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N O V . 14, 1925
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Cham ber
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A departure from the usual
Chamber of Commerce forum
luncheons la promised for, Tues­
day night, when a >1.00 dinner
will be served Instead, All the
teachers in the Ashland public
schools, about 40 in number, will
be present as guests. The fea­
ture speaker of the evening will
be Prof. Roy Hewitt of O. A*.
C., bead of the law department
In the department of social
sciences.
The Rev. P. K. Hammond,
iica r of the Episcopal chnrch,
will deliver the keynote talk
of thte evening.
George »A.
Briscoe, city school superinten­
dent, Will preside.
The dinner will observe “ Edu­
cation WjeCk.” As Ashland takes
pride In her city schools, It Is
declared to be especially ap­
propriate that the Chamber* of
Commerce should observe the
Week.
About 100 persons are expect­
ed * to attend the dinner.
Mr.
Hewitt’s talk, It la declared, will
be especially interesting and in­
structive.
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Love Conspiracy and Self
Defense. Are Pleas of ,
Accused Man
JURY
QUICKLY
MEDFORD, Nov. 14. —
(Special to The Tidings)—
Concluding ita testimony ear­
lier than expected, the de­
fense in the Huntley murder
trial rested Its case early this
afternoon. In less than 30
minutes, Vhc Jury had rt-
tnrned a verdict of\ “not
guilty*' to the charge of first
degree murder. This means
that Huntley will go free.
Before the jury returned
It was felt that a verdict of
m a n s 1 a u g ht er might be
brought back
.
According to onlookers, both
the defease ' and . the prosecution
In the case were hapdled In a
very able manner.
When the^Veliow River flooded its banks in
¡it meant only a small news item in this country ; but
China it means hundreds of tragedies and a tremenc
amount of suffering. This exclusive photo shows
destitute Chinese watching the bodies of their chile
drowned when a dyke gave way.
MITCHELL CASE Local Boy Loses
in Accident
»111 CONTINUE on Leg Natron
Cut-off
FOR LONG TINE
SCOUTS ASSIST
HERE IN NEAR
EAST MOVEMENT
Ashland Men Compose
Which Will
Investigate Murder of Mrs. Fred Neil
And Suicide of Ray Jillson Here
Thursday Afternoon.
If any motive other than a sudden fit
of insane anger existed when Ray Jillson,
30, night ticket agent for the Southern
Pacific and son of a well-known local fam­
Dr. Harold Elmer Blaser,
ily, ^levy Mrs. Fred Neil here Thursday and
against whom charges of mur­
dering • his SO-year-old imbecile committed suicide, it will be revealed to­
(laughter wen- (liHmissed. lllaser,
country doctor of Littleton, night when a coroner’s inquest is held at
Colo., killed the “human husk”
of his child out of pity for he» Stock’s Funeral Parlors.
This opinion prevailed today at po­
lice headquarters here and at the coroner’s
MEDFORD, Nov. 14. — Hyman
office in Medford. Since the tragedy,, po­
Lower Klamath Should be Huntley, op trial In the circuit
court charged with murder In
lice have been at a loss to find a motive for
Migratory Bird Refuge,'
the first degree for the fatal stab­
i s Claim
Jillson’s killing Mrs. Neil and committing
bing last September of Jeseee
WASH?NOTON, Nov. 14— A Oibbs, took the stand this morn­
suicide.
committee of experts appointed ing In his own behalf, and the
by Secretary of the Interior defense closed its case at noon.
Persons claiming to know of motives
Work to survey farm possibil­ Huntley
pleaded
self-defense,
ities of the Lower Klamath laki claiming that he picked up a knife
which might have preyed on Jillson’s mind
region In southern Oregon and after he and Gibbs had fought Local Firms Bid Lowest On
northern California today reconi Into the kitchen, and that he be­
Plumbing, Heating and * and led him to commit the act have been
m con
mended that the region be
Wiring for School
lieved his life was in danger whdn
subpoenaed, and will testify at tonight’s
verted Into a lake of from i 2e,dfo he used It.
,
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Ashland’s
new
grade
school,
to 30.0440 acres to be used fw
The defense scqred heavily by
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Piece for Mi JgratoÇ; introducing witneaees to paove tP V« buUL on B w h .street, will inquest.
T h e ,la k a s hed 1» of little u
for agricultural purposes, the
committee reported. Mast of the
water has been shut off from
the lake bed by a railroad dike,
but It may he flooded by opening
the gates of the dike.
This
action cannot be taken at pres­
ent, however, because of the
necessity of about 10 miles of
levee to protect term lands.
The agricultural department
also Is Interested In the move
and a number of organisations
In the nation are anxious to
create the bird refuge.
The report called attention to
assertions that any wild ducka
are dying because of crowding!
into small lakes and ponds,
which are Impregnated with al
kallne poisoning.
Ashland Dairy
Cattle Replace
Herds of Beef
Wobbly Records
Discovered in
Falls Building
the Armistice day mnrders at
Centralia In 1619.
Had the
discovery not been made, the
I. W. W. propaganda would have
been sealed permanently In the
building reared to the memory
pf war veterans.
MAW RIFLED .
Several sacks of a shipment of
mall arriving In Ytokal Saturday
night were found to be cut opon
god rifled. The culprit escaped
la a stolen automobile. ,
A number of opened letters
were scattered about the railroad
station. It ta not known ae yet
If anything of veins was taken.
There was nd registered mall
la ihe shipment.
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Slayer of Jesse S. Gibbs
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Jacksonville
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Fight Expected
w ’lington
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14— (U.
P .)— Secretory of the Treasury
Mellon and Finance Minister
Guiaeppo Vofpl of Italy today
signed the Italian debt agree­
ment at the United State» treas­
ury.
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President Coolidge wUl later
countersign the document before
the Italian copy la returned for
ratification. Hope 1» strong here
that the agreement will be con­
firmed In Rome, and that a debt
settlemsmt will he speedily ef­
fected between the two countries.
It la thought that the settlement
will prove acceptable to the
United State» senate, which must
ratify It, •
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TONIGHT MAY REVEÄL
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LONDON, Nov. 14—
8 Hope that life still ex­
it' iota among the 68 trap-
11 ped men In the huge
tt monitor" submarine M-l,
8 , which
sank .yesterday
8 n ea f th e ,I s le of Wight,
41 wav officially abandoned
8 today.' *
8 • ■ The Admiralty, at the
8 Instigation
of
King
8 George, today sent mes-
8 aages to relatives of the
tt submarine’» crew, declar-
8 Ing that eircumstadcea
8 leave no doubt but that
8 the' entire crew Is dead.
8
All Britain Is In mourn-
8 lag today, following the
8( greatest Eagfieh naval
8 disaster since the close
8 of the World War.
Carol - Holmes, Widely-
known local boy, and sou
of Mr. and Mr«.. H. P.
Foley Resigns Prom board
Holmes, is in Klamath
- Poliowing Charges of
General hospital' today, as
Mrs. Landsdovnyo
the result of a train acci­
dent yesterday, at Paun-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14— (V.
Ina, on the 'Natron cut­
P .)— In recess until Tuesday,
off.
the general army court which
According to meagre
la trying Colonel William Mit­
reports received . by his
chell,. fiery aviation critic, for
parents, Holmes, who has
misconduct, probably will be kept
been working for the past
in session for a month or more.
year as an engine watch­
It was announced today.
man, jumped from th e
At least a month will be
caboose <ff * .moving
needed to complete the cases
train, Hta foot slipped,
of both the defense and the pro­
8 . and one of his legs was
secution, if was apparent today.
8 out off.
He was lm-
Interest here was centered in
8 mediately taken to Klata-
the reconi suing o f.. the Shen-
elk F ella. -MM JSS EM
■andtMA” '¿ n v y ^ to a n r ^ f Tnqafif •
amputated
below
the
Monday.
Captain Paul Foley,
knee, it la said.
Jndge Advocate of the Board,
* It la trought that It
state sen­ resigned today following charges
will be several days be­
ate' when It reconvenes here of Mrs. Zachary Landsdowne,
fore he can be moved to
Monday after a week end re­ widow of the commander of
the Southern Pacific hos­
cese. Governor Hartley has sent the big dirigible, that Foley
pital at San Francisco.
to the senate for confirmation tried to have her ” Whitewash”
appointment of mine directora, the action of the Navy in the
Shenandoah disaster. Foley will
under the state code.
Those, against whom a fight Is take the stand Monday to ex­
germinating,, are C. Davis, Ta­ plain hts action to the naval,
coma, head of the state efficiency board.
Prosecution In the Mitchell
department, and Earle Barnes,
court
martial failed in an ef­
Yakima, reclamation chief. The
other seven
appointees
will fort to throw out court testi­
mony given yesterday by Mrs'.
probably be confirmed.
Landsdowne.
The court over­
Following the statement of
ruled
the
objection
that evi­
the governor yesterday that he*
wonld not submit his appoint­ dence given by the widow was
ments fdr confirmation. Attorney irrevalent end incompetent. At
A "Bundle Day” for the bene­
General Dunbar discovered a* the same time the court re­ fit of Near East Relief is to
clause in the state law making fused to hear the testimony of be held here on November 21.
Captain Foley, slating him for Old clothing, overcoats, blankets,
auch action obligatory.
testimony Monday.
anything that has power to keep
Mrs. Landsdowne clsimed Fo­
NEWSPAPERMEN WILL
out ,the cold is wanted. Word
SPEAK AT MEETING ley submitted to her a prepared just received from Mr. J. J.
statement which she was sup­ Hsndsaker, regional director at
UNIVER8ITY OF OREGON, posed to adopt as.h er testimony Portland Indicates that shotea are
Eugene, Nov. 14—Two Oregon before the Shenandoah inquiry not needed owing to the fact that
newspaper
men
will
appear board.
the National Shoe Dealers arc
among others on the program of
taking cafe of this need..
the high school editors meeting
Winters In the Near East are
of the general high school con­
every bit as severe as In tbs
ference to be held here De­
Northern United States; the
cember 4 and 6.
thermometer
often
register^»
Marshall Dana, aasciated editor
cero and sometimes as much sr
of the Ofegon Journal, will talk
fifteen and twenty below. When
on “Editing and Editor.’’
KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 14— this happens the suffering of
Arne Rae, of the Tillamook Two tobacco cans filled with I. the half clad refugees becomes
Herald will speak on advertising. W. W. literature were discovered Intense. Many perish evpry win­
Approximately 600 hlghechool today beneath the cornerstone ter from no other cause than
students are eipected to attend of the new veteran's memorial cold.-
the comferenoes, which are di­ building now under construction.
Boy 8oouts this morning are
vided Into tour sections, one for The cornerstone was laid Wed­ covering a large part of the
girls, one for student body presi­ nesday and the aperture was residence leaving shipping tag»
dents, one for editors, and one to have been sealed today.
and asking people who have any
for faculty advisors.
The literature constated large- old clothing which has a reason-
DRBT AGREEMENT IS
. SIGNED BY MRLLON
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when the Floeds Swept
Hope Abandoned
For liv es of Men
on British Sub
Teachers’ hC City Schools WUl be
Guests of Local
s
I
put the same into a bundle, at­
tach th» tog end have It ready
to be gathered up next Saturday
morning, November 21. If you
hate something of this kind
which yon care to give and havo
missed getting a tag, please call
S6J-Y or 211.
THE WEATHER
Oregon— Fair east por­
tion, rain tonight or Sun­
day in west portion. In­
creasing southerly winds
and
rain
along
the
c o u t
Washington— '
Rain la the west, prob­
ably' local rains In the
east portion. Coast galee.
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Jackson county dairy cattle
are now being used to replace
beef cattle on the Lichen broth­
ers ranch la Northern California,
according to Ralph Billings of
this city.
Yieaterday, they purchased sev­
eral head of dairy cattle fiom
Ross Applegate and from Mr.
Billings'.’ They plan to grad­
ually replica their beef stock
with milk stock from Ashland
The defense also endeavored
and the Valley View district, as
the dairy Industry 1a more profit­ to Impeach the testimony of Mrs.
L. R. Counts, mother-in-law of
able than raising beef.
On P egs Four)
TRENT IS GUILTY
VTLML
14 "T
When George Hamilton, Portlan
stopped ibeslde the highway to
repair hla auto one night recent­
ly, J. 8. Trent, termer, thought
he was stealing watermelons
Trent shot with < shotgun, kill­
ing Hamlin and Injuring the lat­
ter’» father. A jury today re­
turned 8 verdict o f guilty of m
slaughter against Trent.
i Lumberman Dies
When Gar Hits
Stalled Truck
DUTCH CABINET QUITS
THE NOME. Nev. « . — The
Dutch cabinet resigned today,
following the earlier retirement of
f e t t / Catholic ministers, due to a
resolution of the second chamber
8 abolishing the Dutch legation tot
the Vaticlan.
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that Gibbs and Mrs. WWIWJ^ hts
alleged affinity, had made threats
agaihst H untley'i life.
Three ¿¿nifty jail prisoners
and a prison Worker testified to
seeing Huntley’s body covered
with black and blue spots frqm
bruises.
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After the state has introduced
two or three witnesses In rebut­
tal, the closing arguments will
be made, and lj ta expected the
case will be given to the jury
early next week.
Lifelong friends who had known
him from 30 to 40 years, some of
them prominent In the affairs of
Douglas county; three boys In
their teens— two of them hie own
sons, and a member of, the grand
jury that indicted him for murder
in the first degree for the alleged
killing of Jeasee James Gibbs In
this city last September, were
among the witnesses who testified
In behalf of Hyman Huntley
Thursday afternoon.
The defense, which opened yes­
terday, attempted to show that a
"love conspiracy” existed between
Gibbs and Mrs, Huntley, and to
show that the defendant had been
the target of threats, both by his
wife and her alleged affinity.
Letters written by Mrs. Hunt-
ley to Dillard, Ore., purporting te
recite the family trouble of the
Huntleys, were offered by the de-
fense and their admission, bitter­
ly objected to by the state, was
upheld b y 'th e caurt.
MARSHFIELD, Nov. 14— (U.
P .j— Funeral arrangements for
•Gorge Alvin Loud, 73, Jumber
magnate and former United
States representative from Mich­
igan, today awaited word- from
Mrs. Loud In the East.
Loud was killed last night
when am automobile in which he
was riding orashed Into a stalled
truck which was said to carry no
lights. It has not been announc­
ed yet whether criminal charges
wonld ha brought against the
driver of the truok.
PORTLAND FIRM
GETS CONTRACT
FOR STRUCTURE
coat 664,713.72, It was revealed
last night, when bids for its
construction were opened by the
school board. c
Clyde W. Frasier of Portland
was awarded the general con­
struction contract. His bid ear
646,280.
All the rest of the
work will be done by Ashland
firms, as the Jordan Electric
company bid the lowest on elec­
tric wiring, and Provost Brothers
.submitted the, lowest bid for
plumbing and heating.
The bid for plumbing w«3
62,76<t.
The *heatlng bid was
66,828.72.. • Jordan's
Electric
shop hl(j 6?76 o n . the electric
wiring work.
When construction starts, as
much local labor as poyiible will
be employed In the general con­
struction Work.
Bids were about as estimated.
Architects for the structure are
Tourtellotte and » Hummel of
Portland, who were architects
for tho new Lithla Springs hotel.
*Fhat the m urder iff Sirs. Neil was premeditated is
indicated by the fact that Jillson had cut a long piece
of lend pipe from some in stock at the Southern Pacific
depot and taken it home with him. This pipe was used
to beat Mrs. Neil over the head with, presumably after
she bad been shot four times. Jillson, an ardent fisher­
man, might have intended to melt the pi|X5 and use it to
make sinkers with, using it as a deadly weapon only on
tho spur of the moment, however.
The coroner’s jury which will hear evidence tonight
in an effort to clear up the mystery surrounding the case
is composed of six prominent Ashland men, Thomas Hill,
J. P. liollniever, B. P. Porter, Thomas Simpson, A. A.
Madden and J. P. Murphy.
It was brought out today that Jillson had probably
fired four shots into Mrs. Neil’s hotly at close range, one
of which was instantly fatal. The fourth, shot, it is
thought, was fired after she had fallen dead. As she lay
on the floor, it is thought, Jillson heat her about the head
with the lead pipe. This Is given credence, it is declared,
because the blows would have produced bruises instead of
gashes had the blooc} lieen circulating at the time th«r
blows were struck.
Sea-Going Snakes
Reported Far Out
in Pacific Ocean
COMEBACK BY
ASHLAND HEN
IS PREDICTED
SAN PEDRO, Nov. 14— Can a
rattlesnake swim fifty miles out
In the open sea?
Capt. R. E. Voeth, master of
the fishing tender Idhao, says It
can and he brought a set of rat­
tles and buttons Into port with
him Wednesday to provo his
contention.
Voeth and Ms crew swears
that they encountered a school
of seagoing rattlers, hot-footing
It across the sea, 26 miles north
of Cedros Island, and 60 miles
out froin tlld miWIand.
The captain says he shot two
of the snakes.
STORM IN NAPLES
NAPLES, Italy. Nov. 14— (U
p ,)—The Bay of Naples was
swept today by a terrific hurri­
cane which sank a coastwise
schooner and damaged the steam­
er Eaperla, which was en »onto
to Egypt.
Two sailors were
drowned.
Twenty fishermen drowned to­
day when a Spanish fishing boat
cspslsed oft thia port In a raging
storm.
Tidings Waat Aas never fail
Can the Ashland high school
eleven, swamped 67 to 0 In the
Armistice Day game In Medford,
stage si comeback?
Local football enthusiasts re­
gard It as possible. They feel
sure that Inch a score can never
be repeated.
ta te painted out that
Ashland licked Medford 53-7 In
1821, the Medford squad stagod
a comeback, and that In the re­
turn game, the score was only
12-6. A lot of things enter into
S ' comeback. In 1821. the Ash­
land squad, encouraged by their
senaatlorihl victory, grew over
confident. Medford, on the othor
hand, worked harder than ever.
Now that Coach Hughes’ men
have been under Medford fire,
they know a lot of things about
the team that were mysterious
bejore. A lot ot* Medford trick
playa have been solved. Ia the
return game here Thanksgiving
Ashland will ha a wiser team,
(Continued en
four)
Funeral services for Mrs. NeR.
will be held tomorrow aftornoojf
at 2:20 from the Episcopal
church. The date for Jlllson’s
funeral has not yet been set.
Mrs. A. D. Jillson, mother nt
the dead man, who has been 111
for some time. Is said to he
prostrated by the shock.
Next week. Jillson was to
have been married ,to Mias Mar­
jory Hibbard of Jacksonville.
They had been engaged for three
years. Letters from Miss Hib­
bard to Jillson .threw no ,1,ht
on the crime. One letter froin
her had not been opened.
Five shots were fired by Jip­
son, the last one being need to
kill himself.
The gun with
which the tragedies ware enacted
belonged to the dead man.
There M
iwmdbtlWy ot •
double murder by some unknown
assailant, according to the lo­
cal police.
LOCAL MAN MEN
William Worth, brother of
Louis Worth, and widely knows
local man, died at hla home here
November 12. The funeral wee
held thia afternoon at 6 p. mJ
from Stock's Funeral Parlors.
Intermeat was la Mountain View
cemetery.
Mr. Wbrth
meat m ark«
and other potato ot
River valley tor