MALARIA GERMS
Cannot survive thrge months in
the rieh osone at Ashland. Pure
domeetio water help«.
A shland D aily T idings
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ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine cures
nine cases out of tea d* asthma.
This is a proven .£*
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ASHLAND, OREGON,
Two Meh Swim
As Temperature
is Five Below
Alleged Mistatements Made
.During Trial of Omar
Murphy fot Murder
BOND IB A R R A N G E D
Medford Physician to be A rraign
ed Tomorrow Afternoon. Im
mediate T ria l la Promised
As an aftermath of the trial
of Omar W. Murphy, convncted
of. manslaughter in connr/jtlon
with the death of his wife last
spring. Dr. Charles T. Sweeney,
prominent Medford physician,
was arrested yesterday,
The
charge against Dr. Sweeney is
perjury and his arrest followed
an indictment by the grand jury.
Dr. Sweeney waa a witness for
the defense in the Murphy case,
his testimony having to do with
the post mortem held on Mrs.
Murphy’s body some time after
her death.
_ The post mortem was held at
the instance of District Attorney
Chaney and was conducted by
Deputy Coroner Walker, «it
whose request Dre. Thayer and
Clancy performed the actual
work of, examining the body. At
som« time during the t poet mor
tem It Is alleged — Dr. BWMHiy
appeared on the scene, and in his
evidence on the witness stand he
claimed that Be waa requested
to attend by the brother of Omar
Murphy.-lhe.
PMtricy
Attorney Chaney who filed the
perjury complaint, says the tes
timony of Dr*.. Thayer and Clancy
and Deputy Coroner Walker was
to the effect that while It took
from an hour and a half to'two
' hours to make the poet
Dr. Sweeney was la the room
for not more than fifteen min
utes and that he had little or no
part in the actual work.
Dr.
Sweeney's own statement Is said
to have conveyed a different Im
pression, and the divergence In
the testimony la believed to have
caused his Indictment and ar-
roet._________ ___________
Dr. Sweeney has been released
on »2.000 bond, pending his ar
raignment tomorrow afternoon.
District ” Attorney
Chaney,
who Instigated the investigation
declares that the case ’ will be
brought to Immediate trial.
This Is the second case of per
jury In the county this year. “I.
am endeavoring to keep all per
jured testimony out of the courts,
and this work is in line with my
efforts,’’ Chaney declared this
morning.
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CABINET AGREES ON
DOUMER FINANCES
PARIS, Dec. 29— (U. P .)—
The Preach cabinet today ap
proved the tax projects of Fi
nance Minister Doumer. None
-of the ministers resigned, as was
feared might be the case.
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MILWAUKEE.
Wis..
Dec. 29—The Milwaukee
Polar Bear club- opened
tj^e winter season her*
today.
With the mercury at
(ire below at noon, James
O. Brazell, president of
the club, and M. J. Orth
dived Into the ley waters
of Lake Michigan for a
swim.
The two men
plunged- In and Out of the
water for 10 mtnutes.
•>', These little dtps In the
J^ke at zero of a wintry
morning are a panacea for
all Ills, and a winter sport
supreme
according to
Brazell. He has been tak-
Ing them for many years.
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"Churchill la probably the only
man who can definitely set the
date, for the opening, and I know
he has made no statement on
this matter as yet," Fuller con-
cluded.
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SHRINE HEAD
TO VISIT CITY
NEXT MONDAY
WOMAN IS HURT IN
SISKIYOU WRECK
Miss Jeanne LaMathe of
Anffelei, hklTOWV eicapeff;
last night, when her oar,
ding from the road on the
kiyous, rolled oyer an embi
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ment for almost fifty feet
Miss LaMathe escaped wit:
ladwry, hot kw edr waa
totally demolished.
James
Burger
•ger to Visit
Hillah Temple on Offic-
“ ROOK OF MARNE"
ial Trip
IS VISITOR HERE
The Shrlners of Hillah Temple
of Ashland are to have a notable
banquet at ,the Llthla Springs
hotel in this city next Monday
evening at 5:30 o’clock in honor
of the visit of their Imperial Po
tentate, James C. Burger, of Den
ver, who is to pay his official
respects to the local- temple on
that date.
Preceding the banquet there
will be a gathering at Masonic
Temple to meet the visitor at 4
o'clock. Mr. Burger, who will
arrive at 11:10 d. m.,’on Monday
and leave at 6:40 p. m.. Is ac
companied on his official tour
of the coast by his wife and his
secretary. About 200 Shrlners
from various sections of South
ern Oregon are expected to be
in Ashland on the occasion of
the forthcoming visit of the head
of the order.
Mrs. Whelpley
Pleads Guilty to
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A V S O II
General U. S. McAlexandef,
known during the world war as
“the Rock of the Marne” was an
overnight visitor here last night
at the Llthla Springs hotel.
Me Alexander, before ,the en
trance of this country into the
war was commandant of the R.
O. T. C. school at the Oregon
Agricultural College. He was n
command of one of the Amercaa
divisions which blocked the ad
vance of the Germans on the
Marne, and thus gained his
name.
McAlexander is on his way to
Corvallis for a visit with friends
there.
SHERIFF TAKES FIVE
PRISONERS TO SALEM
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- sheriff Ralph
this morning for Salem
with him five prisoners who will
serve sentences In the state pris
on and at Kelly Butte. The pris
oners were, Joe Lutz, sentenced
to one year on a burglary count.
W. L. Blakeley, sentenced to
five years on a liquor charge,
Don Hall, auto thief, who was
given a ten year sentence and
Mamie Biden and Verne Wil
liams, confessed bootleggers, who
were fined »500 and sentenced to
six months Ih prison. Biden and
Williams will serve their time
on Kelly Butte, while the re
mainder of the prisoners will
be taken to the state penitentiary.
LEGISLATURE PASSES
BILLS OVER VETO
OLYMPIA. Dec. 29 —(IP)—T*»e
Washington House had before It
today for consideration four Sen
ate. hills, vetoed by Governor
Hartley, which were repassed
over his veto yssterday by the
Senate.
The upper house did not waste
words on the matter, but cram
med the four bills through in
approximately twenty minutes.
They included a bill which would
make available a capital outlay
for five state Institutions of
higher learning; a tax millage
bill; a »111 permitting cities of
Pendleton — Farmers sell morn than 20,000 population to
500,000 bushels wheat in one build public auditoriums, and a
week, at prices to »1.50 a bill to establish law libraries in
small counties.
bushel.
Mrs. Minnie Whelpley ot Ash
land, 63, Indicted for arson and
charged with setting fire to the
home of her neighbor, Mrs. Jane
McCoy, 70, In a moment of spite
December 12, entered a plea of
guilty before Circuit Jndge C.
M. Thomas yesterday morning,
and also entered a further plea
of Insanity. The date of hearing
has not been set.
Mrs. Whelpley was represented
by Attorney L. A. Roberts of
Ashland.
STUDENTS HAVE
DAY AT LUNCH
OT CHAMBER
BY GEORGE BRITT
NBA Service Writer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— List
to the words of the prophetess!
‘The air will be filled with
flying ships, our people will be
content, peace will soothe all
nations, the Beliefs and the buy
ers of acres In the land of flow
ers will prosper,' the Prince of
Wales at least will marry .and
death will strike a great king.
These are a few of the things
that will happen In 1926. Just
watt and see.
If you have any supewtlttons
at all. If you ever crossed a
gypsy’s palm with silver, or
watched your step on Friday
the thirteenth, or knocked on
wood or gazed In a mirror on
Hallowe’en — here may be a
chance to justify your faith In
the - super-natural.
—A nd If you' acted ,skeptle
shy all fortune telling Is the
bunk, maybe these predictions
will prove your points. In either
case, this forecast will be In
teresting to check on a_ year
from now if you Tiftvfe saved it.
The seeress Is Mrs. Martha
Spencer, one o^the best known
consultants in things occult in
the nation’s capital Her method
la astrology, coupled In personal
- rendtngs
w ith
R E M A IN
COLD
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New York W eather to Warm, Says
Bnreau, While Middle W\*st
W ill Freeze
be Recognize«! and Mitchell
to Come Into Own
v
LIMA, Peru. DEC.29-(LP)- The
Impending return of the Tacua-
arickt chairman General John
J. Pershing to America for
health reasons, caused a sensation
In diplomatic circles here today.
!S 12 HOURS AFTER
It waa rumored as well that the
TSBANDS FUNERAL
necessity for a closer discussion
of the situation with President
SEATTLE, Dec. 29. — (IP)
Coolidge may be the real reason
Twelve hours after throngs fol
for forcing Perishing’s return.
lowed the remains qf her husband
to the grave, Mrs. Emma Brooks
Frater, widow of Probate Judge
A. W. Frater died this morning.
Judge Frater, a veteran of 21
years on the bench, died on
Christmas morning from a com
plication of diseases.
for the regular school,year.
“There has been no definite
date set for the opening of the
F u ll e r dec la r ed. “The
contract calls for the completi-
tion o f.th e bdlldlng by May 1,
and those who started the rumors
probably obtained their facts
from this contract^” he contin
ued.
J. A. «Churchill, state superin
tendent ot public instruction, and
president of ’ the local normal,
will arrive in Ashland shortly
after the first of the year, and
at that time will probably set
the day for the opening of the
summer session.
W ALES
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Great K ing W ill IMv. Russia W ill
McCracken Has High Pure
Bred Herd, With Poyer
Heading Grade Herds
PERSHING'S RETURN
STARTS MANY RUMORS
Nineteen Have Died During
Three Days of Gold in
Chicago
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TESTED DURING
MONTH OF OCT.
A tot al o f .3 04 cenauwerolezU
ed during the month ot October
in the Rogue River Valley Cow
Testing association, according to
a report received from the Co
operative Extension InAgricultnre
an d Home Economics o t the ^Ex
tension Department of the Oregon
Agricultural College.
In the Pure bred herd class,
J. R. McCracken had the highest
Herd for the month, his eight
cows averaging 824.8 pounds of
milk and 43.84 pounds of butter-
fat during the mouth.
A. F.
Long, with ten cows took second
place, his stock averaging 627.S
pounds of milk and 81.04 pounds
of bntterfat
In the grade herd division E.
B. 'Poyer, Itaef dairyman had
the high test herd, his eight
cows averaging 803 pounds of
milk and 41.58 pounds of butter-
fat. J. E. Judy, with nine cows
was second, his cattle averaging
777' pounds of milk and 40.65
pounds of butterfat, while the J.
W. Fish herd averaged 823
pounds of milk and 42.01 pounds
of butterfat.
Fish was rated
third because he had bnt two
cattle tested.
Astrologist Predicts U. ST*
Will Enioy Prosperous
Year During 1926
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NORMAL SCHOOL WILL NOT
BE OPENED HERE ON MAY 1
In spite of rumors, and pub
lished statements, alleged to
have come from authoratlve
sowreew, the floathera
Normal school here will not be
opened on May 1, J. H. Fuller,
one of the members of the board
of normal regents declared this
morning.
“The contract for the con-
etructlon of the building speci
fies that the structure • shall be
completed. and ready for occu
pancy by May 1 of seat year,
hut that does net signify that
the school will be opened on that
date,** Fuller declared.
The first regular school ses
sions will probably start In the
new building on or about June
1, Puller Indicated, p ile will be
the regular summer* session of
the normal. The summer aeeelon
usually lasts twelve weeks, andi
the school will then he opened
ntffiJR Y RISES?-
IN NEW YORK, ,
CHICAGO COLO ’
Believe It or Hot
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29— (U. P.)
— The mercury rose today, and.
New York was freed from the
Icy grip of winter, which has held
for the past two weeks, although
cold winds continued to sweep
Burke Adams of Omaha, the the city. A still further moder-
young innn who induced steam- atlon in the weather was pre-
ship companies to carry tourists r dieted for today by the weather
to Europe In rehabilitated steer bureau here.
age quarters, and thus made tt
Chicago, Dec. 29 — (IP)—A
possible for thousands of Amer
icans to tour Europe at a mini final check taken early today
mum of expense. Is going to try showed that the days ot sub-zero
to go from Cairo to Capetown, weather of the past three days
the full length of Africa, by had taken a toll of nlnteen lives.
Temperatures about the middle
automobile.
It never has been done before. Western States registered a grad- *
ual rise today, but it will remain
cold until after New Years day.
The weather bureau Indicated
that there would be alight mod
erations in the extreme cold of
the past three days, however.
PROSPECT MAN
NEAR DEATH
FROM SHOOTING
FRANK COOLEY, WELL
KNOWN MAN, DIES
Frank Gooley, aged 57 years,
died this morning at a local hos
pital after an Illness of several
Accidental Shooting May weeks. Mr. Gooley was a bridge
carpenter in the employ of the
Cost Life of Harvey
State Highway Commission, hb
Aikins
last work .being done with Mr.
Harry Aikins. prq»l»ent Proe-I H. H. Flanagan’s erew on the
set rancher lies iffSdr M l . lof Aflllani-Klateath Falls hlglway.
pect
a Medford hospital today, as the For many years he was a rail
result of an accidental shooting, road carpenter In the cast, but
which occnred on tha Crater since coming here from' Denver
Lake highway last night, tt was he was engaged lu highway
bridge work, pis nearest rela
learned today.
Aikins had visited Medford, tives are a cousin In San Fran-
bringing his sister Into the city. clso and another in Gloversvlllc.
Upon his return home, he got N. Y. No funeral arrangements
out of his car, and In doing so, have been made as yet.
dislodged a revolver from his
pocket. The gun, falling on the JURY RECOMMENDS
running board of the machine,
SUPREME PENALTY
was discharged, and the bullet
•truck Aikins In the right hip.
TACOMA. Dec. 29. — (LP) —
It ranged upward through the Death by hanging was the jure
body, finally stopping In the right j recommendation in the case of
lung.
! Jessy Ingraham, itinerant team-
Although badly wounded, and Bter, found guilty at 10 a. m.
weakened from loss of bood. today of the murder of Joseph
Aikins attempted to return to c. Hodges, young Seattle lawyer.
Medford. In the fog. and in his on September 19. This Is the
weakened condition, he lost hit first Pierce county Jury In 2.5
way, and was found near the 401 years to recommend the death
Ranch, In a serious condition. penalty.
Ingraham
fatally
wounded
He was Immediately taken to
young
Hedges
near
Camp
Ix>uia.
Medford, where medical atten
tion was given him, but because following an altercation on the
nf the loss of blood, attending highway, when Hedges automo
physicians hold out little hope bile was bumped by Ingraham's
team.
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has been asking the stars about
Speakers Tell of Merits of the New Year.
Their Various
"The Influence ot Venus will
Schools
be predomlnant_and controlling
almost throughout 1926,” says
Over 40 students of Institu
Mrs. Spencer. “That means peace,
tions of higher education were
quiet and prosperity everywhere,
guests of the chamber of com
so far as It is possible to gen
merce at the forum luncheon,
erallze for the whole world. The
held at the Llthla Springs hotel
signs are wonderfully favorable
today.
for America In particular.
Each of the schools had a
"The United States Senate will
representative, who spoke for a
not agree to our Joining the
short time In the merits of their
world court without very extreme
schools. Practically every major
•reservations. The administration
institution In Oregon was repre-'
tax bill will be adopted by the
sented.
Senate with but little change
Music for the program was
from the way It was passed by
given by Miss Pauline Plum the house, and the people will
mer, a student at the Los An
It.
geles Conservatory of Music, who like
"There will be upheavals In
played a piano solo, and Harvey both the War and Navy Depart
Woods, violinist, student of the ments, particularly In the navy.
University of Oregon. Woods was
I should not he surprised to see
accompanied by George Francis
the heads of both these depart
Baron, also a student at Ore
ments changed.
gon.
“Col. Mitchell will be recogniz
The speakers and thetr colleges
ed more -than ever as an able
Don
patriot. Out of his agitation will
Oregon; Walter Miksch, Lln-
develop an air service which will
field; Miss Plummer, Los Angeles
be equal to any on earth.
Conservatory of Music; Earl
“The Prince of Wales will be
Pemberton, Willamette;
Beth
married In 1926. I yan not tell
Johnson^ San J ohc State Teach
exactly who his bride will be,
ers college; Margaret McCoy,
but she will be a princess from
Oregon Ag; Dwight Gregg, Uni
one of the smaller nations of
versity of Oregon Medical School
and Verne Blue, University of Europe.
"A king will die in 1928. He
California.
Is .popular and the bead of a
great nation. His successor will
COLONEL COOLIDGE • not wield the influence he don.
REPORTED UNCHANGED and democracy will progress by That the acoustics of the
Chautauqqh building can be
his passing.
"Russia will be granted recog remedied, and the cost would be
PLYMOUTH* VL, Dec. 29—
about »9500 Is the statement of
(IP) — Colonel Coolidge, father nition by the United States.
“Crops will be bountiful, and Claude R. Fountain, professor of
ofj the PreldePt, was reported
“unchanged” today, following a farmers will prosper more than physics at Mercer University,
fairly comfortable night. Mr\ they have for several years. Busi Macon, Georgia.
Fountain, a former Ashland
May Johnson, the Colonel’s niece, ness conditions generally will be
said the patient slept rather well, better than they were m jH ij'b& 'y, v is 1 M ■'** obi « ws
“A French debt settlement will lng acoustic enginers of the coun
generally speaking, throughout
try, has been employed at many
the night, and had a quiet, rest be agreed upon in 1926.
of
the large auditoriums through
"The Florida boom will con
ful night.
out
the country to correct the
tinue throughout the year. I
think It has two years yet to acoustics, and his work has met
with remarkable success.
80RIBBLE8 POEM _ _ go. After that will come a slump.
In a letter to his grandfnotber,
“It will be a year of discovery
THEN KILLS SELF
Mrs. A. H. Russell of
of new talent and of unusual ac
MOSCOW, Dec. — (IP) —Leav complishment In literature and Fountain says:
“In regard to the Ashland
ing his last poem scribbled in •rt. In the theatre they will put
Chautauqua
building. I recom
blood, Sergeesenin, eccentric poet on a few more clothes, but there
mend
the
'use
of ruffled curtains
husband of Isadora Duncan, com won’t be any modification of
of
cretonne.
Very
recently a naw
mitted suicide In Leningrad yes snappy Itaes.
type -of acoustical material has
terday.
"President Coolidge will not been Invented. ' This is much
be elected president again. His more durable than the cretoanoj
WEATHER
successor will he a Republican.” and more efficient in abeorblng
sound.
I have devised a new
And that Is the future
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method
for
preventing echoes
cording
to
Martha
Spencer,
8 variable winds along the 8
from
large
domes
that will he
can
take
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leave
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SAYS ACOUSTICS OF LOCAL
BUILDING CAN BE CORRECTO)
much more efficient and lees e*«
pensive than the present methods
and yet not spoil the arehlteet-»
ural beauty of the dome. I be
lieve I can furnish all of the
acoustical absorbing material and
will supply the detailed draw
ings as to the Installation of II
fur itwut >9966.
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“In regard)
regard to the "reflecting
stage?’ I believe I can Improve
somewhat on that also. I sug
gested before that the walls and
celling of this stags should be
made of plaster.
That would
be the moot efficient* enhntenee,
but It will not stead as mneh
abuse ae wood, nor will tt stead
moving If oecnstons demand tt.
that both the l
Ing be made of
ceiling or floo
hard flalsh ot,
“The freab
on the fleer w
dace the rav<
cannot believe
echoes very 8