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ASHLAND
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of medicine mires
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DR. CHASE TO
BE PRESIDENT
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North Bend Safe
Blown; Note Left
by Gang of Yeggs
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North Carolina Educator 8
Given Place at Oregon
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Regents Allow H im Two Weeks
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EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 10— (U .
P .) — D *. H a rry Woodburn Chase,
nationally known educator and
president of the University of
North Carolina, has two weeks
in which to decide whether or
not he wants to become presi­
dent of the University of Ore­
gon.
Dr. Chase was elected presi­
dent of the university at a meet­
ing of the board of regents late
yesterday, according to an of­
ficial statement given out fol­
lowing the seseion.
The new appointee made a re­
quest that he be allowed a fort­
night in which to take the of­
fer under advisement, and this
request was granted by the
board.-
I f N M M N TO
S M I NEXT keen
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17
Will Mark Opening of
Special Service
Lenten season w ill start this
year on Wednesday, Feb. 17. and
continue Until Easter Sunday, on
A p ril 4.
In both the Episcopal hn<l
Catholic churches special ser­
vices w ill be held during Lent
on Wednesdays and Fridays. At
the Episcopal church there w ill
he a special service at 11 o’clock
In the morning of Ash Wednes­
day and an evening service at
7:30.
Litan y services w ill be
held on Wednesday and Friday
'afternoons a t 4 o’clock.
In the Catholic church there
w ill be special Wtednesday and
Friday evening services as well
as the dally mass at 8 o'clock
each morning.
Cigarettes And
Petting Parties
. To Be Under Ban
W IL L A M E T T E U N IV E R S IT Y ,
Salem, Feb. 10— A strict policy
of locking the university prttyer
room has been adhered to by
the authorities here since a , re­
cent party, when cigar and cig­
arette stubs were left In the
rodm. The room I t being lock­
e t promptly at 10 o’clock each
evening. The prayer room is lo-
cated^in,the basement of W aller
h all antfJ is a small room set
aside foi1 the purpose of prayer
and
meditation
for . students
from out of town who have no
place to go for thia purpose.
According to a number of the
students, the recent party was
by no means the only ’one held
In the room in the past semester.
Rumors are also current that;
besides being used as a place io
smoke, * number of students
have resorted to the room for
the purpose of .holding petting
pai Lite.
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Heavy Rainfall
Descends Today
N O R TH BEND, Ore.,
Feh.
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job
since we robbed the Den-
ver m in t.”
This cryptic note was
left In the office of the
Liberty theatre here by
a group of safe-blowers
Who
broke
open
the
theater sate and robbed
the contents of 9400 in
cash.
Police thus far
are without clues, they
announced this afternoon.
o.
H. Griffin Falls Victim
to Gang of Mexican
Bootleggers
SAN G A B R IE L , Cal., Feb. 10
— O. H. G riffin , motorcycle o f­
ficer, Is dead, and R. D. Bents,
a police patrolman, is in a lo­
cal hospital w ith bullet wounds
aa the result of being ambushed
last night by a group of four
Mexican rum runners.
The two officers came upon
the Mexicans fn an unllghted
automobile along the highway.
When they started to search the
car pnd found liquor In it, the
Mexicans opened fire, and made
their escape.
One suspect Is
In ja il.
n. s. cu m
WINNING TEAM IS GIVEN FEED;
BOYCOTT PLAN ASHLAND LEGiON HOSTS GATHER; CHINESE REDS
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AGAINST II. S. MANY • a FEATURES
BEING PLANNED DESTROY FLAG
DURING FHfflT
TO BE SOUGHT
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American Firms
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INDEPENDENCE
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Speaker Roxas Hays Capital Must
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F ighting
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OFFICEII IS KILLED
held
H CHINESE TROOPS
W A SHING TO N, D. C., Feb. 10
— (U .P .) — American
Minister
M oMnrray reported to the state
department today that Kuomfhe-
hum exporters in Peking have
promised
to . Investigate
tho
holding as hostages of 34 A m eri­
cans at 8inyang by Kuomlnohum
troops.
M A N IL A , P. I., Feb. 10—
(U .P .)— Following weeks of re­
ports of an Impending Filipino
attem pt to boycott American
and British firms which are ac­
tually fighting Philippine Inde­
pendence, Manuel Roxas, speak­
er of the house of representa­
tives, today came out flat-foot­
ed ly In favor of such a boycott.
In a fiery oration before the
students of St. Thomas univer­
sity, Speaker Roxas openly urg­
ed such a move as a means of
forcing American capital to cease
fighting the cause of Philippine
Independence.
American residents of the is­
land see an ominous threat io
such a proposal as sought by
Roxas, and furth er trouble is
feared.
HOLLMEYER FUNERAL
WILL BE THURSDAY
Services for Ashland Mer­
chant to be at 2 p. m.
Tomorrow
Funeral services for J. P.
Hollmeyer, prominent Ashland
merchant, who died Sunday eve­
ning, w ill be held frtm the
Dodge chapel at 2 o’clock tomor­
row afternoon with the Christian
Science service.
Interm ent will
be ot the Mausoleum, with the
Masonic lodge In charge.
Several relatives of the de­
ceased an% his fam ily have ar­
W ith Vic Mills, acting sa M P
tain of the kltehen equad, Ed
Dunn, Elwood Hedburg, O. M
Oreen and Gerald W enner gs
kitchen police and Fred Taylor
os chief cook, the losing t te
In the local American LeelOn
post’s membership campaign of
last year entertained the winner*
and a large number of other ex-
servtee men et the local armory
last night with a varied menu
of "alum ” and kindred dlshee
More than 60 were present 0 ’
the feed, which was reported
one of the best entertainments
of this nature ever held by t i e
post.
Following the feed, the
regular meeting of Ashland post
No. 14 was held, with Command­
er John Enders presiding.
St. Patrick’s Dance
The dance committee reported
that instead of having a dance
in February, It had been de­
cided to have a Legion dance on
St. Patrick’s day, March 17, gt
the armory.
A committee reported that a
total of 965.76 was made by
the Legion on the recent show at
the Vining.
I t waa voted to
contribute half of this to the
A uxiliary, whose members as­
sisted the Legion In the tlekei
sales.
“On To Paris” .
Andy McOee reported on the
"On
To
Paris”
proposition,
whereby the local post w(ll raise
a fund for the purpose of send­
ing one of Its members to the
'national convention In Paris In
1927.' The post voted to form
*n “On to Paris’’ club, with
membership dues of 92.00 per
year.
Membership in this club
will be confined to members of
the post who are in good stand­
ing not later than April 1, 192C
and who pay the club dues for
this year and for 1927.
This
w ill raise approximately 9300
and the post Intends to raise suf­
ficient more to make a fund of
9600 for the lucky Legionnaire
who will get the trip to Paris
gratis.
About 50 o f-th e mem­
bers present Joined the club last
night and It Is thought that
every member wll) want to have
a chance on this trip.
Some
o f the merchants have signified
they w ill assist in swelling this
fund, it was stated, the Enders
store volunteering to give 5
per cent of Its sales one day
toward the fund.
Select Captains
Officers of this club w ill, be
selected at a subsequent meeting.
In order to give all ex-service
men the opportunity to win this
trip, the post will have a mem­
bership drive to corral all of
the ex-ssrvice men In the Ash
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S panish aviatof ! ; . D I M VESSEL
IS TAKEN IN TOW
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Commander Ramon Franoo Motor Shi
Hiip Ohateltepee
Flies From Spain to
'Loses Satis North of
Aiventine
Seattle
BUENOS A IR E 8 , Feb. 10
(U . P .) — Commander R a m o n
Franco, Spanish birdman, today
successfully
completed
hl3
6,300-mila flig h t from Spain,
reaching here a t ’ 12:30 this af­
ternoon.
Ho was w ildly greeted
to
by the entire city.
8 E A T T L E , Wash., Feb. 10-
(U . P .) — The disabled motor
ship Chateltepee was taken in
tow oft tho straits of Juan de
Fu c* last night by the Canadian
naval patrol steamer Thlepvnl,
according to radio advices re­
rived from various points
ceived here..
attend the final services.
The disabled vessel, which Is
M O N TB VED IO , Feb. 10— (TL owned by a San Francisco firm,
P -)— Commander Ramon Franco had lost her sails and wireltss
Spain to Argentine aviator, flew apparatus
from here shortly before noon
today on the last log of his
Journey
from
Spain
to
BUDAPEST, — (IP) — H un­ a ir
gary has adopted a novel profit­ Buenos Aires.
eering law which, according to re­
sults already
achieved,
gives
promise of great effectiveness in
keeping prices down.
Judge R. E. Hunsaker Re­
I t provides that anyone who Is
ported to be at Death’s
convicted of profiteering or of
Door
collusion in price raising loses au­
tomatically his license to sell a l­
CHICAGO, Feb. 10— Chicago
K L A M A T H FALLS, Ore., Feb.
coholic drinks.
surgeons today were wondering 10— Robert E. Hunsacker, wide­
In Hungary the housewives like whether or not tho appendix ly known Klamath pioneer, and
to do- all their shopping in one performs any useful function In former justice of the peace, was
store. Since this shopping usual­ the human body.
Such doubt reported to be near death to­
ly Includes the purchase of a few was expressed following the an­ day at the family home here.
bottles of wine no dealer In food nouncement by Dr. W . A. New-, The attending physicians say he
supplies can expect to do busi­ man Dorland, prominent Chicago can live but a short time.
ness very long If his supply of physician, that he has discov­
Judge Hunsakcr was stricken
drinkables Is not complete. Also, ered a man who never had any nearly a year ago with a strange
by the absence of alcoholic bever­ appendix.
bone ailment which physicians
ages from his shelves customers
Dr. Dorland Is prominent In were unable to diagnose. He has
are constantly reminded that they the affairs of the Oorgas Mem­ been bed-ridden for moro than
are buying from a convicted pro­ orial Institute, end because of six months.
fiteer.
his
announcement
physicians
here are taking an unusual In­
terest In the case.
Southern Oregon
Law Enforcement Profiteers Lose
Officers^to Meet
Liquor Licenses
Organisation o f a Southern
Oregon Peace Officers’ association
may be perfected tomorrow night
at a get-together banquet of law
enforcement officers at the L lth la
Springs hotel.
Between 40 and
SO peace officers from various
cities and counties of Southern
Oregon are expected to be pres­
ent.
This w ill be the second banquet
of Its kind within the past three
months.
The first banquet at
Medford last December, proved so
successful that it was proposed to
form a permahent association, and
tomorrow night’s dinner is ex­
pected to lead to definite action.
Police Chief McNabb has re­
ceived responses from officers as
far north as Roseburg, from Coos
Bay and from other points in
the southern part of the state,
and indications are that It will
be In every way a successful gath­
ering.
The banquet w ill start
at 6:30.
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Local Girl Weds
At Crescent City
Miss K athryn Pratt, daugher
of Mr. and Mrs. Carol P ratt of
this city, and Everett Reekman
of Harbor, Oregon, were m ar­
ried at* Crescent C ity by Rev.
Morrison of the Methodist church
Saturday a t 3 :3 0, with Imme­
diate friends as witnesses. A f­
ter the ceremony they returned
to Harbor, where they expet to
make their home.
Mrs. Reek-
man has been teaching the Har­
bor school and w ill finish the
year.
Mrs. Reekman was a well
known Ashland girl and grad­
uated with high honors from
the* Ashland High school with
the class of ’1«. lf r . Reekman
la a well known young man In
One ot thoee typical Oregon
rains which bring smiles of de­
light to fanners began pouring
down In Ashland and elsewhere
about the country shortly a lte r
noon Yoday, giving promise of
a generous rain fall during the
remainder of the day.
8now was reported falling on
the other side of the mountain,
h ut In Ashland It was Just plain
rain and everybody appeared to
ba satisfied.
that section of the state.
NO. 136
ASHLAND, OREGON, ¿WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10,* 1926
Stars and Stripes Torn From
Hospital by Mob of
Students
AMERIOANSUNINJURED
Complete Report of Affair to be
Made to State
Department
HONQ KONG, Feb. 10— (U .
P .)— The American flag
was
torn down today from the hos­
pital of the American* Presby­
terian mission on Hainan Is­
land when a group of 500 com­
munist students and Canton gov­
ernment troops attacked
the
hospital.
Mss Caroline McCreery, an
American nurse, was in charge
of the hospital at the time with
one Coolie assistant.
The re­
mainder of tho attendants fled
after being badly beaten. Miss
McCreery escaped without in­
jury.
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Goodyear Employe
Confesses Theft
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10—
W illiam F. Downs, treasurer of
the local branch of the Good­
year Tire and Rubber compan;
was arrested here late Monday
charged with having embeszled
*160,000 from his firm . Downs
is reported to have^ made a com­
plete confession.
In 1909, according to polite,
Downs was a clerk In the regis­
trar’s office, Baltimore, and was
accused then of stealing 966,000
of the city’s funds.
He was
tried
four times with
hung
juries each time. Hia case waa
finally dismissed.
BKND IB CHOSEN
T H E DALLES, Ore., Feh. 10
—•(U .P .)— The 1937 meeting of
the Central Oregon Farm Loan
association w ill be held at Bend,
It was decided at the closing ses­
sion here today.
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H. 0 . FROBAOH WILL
BUY OUT ASSOOIATE
H. O. Frobach, who has been
associated with J. W. Judy la
the wholemla dfitrtBtttwri
General gasolRnO In eouthern
Oregon, reported to a Tidings re­
porter Tuesday while In Ash­
land, that he had purchased the
interests of Mr. Judy in the
concern and that sometime In
the near futurs the nuns of thp
distributing company would be
changed, from Judy and Frohaeh
to the Frohaeh Oil company.
THE WEATHER
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Oregon and Washing-
» ton— Occasional rain to-
8 night and Thursday, not
8 much change In tempera-
99 tare.
Moderate south-
99 west winds along coast.
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Body of Young Drug Clerk
to be Taken to Franklin,
Oregon
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Funeral services for Morton
Hansen, popular young Ashland
man who died suddenly yester­
day morning, will be held Sun­
day afternoon at his former
home in Franklin, Ore., accord­
ing to announcement today by
relatives.
He will be burled
from the Methodist church.
The body will leave here to­
morrow on train No. 16 for Junc­
tion City, from which point it
w ill be taken to Franklin.
It
will be accompanied by Mrs.
Hansen.
More Than 12,000 Acres of Mr. Hansen died from thront
trouble after a short Illness. He
Reservation Pine to be
was a pharmacist at the McNair
Offered
drug atore and waa one of the
W ASHINGTON, p . C„ Feb. 10 best known* yonng men of the
— The Interior department is city.
offering for sale 12,400 acres of
timber of the Klamath Indian
reservation In two tracts.
The Weeks’ unit is estimated
to have 90,000,000 feet and the
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second tract, known as Modoc
Poln unit, 28,000,000 feet.
Minimum prices fixed are |4
per 1,000 for yellow and sugar
Baltimore Man Whips Child
pine, 12.25 for Douglas fir and
Until He Dies; Held
91 for other species.
Proceeds
For Murder
will go to the tribal funds and
announcement of time for bids
B A LTIM O R E , Md., Feb. 10—
will be made later from the A charge of first degree murder
Klamath agency.
waa filed today against Ralph
LAND TO BE SOLD
FAIHEB HELD FOR
Moderate Weather
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Fob.
10— ( U P . ) — W hile the eastern
part of the United States Is vic­
tim of another snow storm ac­
companied by bitter cold, Alaska
continued to enjey a compara­
tively mild winter today.
So
far thia winter no zero tempera­
tures have been reported from
Alaska.
Couraey, 36, a street car con­
ductor, who Is accused of caus­
ing the death of his five-year-
old son as the result of a whip­
ping.
Coursey admitted to pollct
that he had whipped the lad
with a broomstick.
The boy
died several hours later.
In ­
censed neighbors surrounded the
Coursey home, but the accused
man was saved from violence
by a squad of police.
Open Season on
China Pheasants
Army Lieutenant
Is Set by Board
Will Be Executed
W A SHING TO N, D. C., Feb.
10— (U .P .)— President Coolidge
today approved the* death sen­
tence Imposed on
Lieutenant
John S. Thompson by an army
court m artial In the Philippines
Word has been received of the for the murder of his sweet­
death of M. H. Overocker yester­ heart, Audrey Burleigh.
day at the home of his daughter,
Ma a. ! ^ A, P u saoa, at Lee A ag eles i
California.
Mr. Overocker was OREGON TRIO WILL
GIVE PROGRAM AT
a former Ashland resident. Mrs.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Overocker and sons, Russell and
W illa rd , and daughter, left by
A pleasing entertainment of
auto this morning for Los Angeles.
fun and melody will be offered
Ashland people at the Christian
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY church this evening by tho Ore­
WILL BE CELEBRATED gon Trio, an Independent or­
BY LOCAL KIWANIANS ganisation of professional mu­
sicians.
The young men comprising
The lohal Klwanls clnh will
celebrate
Lincoln’s
birthday, the trio are Woldemar H. Hoi-
Friday, February 13, w ith a pro­ lenstod, baritone;
George E.
gram appropriate to the occa­ Maddox, lyric tenor, and Lauren
A ll of them
sion.
Edwin Markham’s poem B. Sykea, pianist.
on Lincoln and a talk by Rev. are well known In musical cir­
J. C. Mergler on the great eman­ cles in Portland and come to
cipator w ill feature the pro­ Ashland heralded aa pleasing
The program will
gram. The committee has also entertainers.
start at 9 o’clock.
'arranged some special music. .
Former Ashland
Resident Passes
K A N K A K E E , 111., Feb.
10— Four
women
In­
mates of
the
Illinois
state hospital here were
still In- a critical condi­
tion todhy, following the
eating
of
rat
poison
which another woman pa­
tient had told them was
candy.
One of the inmates
died yesterday, shortly
after swallowing the poi­
son. Hospital physicians
fear that other victims
may die. Mrs. Anne Hass
admitted she had found
the rat poison and given
It
to the other
five
women.
Feeling in the American set­
tlement here was tense when
word was received conerning
the attack on the stars and
stripes.
A complete report of
the affair is expected to be
cabled to the Atnerican govern­
ment In Washington tonight.
EXPECTED TO DIE Alaska Enjoying
This Chicago Man
Has No Appendix
Qne Dead; F<\
Critically 111
From Rat Poison
China pheasant hunters of
Oregon w ill have an extra Sun­
day In which to hunt these birds
when the season opens next fall,
according to word received from
the state game commission to­
day by Roy Parr, deputy state
game warden.
This was assured at a meeting
of the state game commission In
Portland yesterday when the
open season on pheasants waa
fixed at from October 17 to
October 34 In all counties except
Malheur. This change will give
two Sundays In which huntere
can go out after the birds.
In Malheur county the season
w ill remain at from October
IB to October 31.
The commission also revised,
the game fish bag limits.
In
lakes the lim it will be 30 ftah,
or 16 pounds and one fish a
day. or 30 pounds and one fish
for seven consecutive days. For
streams the beg lim it will re­
main nt 30 fish or 80 pounds
and one fish a day, and 60 fish,
or 40 pounds and oks fish N r
seven consecutive days.
CRATER LAKE
TRIP WILL BE
MADE FEB. 20
R. W. Price Will Lead Party
to Famed Scenic Point
Next Week
EARLIEST IN HISTGRY
Southern Oregon W ill Obtain
Good Publicity From Early
Junket
Another w inter record for
Oregon w ill be »liattered a week
from next Sunday when R. W.
Price, managing director of the
Crated latke Hotel company, w ill
lead » party o f Portland and
Jackson county men to the rim
of Crater Lake.
Heretofore, the earliest trip
that has ever been made in to
Crater Lake lodge has been the
latter part of A pril, but be­
cause of the unusually mild win­
ter, M r. Price is making tho
trip this year two 'months ear­
lier than ever before.
The party w ill leave Ash­
land early In the morning and
expects to drive to the south
entrance of the park; where the
cars w ill be parked, and the re­
mainder of the trip of ap­
proximately 12 miles made on
sklia,
4 » 'f
To Get Publicity
Aa Is his usual custom, Mr.
Price will see that Southern
Oregon and Crater Lake receives
some desirable publicity as a
result of the early junket to na­
ture's wonderland over the hard-
packed snow.
Frank Heaton, cameraman fur
The Oregonian screen review,
and Charles E. Oratke, automo­
bile editor (ofc The Oregonian,
will bo Included in the party,
and In addition to a fnll-pago
illustrated article In The Ore­
gonian,
motion
plctnres
of
Crater Lake In her winter finery
w ill be shown In motion picture
houses throughout the country.
Others who w ill make the
trip are Judge Lawrence McNary
of Portland, Vernon Vawter Of
Medford and John Maben, for
five years care-taker at the park.
To Stay A Week
Mr. Price and Mr. Vawter w ill
remain at Crater Lake for a
couple of days, while other mem­
bers of the party w ill remain
for the week, "shooting” scenes
in all accessible portions of tho
park reserve and along the cra­
ter’s rim.
A t last reports the snowfall at
Crater Lake has been only hair
of normal for thia season of the
year, and It la due entirely to
this mild weather that the party
will be able to complete the trip
during February.
BATTERY ODINIET
K J N IM ffl
Local Basketball
tbaU Te
Team De-
feats Cardinals in Fast
Contest
Battery B of Ashland won from
(he Klamath Falls Cardinals last
night at K(amath Falls, by a
score of 61-37.
The game was
played at the new Veterans Mem­
orial Hall. The members of the
team that played, from Ashland
a rt, Bentley, Butterfield, Bryant,
Hoxie and Young, with Caldwell.
Jones, Robison, and Phipps pli
game.
Sg
The Klamath Falla Cardinals
and Battery B will ploy nt the
Armory here some time next week.
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Four Youngsters ,‘
Burned to Death
COATESVILLE. P m i .
10— Four children were
to death early today whoa
from an exploding ton
■troyed the homo of
Etter. Two children «
Uy wore saved when
gathered thorn la |
jumped to safet;
of the poreh.
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