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Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Y ea n
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AY, OOypBER 20, 1925
“Why Did You
Do it?” Woman
Faints, Man Silent
P R E C E D E N T IS S E T
N E W Y O R K . Oct. tO
— Mrs. M argaret M. T u r
ner
of
Trenton,
New
Jersey, today recognised
an her husband W illiam
H . T urner, mine foreman,
whose supposed death in
a Kentucky coal mine ex*
plosion brought *85.000
Insurance to various rela-
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‘ Tracing the history of the
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federal land grant to the Oregon-
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California railway company, in
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return for the construction of
railroad from Portland to the
state Hue, W. H. Gore, president
o f the Medford National batik,
and one of th e leading economic
authorities in the. state outlined
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th e efforts of the state to ob
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tain from the federal govern
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ment, money which should hare
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otherwise been paid to the state
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by th e Southern Pacific com-
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U n til today’s dramatic
meeting In the rooms of
the police bomb squad,
Mrs. Turner had insisted
th a t T n n .e r was dead and
th a t the man calling hlm -
self her husband was an
11 r I»11 ‘-It- r
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As she entered
the
room Mrs. T urner uttered
a loud scream. "W h y did
you do thin to me?” she
cried.
"W ? had a nice
happy homo and our chil-
dren were happy."
A moment la tor she
fainted. T urner paid ne
attention to her.
Rail Grant
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La
C L A IM S
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Car Damaged
in Crash Thought
to be Stolen
A new Chrysler coach, be
lieved to he a stolen car, was
recovered late yesterday a fte r
noon *by State T ra ffic Officer C.
P. Talent, a fte r It had been
wrecked on the Green Spring
road, about two miles above the
junction of the Ashland-Klam ath
Falls highway w ith the Pacific
highway.
The car la registered to W .
D . Boyd, a contractor of Eugene,
the officers learned from pa
pers contained in the machine,
but at the tim e it was found
U- woe carrying C alifornia llcenxa
pistes, thus leading the officers
to believe it to be stolen.
Although the car rolled over
on its side, it was but slightly
damaged, and was driven back to
this city under Its own power.
The top was damaged, and ail
the glass broken ont, but other
wise the machine was not dam-
Thoae who^ Witnessed
cldent declare the d rlv e i« « *T *
traveling at a high rate of speed
when one of the rear wheels
caught In a ru t in the road,
swinging the car around so it
struck a stump »” d turned over..
T he driver was unlnjurpd, and
when lost seen wgs walking to
ward the Pacific highway.
là IU m -I u h I by Daughter, Who
J O H N WORTHINGTON,
a r r iv in g a t p rison
{fan ia w w r
ROBERT L.COHAN
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I Pays Tribute
to Constancy
of Coolidge
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Grade Liquor
25 Cases Hi
Taken 1 Bn Bonner
is Caught
M E D FO R D , Oct. 20 — Jack
Boyd and Jack M artin of Port-
land are being held in the city
ja il charged w ith transportation
a rd possession of liquor follow
ing th eir arrest a t 3 o’clock yye-
terday morning a short distance
north of Central Point, 25 eases
of alleged whiskey end gin.
valued at >1760, being found in
th eir possession. •
The men were bound for P ort
land from Los Angeles, where
it is said, the liquor was p ur
chased.
A t the tim e of th eir
arrest they had parked their
car. a new Cleveland six, a t the
edge of the highway to enjoy a
short slumber, but were awak
ened by the officers, who were
Enjoyed
W ith sundown this evening, 8
the big backs which have been 8
In hiding fo r several weeks may 8
come out and enjoy th e ir n a tu ra l. 8
ataroping'/gronads .again.
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tonight, at sundown, the tea- 8
son on deer closes, and for ai- 8
most twelve months the bucks 8
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Although, before the opening
of the season. Indications pointed
toward the best deer hunting in
years, hunters declare th at the
sport was just average, with
no exceptional success being
m et
Many sportsmen landed
th eir two bucks during the sea-
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the southern
According to reDorts, deep sea
money could divers demand th a t conditions
j h» «xactly right, or they w ill
Coolidge's constancy aa
a church attendant and
ns being the sort o f ’ n
“ living apostle of C hrist
the country qaeds In every
com m unity,” was paid by
the
Rev. Jason Noble
Pierce, pastor of the F irs t
Congregational c h u r c h ,
Washington, D. C., o f
which the President la a
member, in a sermon In
the F ifth Avenue Presby-
terlsn cburch today.
An elder In the Naw
Y o rk shhscb. Dr. Plow*
M id , asked him prior to
his sermon if the Presi-
dent would be in hie pew
this Sunday.
" I told him the Presi-
dent is elawya there.”
D r. Pierce said
'The
quiet Influence of his
constancy is fa r reaching.
Our country needs just
such apoatles known and
read of men in every
com m unity.”
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the victim, unable to strike back,
upon whom blind justice inflicts
Daughter of La Salle street's |
“ Lone W o lf” la Alice.
As such
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Hope to W ipe Out Record of
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Loss in First Game -
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W ith Pelicans
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Last night was another work
night for the Ashland high grid-
men, for Coach W alt Hughes,
fa r from satisfied with their
showing against the Grants Pars
V high eleven on Saturday, sent
* his charges through one of the
E a tiffe s t. practice seesions of the
jHOOt-
Everything on the list,
8 1 from foiling on the ' ball and
8 j hitting the dummy to actual
8 ; scrimmage occupied the atten-
8 1 tlon of the local warriors during
8 ’ the tim e they were on the field.
8 , Hughes did not allow them a
8 single idle moment, and when
8 | the practice was over, every man
8 , fe lt as though he had been
8 through a couple of tough gainos.
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None of the local players wore
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8 although the fam e was a real
I battle, every minute, and Hughes
Turns Near Central Point
to b e Fixed. Surface
Repaired
State ( a ll times to dire, no m atter
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how deep the water, nor how
, cold, just to accommodate his
I iriends. The diver is Ed Coov1
P I AN
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NEW YORK, Set. 2#
— Tribute to President
took part in not work a t tk e lr trade.
But
State T raffic i Ashland has a diver, who de-
ahon and C. j mam’ s nothing, and is w illin g gt
¡pedal
t.
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»RIHINOTON
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year and believing they could
easily get the lim it, failed.
Hunters in the K lam ath sec
tion report that the northern
flig h t of ducks has started, and
that the hunting a t present is
better than a t any tim e during
Hunters Slumber.
Lose Guns, Diver
Recovers Them
rAier,
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| w ill have his entire first string
lineup rto throw In against the
Klamath Falls eleven In the re-
tur4 engagement which the lo
cals have down in the hook with
that tia fii for Saturday after
noon.
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In the opening game of the
season for the Ashland eleven,
the
Pelicans handed
Hughes’
boys a 12-7 trouncing, on tho
Klam ath Falls field.
Howevor.
Hughes has worked off a lot
of the rough spots, and by Sat
urday should have his team
working in first class shape, ca
pable of giving the Klam ath boys
a lot better game than in the
opening go.
K lam ath took a 23-0 beating
at the hands .o f the Medford
hlxh eleven Saturday, which at
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she is bucking a hostile world—
for "Dad's” sake.
>, "Long
John”
and
"Lean
John” are the “ Lone W olf's”
other nicknames. His true name
is John Worthington, and no
slyer, craftier buccaneer ever
piled his trade in the hectic
field of frenzied finance, so
Chicago police w ill tell you.
For years "The W o lf" was
hunted far and near ' by the
authorities.
A t Intervals the
chase would stop. Then It would
be resumed again, following a
new depredation.
‘The W olf's"
tongue was oily and his manner
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the submarine
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president mix
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league may oalt .
ARMS CONFERENCE
their friends insist they doxed
off while waiting for the ducks
)ct. 20— (U . to come.
A t any rote, the
on tax plan, guns were lost and the boys re-
tary of the celved a ducking.
laUZuL, l a i n i ---- Last—
w it h — h n rr a w sil
“Stone will be placed on all
for a fight.
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guns, the men Went back to
Suggestions made by ^Secretary the scene of th eir accident, but shoulders along the highway and
of the Treasury Mellon' were re- this time they took Coovilng. broken and corrugated portions
celved w ith reserve approval by They explained the entire a ffa ir
most of the Republican tnem- to Ed A and asked him to dive
bers of the ways and means for the guns,
committee, which la fram ing the
Although tee fringed the tules,
new tax b ill, and the Democrats i and the water was colder than
openly
turned
th eir
thumbs ever, down went the diver. Up
down on the advice.
he came w ith Cushing's gun
Even some of the leading Re- in his hand. A roaring fire was
of the pavement will be resur
faced.
“In addition, the right angle
N E R A L TO
turns on both sides of Centra V
TOM ORROW
Point ere to be eliminated by
new grades, removing these
Funeral services for the 1st“
danger pointe. The work will he C. H
S alloff of Betllaghsm,
done this winter.”
Washington, w in take place from
Stock's
U n3ertskln<
parlors
Wednesday. October 21. at 2:00
p m
Interm ent w ill be In
Moniftain V iew Cemetery. Friends
are 'invited-
THE WEATHER
Oregon and Washington
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easterly wind*
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National Council Congrega
tional Churches Meets
in Washington
to a federal penitentiary.
B u t.1 worships. Is host to the delegates.
“ The W o lf” had other plans.
1 Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor
Five months ago he disap-', and chairman of the committee
peered across the Mexican b o r-! on arrangements, believed the
der.
"The W o lf” must have old brick structure, the ra is e of
laughed heartily at his getaway | mueh controversy over the ef-
The federal authorities could do fort to move It frbm its down-
nothing to bring him back, be- ‘ town location, is now unsafe for
cause of treaty reservations.
| large gatherings.
The ancient
Alice stayed behind. She had building, however, is the head-
abandoned her career as a movie quarters for registration of dele-
actress to manage her father's gates.
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affairs.
• : One feature of the meeting.
A million and a half dollnrs. the first to be held In the na-
lt was reputed, was the hoard tional capital, is the program of
"The W o lf” had saved.
Sunday services in each of the
Then the other day, Inexplleah- churches in Washington of dlf-
ly, “ The W o lf” came back to ferent denominations where the
Chicago to face the music.
He visiting minlatclrs w ill preach,
went to the office of his law- • Among the entertainment fea-
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F o u r)
ai°’ f’r,ink Mn*"
and Fred Cushing journeyed
I up the Klam ath R iver on a duck
P A H hunting expedition. In some
I I 111 I manner> ,h e lr boat tnrne’l turtlo,
• V I » an<i their guns were lost in
. rawgsw j i twelve feet of cold, cold water.
A I I I k l th e ,Hinter" re i|ised to tell what
i R j | | j | j caused their boat to capsize, bnt
“Wi
W A SH IN G TO N , Oct. 20— (U . lights burning when etri
P .) — The National Council of the City of Rome,” he cog
Congregational churches met in
biennial
meeting
here
today
with an address of welcome de
livered by President Coolidge,
honorary moderator, the opening
They say he talked "suckers” event of a nine day program.
out of millions in fake stock
Six thousand delegates were
deals.
here to attend the convention
Monte
Hamaker,
Oae day he turned his hapd whtgh is meeting in the National
at a game which involved misuse Auditorium .
The President is
of the mails. That finished him. expected to attend many o f. the
He was captured, convicted, and sessions and a number of other
sentenced to federal prison.
prominent national figures are
But the wolf strain in W o rth -' scheduled to address the Coun
Ington, which so long had urged.' ell.
him to freedom, still would not j
Au extensive program eombin
they
declare,
Monte
a t
abide a prison term.
j ing church business, including
tempts to get his lim it of
He appealed, keeping outside | the election of g moderator tc
deer by throwing racks a t
a cell to the very last.
When succeed Dr. Rockwell Harmon
them.
his appeal was lost in the high- Potter,
of
Bridgeport, Conn.,
A story has Just leaked
est court of the land he played present moderator,' with a series
out, despite Monte's efforts
the fox and became 111.
of entertaining features, has been
to keep it under cover, of
Stays of execution kept hint arranged for the nine day ses-
how the little aato dealer
on his supposed deathbed out i slon.
attempted to bring home the
in Los Angeles. Officers waited : W illie th e .F irs t Congregational
meat by k illin g a back w ith
for his recovery to start him | church, where President Coolidge
(Continued
1 g J i l l 1 I Phy
BOSTON, Oct: 30— (D . P .) —
Despite all reports made to the
by the officers on the
w as running w ith a ll alde-
lig h ts on unit in fu ll display on
WU C
1 he night she was rammed and
sunk by the steamer City of
all the inurticuhite sorrows ihnt
When Armour T Phillips was fined Home, taking alt but three mom -
follow,- for womanhood
l i w rain tne option or a ira-usy
oi h
bottom.
wake of human mUdeedi
jaU term on a Loa Angelas speed- „
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selfishness.
ins charge, he elected,«) pay 176 end Preston I. W illlam eoa. command-
serve M daye behind here—"just tor . er of the coast guard patrol boat
In her face was
a teste of the sort of thing my wife No. 290, said today.
poignantly the leBson t
la subjected to. Phillips la the hue-
Wililamson testified a t the
a single pound of fhsh
bend of Chura Philipe, noted
seldom is satisfied.
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No wrong has been committed tin tCallf.) prison. The picture shows which
by the 22-year-old girl.
She lei
PhllUpe "doing tim e.""
.today.
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Gore explained th at when' the
grant was made, it included
every odd numbered section, in
every township for th irty miles
on each side o f the proponed
line.
HoWever, he pointed out,
this was not a subsidy for the
construction of the line, since
the government lost no money.
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Man Hunt<-<l Over Two CountrieH
By ROY J. GIBBONS
CHICAGO,
Oct.
20— ''The
world,” said Alice Wnrihlngtor.,
"may call him ’W o lf
"B u t I ahull always call him
Dad— and love h im !"
And written on her fqce were.
day.
“ The railw ay had no difficulty
la eelling the good land in their
grant but they had much land
which wca good for nothing ex
cept graxing.
This, they paid
taxes on for a tim e, end in
H i t , the Southern Pacific com
pany applied to congress, to be
divested of title to the land.
Thia was done, and th e ' action
upheld by the supreme court of
the country.
Thns. the burden
o f the taxes which ordinarily
the Southern Pacific paid on
this land, were thrown upon the
individual
taxpayers.
This
am ount was approximately 380
000 per year.
"T h e t county obtained from
the federal government, however,
3240,000, os taxes which the
Southern Pacific refused to pay
on the land during 1013, 1914
and 1015, when the m atter was
hanging fire, thus setting a pre
cedent, by which the state hopes
to secure the payment, each
year from the federal govern
m ent, the amount which ordinar
ily < would have been p aid 'b y the
Southern Pacific on the lands
turned
back,”
M r. Gore de
clared.
Mr. Gore has Interviewed Sec
retary of A gricu ltu re Jardine
Representative Madden, chairman
o f the appropriations committee
and several other national fig
ures on the m atter, and they all
agree the state has a strong rase
PASSED SUBM ARINI 8*51
IN N O C E N T
h'igiilM For Him
C alifornia Railw ay company, in
hie ta lk a t the forum luncheon
of the chamber of commerce to
on the even numbered sections
inside this th irty mile lim it, from
*1 .2 5 per acre to >2.50 per acre,
and thus (he settler paid the
cost of the land given the ra il-
Ooramander of O m M Guard
on Stand B aton Proba
Board •
Salle Street W olf’s
Daughter Sticks by
Father, in Prison
Hamaker Noble
Hunter, Tries for
A short tim e ago,
started out, confBh
bringing b ark th e 11
deer.
A fte r a short
he dropped e smell
The deer, however Bta
to Ito feet, roe a
distance and fe ll ago!
fldent that he had h
lim it, Monte ho»
rifle and started up to
he saw the deer ta i
standing
not more than
th irty yards away, watching
him , was a big five pointer.
And Monte’s gnn vena n t tho
bottom of the h ill.
A fte r strong langnnge re
fused to move the M g fel
low o at o f hie tracks, Monte
resorted to racks, and w ith
the first throw, the bnck
Training School
Plans to be Made
at Meet Tomorrow
Members of the board of ediv tober S8, w ith a “ Grand Benefit
cation of this city w ill meet to- Concert.”
H a rry Rowe Shelley,
morrow morning wth the m em -¡N ew York composer organist;
hers of the building committee • Jeanette Vreeland, lyric soprano
of the normal school regents, end the Central Congregational
to diacuu Plana__ (a t__ training j church of Brooklyn, N. Y ., qunr-
school facilities, here, it wos tet, participating.
stated late yesterday afternoon
by V. O. N. Smith, a member M ISS K O L L E M E Y E R IS
of the board of education.
P R E SE N T E D TOKEN
The regents w ill he In Ashland
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to again go over the ground of
As a token of appreciation of
the normal school site on a last the faith fu l and efficient ser-
m lnute Inspection tour.
The vices she has rendered during
plans for the normal building her employment w ith the eham-
w lll be, completed w ithin two her of commerce,• the board of
weeks, and the work w ill pro- director! of that body, last night
gress rapidly from that time, voted to present Miss Florence
It is believed.
Meyer w ith a travelling hag.
The new grade school, to bo Miss Hollemeyer, secretary to
b u ilt on Beach street, w ill ba J. H. F u lle r, secretary of the
used partially as a training chamber, was presented with
school for the normal pupils, and this beg at ,the forum luncheon
it is to work out the plana for of the chamber today. She left
thin training th at the regent* the employ of the chamber yea-
end the local hoard w ill meet.
torday.
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LONDON, Oct, 30 — <IP»-AA b
exchange telegraph dispatch from
Athens says the Bulgarian troopu
attacked a Greek eutpoet, and
killed a Greek official, aa well aa
a Greek captain, who advanced
toward them waving a w hite Rag-
General fighting than broha ant.
according to the dispatch. In p tl**
for nineteen bourn.
McOORlaOE BUTE
WASHINGTON Id
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