittily w ith a friend,
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j few giraffes-born in captivity. Her John W. Davis is the renaissance
MEDFORD, Aug. 8. — Mining m otller died some years ago a t . of the 18th century English coun
men of Southern Oregon have tbe i° cai zo°, where “ Daisy” was j try gentlem an. He delights in a
THE BIRTH RATE
■ oeen invited by R. T. Epauld- horn,
i w ell-turned phrase, a flashing epi-
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log, secretary of the Medford
Giraffes,
Stephen
insists, gram , or a crossing of conversa-
O llg tl ItldV We l e p i Odell Trance because ot her Chamber of Commerce to attend
actors. love to have th eir tional swords.
low birth rate. The census bureau gives as the infonna- I a mining liincheon here at noon ' photographs taken. Ask any pho- Davis possesses a strong face
tiou that in this country the birth rate fell from 25 to on Moday, August 11, to m eet a ! to g rap h er- Giraffes will stand with Celtic characterists. His skin
the thousand in the first nine months of 1921 to only ' de,egation from the D epartm ent i perfect,y 8ti11 and stare at the I is clear and ruddy, with a fight- FORT WORTH, Texas. August.
22.8 to the thousand in the same part of 1922. In other ! °f Mines and Mining of the Sac’!
f°,r h° u rs’ if you ,et t h e m ! ing *aw and a tw lnkl® his light 8— Six years- ago. on the after-
ram ento Chamber of Commerce
“ The giraffe Is the d u m b e st1 blue eyes. He is ever ready to i noon of July 29. 1918, Velasco
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om nium
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words, the increase
in i population
was 322,932
less in 1922 i and hear of Plans
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for the twenty- creature on fo«r legs and is th e , smile.
When he la u a lis it is; ¡H ill, twenty-six years old, occu
than it would have been had the rate ot the preceding , seventh annual convention of t h e ! original ‘ low-brow.” Dumb In ¡h e a rty but never boisterous,
pied a padded cell in the County
year been maintained.
American Mining Congress to be ^acb as well as In name. A gir-
The candidate is ’ f t
i J®ii here, wildly fanatic and un-
Sacram ento the week o f ’ a ®e has never been known to ut- with broad shouldersS- - ’
' remorr'eiul lor the brutal assault
This is the fact. The significance of the fact dc-, beld
te r a sound. You m ight have an! L7**«'** • ~
and a splen‘ i and m urder of his twelve-year-
September 29th.
pends upon the viewpoint.
HIU’ *
h° UrS
F. Callbreath, secretary of idea th a t He thinks a lot, but if j w h i t e ^ X reveals his f if T y ^ e £ f
To some, this fact is a sure indication of national de the J. mining
If he
T stands out in
-
congress, will accom you have you’re all wronir
wrong. ir
ue years. T
He
any before.
cadence. Believers in the Rooseveltian philosophy o f___
Today the lifeless rem ains of
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pany the Sacram entans and will could drive an auto he’d trv to
•__ y ° fath erin g , even where his politi-
large tamilies will assert the internal decay of national \ make the principal address, dis cross «_
the madman occupy a newly
in fro n t of a railroad train
cal prominence is unknown
virility, the collapse of the ancient spirit, and the growth cussing the m ajor problems now every five minutes, until he got He is as precise in his habits made grave in an unfrequented
section of a cemetery here, con
of the ancient spirit, and the growth of selfsihness, in confronting the mining industry hit.
as he is in his dress, speech and spicuous for its lack of flowers
and
which
the
Sacram
ento
con
"To
show
you
how
dumb
dulgence and cynical softness.
a thinking.
• or any token of grief th a t might
vention will attem pt to settle, fin giraffe is; we noticed th a t our
To others the fact will be hailed as a harbinger of ancing of mining ventures, gov female wouldn’t eat and seemed
W herever Davis is he rises a t ; have m arked the parsing of a
the new day, when quality rather than quantity gives ernm ental regulation, tarifT, tax ery nervous. We’d have given six o’clock and generally retires ¡ m ortal.
value to life, when womanhood shall be treated with ation and réintroduction of silver h er the rest cure if we’d had a around ten. His chauffeur. Wil- And as a city bestowed its con
chivalrous consideration, when all children shall be given as a basis of coinage in Europe. bed long enough to fit her. We liam B ritton, whose war record tem pt upon Velasco Hill, the lust
tried every method of getting her Wlt^ tb e B ritish Army, Davis is ful slayer of his own niece, so has
To Give Outline
their rightful heritage of good birth, good health, good
C. B. Bills and B ert F. Hews, to take her meals, but it did no alwsays talking about, rem arked the same city acclaimed a hero
education, and loving care, when tlie crying evils that m anager
of the Sacram ento m in good. Finally, I decided to do during the convention th a t he set and paid its respects to Louis
fester in congested districts and are inevitable in over- ing body, will outline the reasons a little detective work, and a fte r his clock by Mr. Davis.
Hill, nineteen, nephew of the man
populated countries shall be eliminated, when reason, why the Pacific Coast should be ! 3 day or two I discovered what
Mr. Davis leads a simple life” , iac, who sent the man to his grave
self control and love shall take the place of lust, un well represented a t the conven was the m atter. There was a said B ritton in his cockney ac with liia face torn away by the
tion and also point out w hat the new keeper in the building where cent. “ H e’s a marvelous gent’e- full charge of a shot gun fired at
guided instinct and bind impulse.
man and worth leaving England close range.
Whatever he the interpretation, the fact remains one convention may be expected to do the giraffes are quartered. This for.
Young Hill m urdered his uncle
I don’t think he’s got *a
Pacific Coast mining ventures. felllow was a H ungarian, with
of the most significant of contemporary social phenomena. for Sacram
th
a
t his two rem aining sisters,
ento’s plans for the long h air and w hiskers th a t com bloody enemy in the world and
who
survived the w rath of the in
convention and for the National pletely covered his face except always ready with a kind word
sane
man six years ago, when he
BAD GOVERNMENT
Exposition of Mines and Mining for his eyes, ears and nose. Well, for the help. Pink me, if I ever
killed Gladys, might be spared a
Equipm ent, to be held during the the female giraffe took one gawk saw him lose his tem per.”
The shrewd philosopher exclaims: Bad government convention, are well advanced. and thought he was a baboon. The Democratic standard- sim ilar fate.
H as no R egrets
rests upon the consent of the badly governed. The truth The D epartm ent of Mines and Giraffes are terribly afraid of ba bearer has a decided preference
The
boy
has no regrets for his '
His
Mining of the Sacram ento Cham- boons. Maybe they’re afraid the for gray in his clothes.
of the observation is self-evident and is of importance.
net—
nor
have
authorities,
A western newspaper published in a great city in i ber of Commerce has been work baboon will climb up th eir necks sense of color blending in the j When Velasco the Hill
killed hia
m atter of dress is as artistic as a
a pungent paragraph calls attention to a deplorable state ,ng for more than a year in pre’ or something.
i
little
niece
he
was
spared
the
Beau Brummel. He livens up h is ,
of affairs, when it states:
?aring
for7
gath*rIng
and
a<
quiet
colors
with
a
daily
flower
U°
°
Se
aUd
confined
in
an
a
”yli’in.
Any other kind of anim al
the same time has brought min
“ "'apP!' r,'0 : '
Recently tb t school board held a special meet
ing back in California as a topic would try to figure it out. A in his buttonhole, plucked fresh 7 ' " “ '
1MlltuUon an<i
nbout a
baboon don’t w ear pants and from th e old-fashioned American
ing to give tax) yers a chance to discuss the coming
of popular interest.
garden
of
Mrs.
Gibson,
incidental-
systematic
campaign
of
terrifying
P re s e n t’ indications are th a t chew’ tobacco and carry a watch,
year’s budget, 1 it nobody showed up. That is the
his rem aining nieces.
Letters
the
m eeting here will be well a t as big as a tom ato can and talk ly the original Gibson girl.
usual story; but it is dollars to doughnuts there will
were
received
by
the
girls
at reg
He is unlike Theodore Roose
But this giraffe took
tended, draw ing m ining men from Hunky.
be the 'usual amount of kicking after the board has
ular
intervals
containing
the
most
one look and was gone.
The velt, who, while spending his last
long distances.
gruesome
and
ghastly
of
threats.
gone ahead and done the best it could without the
other giraffe was at a different Summ er vacation at Islesboro.
Physical disfigurem ent was the
public’s help.
p art of the building and had an across the w ater from the Gibson
TENT PL A Y TONIGHT
least
th a t Velasco Hill promised
Recently in a famous southern city, of 100,000 popu Tonight is the big feature night other keeper. So he w asn’t home, hobnobbed with fishermen. his two
nieces when he returned
Davis is not the sort of man for
lation, there was held a school election when two mem of the entire engagem ent of the w orrying over that,
home.
Police, county officials,
tran sferrin g the H ungar vehem ent democracy. He is by
bers of the school board were to be elected, and the elect Evelyn Kincaid Dram atic Com- ian “ By
keeper to another p a rt of the birth^and environm ent an aristo
during th eir stay in Ash
ed, and the electors were called upon to decide whether pany
land and the play of all plays Ì zo°
removed the lady giraffe’s crat and m ust take his draught
expressing liis regret th at
or not the school tax levy should be raised from six to ten th a t this company presents, “ An fears and she began to eat again. of brotherhood through the brain dogs,
he did not bring his pet Cairn
mills. Obviously the issues of the election were fraught ita, The Singing G irl” will be the
“ O ther anim als seem to be able and not the flesh. '
terrier, “Ja c k ” , up with him. The
The nearest to abandonm ent Gibson police dog, ‘ Ring,” and
to
reason, but the darned giraffes
bill.
with immense importance to the schools of Hie city.
Anita, the Singing Girl is a could only enter the first half of of dignity the nominee reaches the nominee are great friends.
The record shows, that forty-two electors voted,
is when he talks to children. . He The household has difficulty in
musical Melo-drama and it is full a ‘beauty and brains* contest.”
thirty-one for the new levy and four against, and the of
is very fond of Nancy Langhorne I keeping “ Bing” from disturbing
singing and song num bers by
right people were elected.
Post, granddaughter of Chai lea the candidate as lie works in his j
Miss Kincaid and the entire com RUNAW AY PROVEW FA TAL
Today forest studio adjacent to the Gib-'
But what a commentary upon civic interest in dem pany.
TO SANTA CLARA MAN Dana Gibson, his host.
Davis was seen perform ing close son villa.
ocracy’s most significant institution.
In this play Miss Kincaid will
EUGENE^ Aug. 6.— John Rive to a dance as he frolicked on the
he seen both as a boy and as a
Davis possesses a sense of hum
79, died a t S anta Clara, pear here Gibson lawn with the tot.
girl,
as
there
is
many
quick
or
which never fails him In any
FEDERAL AID FOR EDUCATION
He is also extrem ely fond of crisis.
changes from one p art to the yesterday, from injuries received
A feature of the Sterling-Reed bill, upon which a other during the action of the earlier in the day, when a team
of horses he was driving . ran
savage onslaught is being made, is a provision authoriz piece.
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away,
throw ing him from the wa
“Anita, the Singing G irl” is a
ing tlie appropriation of $100,000,000 for education, and positive
guaranteed play and is gon. One of the wheels passed
undoubtedly a battle royal will be forced upon this issue. one th a t has never been present over his body.
But sooner or later the imperative necessity and the ed here before a t any price— Ady» Following the accident Mr. Rice
walked to his room at the home
innate justice of appropriations of federal revenues for
of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Nicolle,
educational purposes will be recognized.
where he has stayed for the last
Millions for roads, millions for battleships and armies,
nine years. No relatives are
m illio n s for power development and irrigation, millions
known.
CINCINNATI, August 7. —
loi new public buildings, millions for agriculture, for com Certain scientists interested in
merce, for labor, for industry, but only a pittance for ed the theory of evolution have de C lasslfled ads bring resalta.
clared th a t there is a m arked
ucation!
facial resemblance between man
The unutterable folly of a parsimonious policy re and the lower animals. Thus,
garding education will soon be recognized, and the United they say, some men with pro
The Democratic Presidential
States then will take her place in education among the nounced lower jaw s look like
Nominee a t Close Range
civilized nations, all of whom, without an exception, rec bulldogs; other like monkeys;
a t W ork and a t Play
others like certain varieties
ognize that the disseminatio nof knowledge and the de still
of birds.
velopment o t popular intelligence is the first and most Now comes Sol A. Stephan, gen EDITORS NOTE— T his is tlie first
o f a series o f th ree a rticles on
important duty ot the national government.
eral m anager of the Cincinnati
th e p erson ality o f John W .
Zoo, who rem arks th a t the g ir
D avis, D em ocratic P resid en tial
One way to get world peace i sto pacify the bristling affes m ust be ancestors of the
candidate, a s reflected in his
certain type of motion picture ac
pacifists.
w ork and play a t Seven H un
tors and actresses. “ Beautiful,
dred A cres Island.
SIX-YEAR VIGIL II)
AVENGE HIS SISTEH
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NEWS LETTER
John W. Davis
The
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DARK HARBOR, Maine, Aug.
is Colonel Stephan’s description
— John W. pavis, Democratic
of the giraffes.
Presidential candidate, has the
hite lies are the kind you tell about your home The two giraffes a t the Cin- courtly m anners of George W ash
town.
, cinnati Zoo, Stephen claims, are ington, the caution of Calvin Coo-
, t the finest specimens
In captivity.
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■ Gdge, and the. anecdotal instinct
Three
animal
dealers
Nature is a great balance wheel Europe has all t h e ! ' *Three animal dealers from
from Eur-
E ur- of Abraham Lincoln.
wars and we have all the telephones
and automobiles (au
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c a m e b e re / bls year’ are
As the nomiQee promenades
i iv iie s a u u auiomoDiies.
th o rity for the statem ent,” he j the woodland paths winding along
explained. "A be,” the oldest g ir- jth e shores of Penobscot Bay,
The American delegation to the international adver- affe* haa a reach ot 17 feet w ith J w here he is spending a ten day
tising convention in England cheered the Prince of Wales neck ap-8tretch«d- and the other, vacation, he appears like, a figure
to the echo, probably in admiration of his ability to fall “ Daisy’” atretches’ Ti feet. “ Abe” from the pages of the “Sir Roger
De Coverly Papers.” In flawless
off a horse and g t on the front page every time
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J Incidentally “ Daisy” is “Abe’s’ costume, swinging a cane and
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