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Without the uue uf uiet>\uie cute»
nine cases out of
x^thu.s
'Ulis is a proven
MALARIA GBRlfS
Cannot survive thrw months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure
domestio water helps.
Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
The Tidings Has Been Ashland'8
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VO L. X L IX
Successor to the Se® 1-Weekly Tidings,- Volume
4«
ASHLAND, OREGON
Potatoes Lift
Mortgage
Frdm Church
amp Fiddler
IDAHO PALLS. Idaho.
Believe Sentence Unduly
Harsh for Peace Time
Conviction
M AT BE
REDUCED
Hoped That - President Will t.’nt
' Sentence Which Has Been
Recommended
W ASHINGTON, Dec. 18— (U .
P .)— Colonel W illiam Mitchell’s
sentence to five years suspension
from the army, decided upon
last night by the ju ry of gen
erals who heard bis court mar
tial, was today on Its way
through the war department's le
gal
machinery
to
President
Coolidge.
'
It le believed, however, that
the President w ill reduce his
sentence, possibly to only two
years.
The prevailing opinion seems
to be that the sentence, which
short of the absolute dismissal
which the w ar department pro
secution attorneys sought, to
still unduly harsh for a peace
tlmp conviction, under the 98th
article of war, Ihe catch-all.
blanket article, that covers every
offense not mentioned in the
other 9 1 -articles.
Dee. 18— Contributions of
potatoes have lifted the
mortgage from the T rin
ity Methodist Episcopal
church, one of the finest
in the Helena conference
district, which includes
Idaho,
Montana
and
Wyoming.
The edifice,
which cost 190,000, was
freed
of
encumbrance
yesterday.
For three years com
mittees have- canvassed
codntry ( districts collect
ing. saqks of poltatoeis
which were sold and the
money turned In to the
mortgage
fund.
Rev.
Horace Turner, pastor of
the church originated the
plan.
“ Mellie” Dunham, champion backwoods fiddler of Mfthio, ploys for Henry Ford at
Detroit after the automobile king had brought him th e « in connection with his cam-
paign to popularize old-fashioned dances and dance mtih-u Ford likes Dunham best
of all the 39 old-time violinists he has had play for bin
,
The Salvation Army Christmas
d winter activities are well
ider way, and a large number
of friends have been anxious
and Inquiring to know what they
can do >n aiding ine array
this work, according to Envoy
Schwindel.
Perhaps an account of the
plans would help them to know
the needs, Schwindel say«.
W ASHING TO N, Dec. 1 8 — (U .
P .)— Congressional
friends
of
Colonel W llUam Mitchell today
moved to rescue him from the
five years suspension from rank
and pay, imposed upon him by
his Jury of general i last n ig h t
A bill was Introduced in the
House
by
Representative
I-a
Ouargla of New Y ork to Ut the..
•entente from fir» y e a n to have already been found
are having a struggle to keep
ly together.
Aside
the unemployment
from this
CHINESE SMASH UP
.. I situation
AMERICAN SCHOOLS In this
w ill throw many more
condition.
Much tem-
-----------
! porary relief w ill thus fall to
HONG KONG. Dec. 18— (U . i those ready to take It to them,
p .) — An antl-Chrtatlan revolu-'
The need w ill involve com-
tionary mob today attempted forts of the home— foodstuffs or
to wreck both
the
English all kinds, clothing, bedding,
Presbyterian school and the An- plain furniture, stoves, fuel, etc.
glo-Chinese college at Swatow,1 Arrangements have been made
and succeeded In doing damage for these articles to be left at
estimated at 1125.000.
the Riggs Paint Store, If It Is
CHILDREN BURNED
MOTHER MAY
HOLDEN, Mass., Dec. 18—
(U .
P .)— Two children
were
burned to death,
and
their
mother and her year old baby
perhaps fatally burned early to
day, When the home of John
Hoey was destroyed by fire. Hoey
Sheridan — Hoffman & Bi
carried his wife and baby from
320-acre
fish hatchery and ft
the burning house.
The other
will
cost
120,000 to >50,000
children were trapped.
M EDFO RD, Dec. 18. — At yes
terday afternoon’s session of the
Oregon State H oftlcultural society
annual meeting here, Floyd T.
Reynolds of Salem was elected
president; C. A. Reed of Hood
River, vide-presldent, and Clay
ton L. Long of Corvallis was re
elected secretary and treasurer.
Paul Scherer, Bert Anderson and
S. M. Tuttle, local • orchardlsts,
were recommended to Governor
Pierce as three out of which one
is to be appointed trustee tor the
society. Salem was selected for
flie conventlorf city In 1924.
Over 279 people attended the
Medford Chamber of Commerce
banquet at Hotel Medford W ed
nesday evening, given In honor
of the visiting delegate». Dr. E.
W . Clancy, president of the cham
ber, 'acted" art, toastmaster 1| a
very able manner. The banquet
was not given over to serious
buslnees matter», but was a “ ket-
to-gether” add Jollification meet
ing, and aa such was a groat suc
cess.
During the course of the even
ing, mnslc by the Crater Clnb
'Movie Thriller
Proves to be
Real Article
Donations for Work, Receiv
ed From Many Here
Envoy States
orchestra and singing by Miss
Hamilton and "Toggery B ill”
Isaacs were enjoyed and the fol
lowing speakers were heard: C. A.
Park of Salem, president of the
Oregon State Board of Horticul
ture; F. E. Bailey of Spokane,
Wash., federal Inspector for grade
and pack; D. R. Wood, Medford,
president pf Oregon Rale Horfl-
cultural society; Paul A. Scherer,
president of the
Fruitgrowers'
league of Jackson county; W. F.
M iller of Portland, general freight
agent with the Southern Pacific
company; Judge E. E. Kelly of
this city, W . H. Witherspoon. E l
gin, Ore., commissioner, Oregon
State Board of Horticulture; F.
T. Swett o f San Francisco, man
ager of California Pear Growers’
association; W . S. Brown of Cor
vallis, department of horticulture,
Oregon Agricultural college; C.
K. Bennett of Hood River; V. J.
H uyl, San Francisco, vlce-presV
dent of the California Pear Grow
ers’ association, and Claude C.
Cate, Jackson county agent, Med
ford.
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8
N E W YO RK, Dec. 1 8 -q
robber stood in the
doorway and turned the
8
crank of
ft
Bellview Community House
to be Built From Funds
Obtained
, II
It
ft
II
a
Tho "Podaak- Limited,"-tp ««« i B
to arrive at the Bellview school
a
house at 7:30 o'clock this eve
a
ning, and the residents of that
a
section are expecting a large
a
tft
a
i B
i a
This 1« the word received1
from those backing the b e n e fit'
show, “ Fun on
the
Podunk
Lim ited," which w ill be present
ed at the Bellview school thia
evening, the first of a series of
entertainments to be staged to
raise money tor yie construction
of a community house to that
district.
Almost every resident of the
Bellview district has a part in
the play, which Is being directed
by Mrs. W . L. Moore.
In addition to the show, re
freshment booths, managed by
the women of the Bellview dis
trict, will be open and it is
believed that a tidy sum w ill be
realized from the sale of ' foods.
HARDY IS ELECTED
KIWANIS CLUB HEAD
J. H. Hardy w ill be presi
dent of the Ashland Klwanls
club during the coming year,
figures of the election held at
the annual m eetlnf of the club
today show.
V. V. M ills was selected vice
president, F. S. Engle treasurer,
and H. G. Enderr, Jr., trustee.
The seven directors chosen are
Ralph Billings.. W . M. Briggs,
B. C. Forsyth
J.’ H . McGee, S.
B. McNair, F , F- W h ittle and R
J. Woods.
Stores to Remain
Open Evenings
Until Christmas
Practically * all of the
local stored will remain
open
la
the
evonlngs,
starting Motwtay to accom-
modate tip Chriatnian »hop
per,, according to Informa
tion gathered by The Tid
ings.
A few are now remain
ing open at night, but thia
will not h e general untIL
Monday, probably.
Many
shoppers who a r e , unable
to spare the time daring
the -daytime
find
the
"open
evenings"
custom
very fconventont.
A
Jt
II
'll
motion pto. / It
tense of making a t il® II
i From
while his four compan- 8
u n n lv
Ions, posing as actors In ft
led
a movie thriUer, held up ft
a Is« » members of the «
tha.
N ltto ly R ep u b lica n club W
le to''lav
in Brooklyn last night a
v of fup,
and robbed them of 1 550 a
— and the large m ajority of the
In cash and Jewelry. The B
people serenely wait until Jack
robbery did not become B
Frost comes along and nips the
known u n til today.
It buds before they fill up their
Scores of persons who B wood or coal house.
*
passed believed that a ft
Practically evdry year this
movie
melodramA was 8 habit results in the consumers
paying a little more, as is right.
hut this year the habit has re
sulted more seriously.
Many of the box factories,
from which the wooden block
dealers get their supply, haVc
closed down and the supply to
the local dealers this year is
practically nil.
The local dcal-
1 ers get most of their "filox"
I from the H ilt plant, which la
1 working only on part time and
some of them report they have
had p o etically ho blox this toll
Mail so Far E asily Handled,
N o D elivery on
Christmas
one ha» been urged time and
again to mall their Christmas
packages early, in order that n
last minute rush might possibly
be avoided this year, employees
of the Ashland postoffice declare
that there Is no change from
previous years, and that they be
lieve the big rush Is yet to come-
Only five days remain heforo
Christmas, and packages going
to distant points within thè
state should be mailed at onco.
lriie 3ay belort cnrliittk» can-*
not be counted a« a mailing day,
and since there will be no de
livery on Christmas day. It la
believed that many w ill be dis
appointed this year.
Some of the Southern Oregon
post offices have announced that
they w ill have an extra delivery
oa Thursday, but sych will not
be the case here.
A fter the
final regular delivery, all pack
ages w ill be held over until
Saturday, and packages coming
to on the afternoon trains will
not be delivered on Thursday. 1
Packages for local delivery
can be mailed right now. and
easily be bandied.
The poet
office • 1» ' cleared every night of
outgoing, and Incoming package«,
the employee declare.
‘
and winter. I
■ One of the blox- dealers re
ports that many of the orders
i placed w ith them to September
are »till unfilled— and may re
main that way for some time.
The only ray of hope Is that
production at the box factories
w ill Increase In the next two or
three months, and that there
w ill be sufficient blox to go
around for the tail-end of win
ter.
A ll of the
dealers
report
plentiful supplies of coal. And
some of them have other 'forms
of wood fuel, but no blox. The
admonition next summer “ to
lay to your winter fuel now”
w ill probably get a more llbernl
response from those who are
now feeling the disappointment,
Mrs. Minnie Whelpy Con
fesses to Starting Blase
in Home
Declares Tribunal Lined up
W ith League of
Nations
HELD TO GRAND JURY
REFUTES
Ipsaiie Im agination Accounts For
Actions, P olice Officials
-
Declare
lu n g Expected Attack is Opened
by Idaho Hen lor Senator
Upon Resolution
A fter more th a n , five hours
of the closest questioning pos
sible, during which Fire Chief
Clinton Baughman, Deputy State
Fire Marshal H. H. Ppmeroy,
Chief of Police C. W. McNabb
and Assistant District Attorney
Alllsion
Moulton
again
and
again reviewed the facts In the
case, Mrs. Minnie Whelpy last
evening broke down and con
fessed to setting the fire which
partially destroyed the home
of Mrs. Jane McCoy on Iowa
street, lust Saturday evening.
Jealousy, brought on by an
insane Imagination, Is the rea
son given by the officers In ex
plaining her actions.
Mrs. Mc-
Coy, Mrs. Whelpy asserted, was
“ trying to steal my husband,"
and for that reason, Mrs. W hel
py determined to drive the for
mer from the neighborhood.
Four threatening letters were
received by Mrs. MoCoy before
the fire, and yesterday after
noon she received the fifth let
ter, • again
threatening
her.
Mrs; Whetpy-oonfessed to wrlt-
ing these letters.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13—> (U.
P .)— The long heralded irrecon
cilable fight, which was ex
pected would h9 waged against
the
orld Ccu-I. was opened I f
tr • Penate this morn'"», who*
H-tiulcr W illiam Pt;r-.r» R'p<h-
Milton Allen, 21. taxi driver of
11-a«j r f Idaho, rh alrxan of the
Council Bluffs, la.,'w as the out
p i v j f u l foreign rla tio u s re®-
standing hero of a 82,000.000
vulfc-s, opened an aUa*-h »pm
fire
in the business district
>h> resolution Ictrod ih d l-y Sen
there, He went Into the burn
ator Swanson.
ing Grand Hotel and ran the
Senator Swanson's resolution
evator after the three lower
would phege American adher
oors were enveloped by flames,
ence to Ine international tribkOr
saving eight women from death.
He was then trapped on the
Senator a Borah
contended
eighth floor, and rescued by
that the World Court was la
flretoen.
extrleably lined up with tb<
League of Nations, denying the
statements of President Coolidge
and others that it is an inde
pendent Institution.
i
SANTA GLAUS WILL
BE HERE MONDAT
Santa Claus Is going to have
a big number of presents tor
Mr8' whe,py and Mrs- Mcf,°y
re8hle side by side on Iowa
"treat.
Saturday night a fire
was discovered biasing on tho
. P°fQh of the M c °y
SW A N SO N
. a
Controversy
J , ------- J
H e a lin g on the' eqatty
of the Ashland Baptist church
ugntost the First Baptist church,
Inc., ofOAshland, will be heard
to the circuit court the latter
of
January.
Attorney
Robortg, one of the counsel for
tho defense, Is 111 with a bad
cold, ' and is confined to his
Baughman was certain that the home. The First Baptist church,
blese was Incendiary, and he Inc., ousted last July by the
wired Pomeroy to come to Ash
housç of worship In controversy,
land for an Investigation.
Suspicion centered on Mrs. are the defendants.
The religious action, which
Whelpy because of her peculiar-
has
brought forth many acrimo
actions.
Yesterday, she com
nious
accusations, revolves about
plained to Chief McNabb, tha»
her life had been threatened, the possession of the church
and when she was questioned, property.
The bitter row Is an out
gave Information which made
growth
of a revival meeting
the officers positive she was tho
held In Ashland in 1922 by Dr.
qullty party.
Mrs. Whelpy was held In the Price, “ divine healer,” as a re
city Jail last night, and this sult of which the Baptist follow
morning after being bound ever ers were split Into two groups—
to the grand Jury , by Justice of one following the teachings of
Almee
McPherson
Four
the Peace L. A. Roberts, was the
Square
Gospel,"
and
the
other
taken to the county Jail, where
she will be held awaiting the cBnglng to the established doc
next eession of the grand Jury. trines of the creed.
Although It did but >125 dam-
a*e. ha<1 the ilre »«toed * f«w
minutes more start, it would
have destroyed the entire build
ing, and would have endangered
several homes to the vicinity.
From
the conditions of the
fire. Mrs. McCoy having beon
away from homo for two days,
Officers declare that It is prob
able she will be committed to
Grand Ronde — Machinery
the State Hospital for the Insane. riving for new sawmill here.
the youngsters of the city Mon
day afternoon, according to a
message which has been re
ceived by The Borgerson lfic
Stare.
Thto message was te the e *
fact that Santa Claus would
' hr'Ashfisad' H&flif’TF'
ternoon about 4:11
o'clock;
that he weuld land on tho roof
of the Endere’ Department store
building and that he would
When the
talnlng a pi
would throw !
gathered In I
gerson store at the hour men-
tloned.
NEW CRESCENT CITY
ROAD IMPASSIBLE
PiM tTLAND, Dec IS — (U . I*.)
— The new section of the Grams
Pass-Crescent
City
highway,
which was to have boon opened
to travel Monday, was covered
with a slide of twenty thousand
cubic yards of rock near Oregon
Mountain, the U nited'
States
Bureau of Public Roads advised
today.
The opening has been
Indefinitely postponed.
Big Reduction in
Price of Dodge Car
is Expected Soon
As announced In yesterdny’s
Tidings by The Eakln Motor
Company of Medford In a full
page advertisement, Dodge Broth
ers w ill make a tremendous
slash in car prices on January
FILM STAR MOTHER
7, the amount remaining a sec-
PASADENA, Dec. 18— (U. P-> cret until that date.
Mee Marsh, film star, became
However, all cars which are
MOPE
SHOPPING-
OAVSJS/
Cebnrg — Growers now
peppermint oil un to |1
pound. 20 to <0 pound»
sere.
owner jester-
ustic remarks
jrte r relative
handbills and
tomoblle, and
ilch he con-
at his prop-
erty rights In the automobile.
He stated he did not object
to having the dodgers thrown
Into bis yard or on his porch,
but that when a person opened
the door of his automobile, be
considered the person violating
a property right Just the same
as I f the same person would
come to his home and open his
front door without knocking
Frequently, he stated, he left]
packages or other objects to i
Further, he stated, on twe
occasions recently he has re-
turned to his automobile and
found the door ejar. "Suppose."
he continued, “the door should
project out far enough to r the
aatalst parking next to my cay
to Jam iato It. Who would ba
responsible f
The party who
had opened the door to throw
inside the circulor, of conn®
but where and who la beT
I
would have to stand the loos,"
When questioned by The Tito
togs, the auto owner said he did
not know of any Instance where
the disappearance of any prop
erty from an automobile coaM
possibly be blame« on tbw dis
tributor of a elroalar n r whato
the
distributor's
earotooaahftl
had resulted la tojary to a»
automobile. He added, bownfilR
that because neither nt tltaafr
eontlngeaclen bad arisen wad- M»‘
reason that the gate awMqg
should be subjeetod, t o »,
-'ccurence.
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